False Alarm!!

This little girl had us all believe and hope that today was the day we've all been waiting for.

At around 4:30 this afternoon, after I went to the bathroom for the second time in less than 20 minutes, I suddenly felt a gush of fluid coming out of me so I hurriedly went back to the bathroom to check what it was. And sure enough, the moment I pulled my pants down, my liner was soaked and a clear fluid started running down my right leg and at that very moment, I really thought it was my bag of water that just broke. I told my mom about it and she asked me if there's anything else I feel as far as contractions starting to get worse or back pain maybe. I said no, but I still felt I was leaking water so I went ahead and called John at work and asked him to come home immediately. I was worried that I might go into labor and he was still almost 40 minutes away from home. With my first pregnancy, my bag of water broke at 5:30AM and we didn't go to the hospital till 9:30 in the morning, so it still took us that long before my labor actually progressed. With my second one, my bag of water didn't break on its own. The doctor had to break it because I was already fully dilated and it was still intact. But it only took 10 minutes after they broke it and I was already pushing, so I was worried today that if my water already did break, the labor might progress faster considering that this is already my third pregnancy. Things can happen fast, we'll never know.

But when I tried to sit and relax, to my surprise, it stopped! I went to check on my liner that I just changed a few minutes ago thinking it might be soaked again, but it actually was dry. So I kind of knew right then and there that it was nothing but a false alarm!

Somehow, I felt a little sad because I thought today was the day and the 9 months of waiting was finally coming to an end. But on the other hand, I'm thankful that she actually made it to 38 weeks (and even longer if she decides to not come out just yet) and I can still be seen by my OB tomorrow for my 38th week check-up. Only then we'll find out what's really going on and if I did leak some amniotic fluid or not. I hope it was only urine that came out of me because if I leaked, it's not good for the baby :( I'm praying for things to turn out fine and if she decides to come out tomorrow or the day after, I know I am ready because I'm sure God will be with us just like when the first two boys were born.

Our stuff are ready to go, so it's all up to her now...