We went on Tour!

Every 1st Tuesday of the month, hospital tours are given at College Station Medical Center (a.k.a. "The Med") for expectant parents who will be delivering there. Keith and I made our way there a little early and found the meeting spot rather easily. I didn't mean to, but I somehow managed to sit in the spot nearest the cookies. :) They were pretty much the best cookies I've ever tasted, and I'm really hoping they came from the hospital because I'd love to get my hands on some more of those bad boys!

I looked around the group, which was a pretty good size (10+ couples and few singles), to find that there were several other couples in our age range. I was the closest to my due date, which freaked me out a bit. For some reason I wasn't expecting this, but it was nice to see other people starting their families like we are. It made me feel very sentimental. I'm sucha preggo!!! Basically, all we did was have a little Q&A session, then they took us up to Labor and Delivery, where it was very....VERY quiet.

At the L&D, they managed to fit all of us into one of the rooms. I was very impressed. I imagined that the rooms wouldn't be to terribly big, but then again I've never been in one nor have I had much experience in a hospital. Other than the rooms being enormous, there wasn't a whole lot that was special about the room. I feel bad for the people who get stuck in the "dad chair" that folds out to make a sleeping area. That just can't be comfortable. After all is said and done, I stay there for two more days and then if everything is ok we get to go home!

The only major disappointment of the tour was that we didn't get to peek in the nursery. They had the blinds drawn and the door was at a bad angle so we couldn't even get a glance in. I had really been looking forward to that part because I think it's been 8 years since I've been around a true newborn. I don't even think that Keith has seen someone that small, so I know he was looking forward to it too. Oh well....

My next dr.'s appointment is on Wednesday and he'll start checking to see if I'm dilating and where Cadence is sitting. Hopefully, we'll be able to get this show on the road soon. I can't wait to finally have her here! After that appointment, I go in every week until D-Day. I don't have any big comfort complaints. The only things that have been bothering me really are my feet and hands have been getting a little swollen and I'm more tired than I used to be.

I'm completely surprised at how fast this has all gone. It seems like August wasn't too long ago when we found out we were expecting....CRAZY!!