Doctor's Appointment Dilemmas

Brent and I went to our weekly doctor's appointment yesterday. We were both hoping that things would have progressed a little from last week, but no such luck. In a way, it was kind of nice to hear that everything has stayed the same because one day last week, I cheated and snuck out to Motherhood Maternity to get some nursing clothes for the hospital. It was really a mad dash and I wasn't in the store for longer than 10-15 minutes, but it was the first time I had been out in public other than the doctor's office since I had been put on bedrest. Also, I have been getting up a couple times during the day other than the shower. It's just to walk into the kitchen once or twice or to answer the door for the UPS dude, but still... I did all of that and nothing changed from the previous week.

So, the doctor has tentatively scheduled our c-section for February 9th. She said we could do it a week earlier, but that it would require that I have an amnio done first to make sure that the babies have mature lungs. I hate needles with a passion, especially one that's a foot long that will be jammed directly into my stomach, but the more uncomfortable I get with each passing day, the more I am considering it. I think that we will wait another week to decide on that one for sure. Also, the doctor told me that I only need to hold off for another 2 weeks in order to be able to deliver in Hilton Head. It would be so much more convenient if we could deliver here, which puts a damper on the fact that I wanted to start getting out of bed once I had met our 34 week goal. It makes me think that I should continue to do the strict bedrest for another 2 weeks just so that we will be in town and close to home and all of our animals as opposed to being an hour up the road in Charleston. All the traveling back and forth was a lot on Brent the last time and I would just like for him not to have to deal with that stress on top of being a new daddy. I don't know...

So, one last thing... the doctor told us yesterday that if I go into labor before 35.5 weeks, that she will still try to stop the labor. That makes me want to cry. She said that even if I am right at 35 weeks when it happens, she will try and stop it just to get in a few more days for lung development. I completely understand that her main concern is the babies and not me, but I really am comfortable with them being born at anytime now especially because they had that big steriod shot for brain and lung development the last time I went into premature labor. She told me that there is nothing that they can do if my water breaks though, so does that mean I should ignore all contractions that happen before my water breaks just so I know that the next time I go to the hospital, these little suckers are coming out?