Looks like another week at the hospital for me

Well its now day 6 of my hospital life. I can't believe I've been here this long, but then again at times it seems like I've been here forever.

Yesterday the nurse told me the fetal medicine specialist decided to wait until next Wednesday to do another amnio and test the lung development again. Baby Pray will be close to 36 weeks and they say they usually see healthy strong babies at that point anyway. I'm okay with waiting, I want him to be strong enough to stay with me in my room and not have to be in the NICU.

So looks like I'm here for another week at least. Of course if I have any labor, bleeding, etc.. they will do an emergency c-section at that time to prevent any serious placental bleeding.
I'm dreading doing another amnio, but I keep trying to convince myself that there's no way the second one will be as bad as the first, and it was just bad the first time because the baby didn't like his space being invaded. I guess he felt a little territorial with his amniotic fluid.
I have not had as many contractions as when I first got here. I had one day where they were coming 6 minutes apart and I started breaking a sweat, but since then I haven't had another "episode." I still have about 3-4 Braxton Hicks contractions in an hour, but that is considered normal for this stage of my pregnancy.

Baby Pray is doing excellent. He's a squirmy wormy and always makes his presence know. Yesterday the nurse couldn't get a baseline heart rate because in a 40 minute stretch of time he wouldn't stay still for 2 solid minutes. When he'd move we'd lose the heartbeat for a split second and then they'd have to start all over. At this exact moment I can feel him rolling around in my tummy. I guess since I'm not up and walking around there is no rocking motion to lull him to sleep. He's going to be wore out when he's finally born.

I have mixed emotions about the time that lies ahead. On the one hand the thought of another full week in this place seems a little depressing. On the other hand I'm not mentally ready (not that I'll ever be) to have the c-section and putting it off a few more days seems fine by me. Plus, I want him to have time to gain more weight. He was under 5 lbs by their estimation a few days ago.. I'd like to see him just a little chubbier! He seems to have a big head (= Sean's ) and a skinny body ( = Amy's). It will be fun getting to see him take on each of our features after he is born.