Getting Antsy in IL

Vanessa called today.  3cm dilated and 80% effaced.  Having some strong/uncomfortable contractions.
I NEED to know what this means!!!   If she was to tell me right now that she thinks she could possibly be going into labor it would probably take me 12-20 hours to get to her depending on time of day and flights.
I do NOT  want to miss this baby being born.
Although I would normally want my baby cook as long as possible, I think I prefer having an earlier induction date just to be on the safe side so everything can be happily in place at the time of birth.  Vanessa sees the doctor again in 2 days.  Waiting for suggestions from someone professional on whether or not I should start heading west.

Last minute hospital switch

So this isn't such an exciting post for family or friends, but it is part of the surrogacy experience so I thought I'd better document it.
Today (T-24 days) we decided to change hospitals and doctors and such.  We will now be delivering in the Salt Lake Valley (and the doctor's appointments will be there too--about 28 miles away).  The problem:  insurance.  Bla!  So Vanessa has insurance (which we pay for) to pay for the delivery.  We have different insurance which will cover the baby.  Both of these insurance plans have multiple hospitals close to Vanessa that are in-network.  However, they cover the exact opposite hospitals.  So we had 2 choices: either go to the very rural hospitals, or this hospital in SL.
We have in our legal contract that we are delivering our baby at the hospital in Provo.  But that will not be the case.  Should we have figured this out before now?  Absolutely.  Let me tell how the mistake was made so others can avoid the error.  So in the let's-make-a-legal-contract phase I asked Vanessa which hospital she would want to deliver at.  She suggests a hospital and I made sure my insurance would cover it (assuming that she suggested it because she already knew it was covered by her insurance).  She had verified that her doctor who is across the street from the hospital was in-network and therefore assumed that the hospital was in-network too.  The only access I have to Vanessa's insurance is what she can send me by email and such.  I can not call and verify coverage because I am not her.
Oh well.  Good thing we figured it out!  Problem solved.  Now I just have to pray that Vanessa doesn't deliver my son on the freeway on the way to the hospital!

My friend Jessie threw me a baby shower.  It was so sweet of her to do.  I didn't  find out until I was loading up my trunk with gifts leaving that it was her birthday.  Very sweet of her.  

As you can see in the top picture, one of my good friends was 9 months pregnant (gave birth 2 days later).  Honestly it was a little weird not being pregnant for a baby shower.  I guess we celebrate fat tummies a bit at baby showers.  But, it was fun to have supportive friends help me celebrate our little one.  This is all making it so real and exciting!

My entire nursery is set up.  I'm ready to go.  I just want to be ready just in case.  If she were to go into labor tomorrow I'd be crazed just trying to pack and get to Utah.  No time for last minute baby prep.   I hope hope hope that all goes as planned and we are there for the delivery.  

Counting down the days....