Robbie: little scare

Last week we had another scan and everything seemed to be going in the right direction. Robbie's responding well to the balloon and although I have too much fluid, it's definitely not at the levels as during my first pregnancy. We were due to go back on Thursday, February 2nd, to check the fluid levels and my cervix again as well as to decide when to take the balloon out. However, yesterday i ended up on the early labour ward. I noticed that a lot of fluid was leaking and I was concerned that my waters had broken. I also felt quite tight and whilst driving to the hospital, I started having a few contractions. Luckily, Alex's mom, Suzanne, had come to take Alina to her dance class anyways, so it was one less thing to worry about.
The doctor took a swab and did a few tests. The good news is that my waters haven't broken and I wasn't in pre term labour. However, they decided to give me a dose of steroids, just in case, to help Robbie with his lung and organs development. We're due for another dose tonight and then that's it, it's just a waiting game. Alex was quite concerned so he's rescheduled the appointment at Kings for Tuesday. The worst case scenario would be for my waters to break and the balloon to still be in. So we'll see what the doctors want to do.
We decided that the best thing is for me to take it really easy. We need to make it to 34- I am 32 now- so we cannot any chances. We've done really well so far and it's not long to go but we really need to make it to the cut-off date. Alina's childcare will be split between Alex's mom, Suzanne, my mom and her pre-school. She's gotten used to having people come and go, so we're hoping it's not going to be too big of a change for her.
Well, fingers crossed, we're hoping for the best.

Lots of love from the Uk.
The Houchins