By 2:20 am they had me up again and this time they were even more vicious. They wrapped from my back to my belly and hurt so bad I had the shakes/chills from it. I knew at this point there was no going back to sleep so I decided to get up and walk around and try and walk them off. I got water like they recommend but that was pointless. They hurt so bad I could hardly drink it. I took a shower to try to ease the pain but that was a hopeless cause too. Finally around 3:00 I decided I should call labor and delivery and see what they thought I should do.
After telling them how I felt and what I was experiencing, or trying to at least, they decided it was best for me to come in. With my contractions being about 3-5 minutes apart, so strong I had troubles talking and lasting for over an hour it was better to be safe than sorry. I called Daddy and told him and he turned instantly left work and came home. By about 3:45 we were on our way to the hospital.
Here comes the fun part....on the drive there the contractions started to get further and further apart and weren't nearly as painful. After checking in at the hospital and waiting almost an hour for a room they had practically stopped. I actually told the nurse at that point I just wanted to go home and didn't see the need to stay but they insisted I at least be checked in and looked at for a bit just to make sure it was okay for me to go home. I wasn't happy but I listened. At this point I was more embarrassed and felt stupid for having a false alarm plus your daddy was kinda testy and seemed short. I am not sure if it was cause he had to leave work, if its cause he was stressed or if maybe he was just tired. Got me!
The nurse hooked me up to monitors. You looked great and I was still in fact having contractions at a regular rate but not nearly as strong as they were. We talked and I let her know how dumb I felt. She had told me that she has seen this happen several times and that she has had women come in before in what seemed to be active labor that ended up stopping while at the hospital. She may have been telling me a lie to make me feel better but I didn't care because it made me feel a little better.
The OB came in to do her evaluation. That was not nearly as easy or pain free as the monitors that simply rested on my belly. I was not dilated but was thinning out so she sent us on our merry way and said to come back if it started again.
On the way out there was a family sitting in the waiting room that saw my round self waddle to the exit sign and one of them said "must have been a false alarm". Thanks for the reminder buddy...as if I didn't feel stupid enough leaving right then!!
On a side note, a friend of mine who was due 8 days after us ended up having her little girl today. She is perfect, sweet, and adorable weighing in at 5lbs 10oz! Welcome to the world sweet baby Ashley!!!
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