Contractions

I never updated after my last post! Geez! Sorry!

So I went to the Dr last week and he said that everything was fine. He said that I was still closed and I wasn't effaced yet. Then he said did a Fetal Fibronectin Test (I can't spell) which tells if you're likely to go into labor in the next 3 weeks, and it was negative. So no bedrest for me! YAY! I'm just supposed to rest longer, and try to take it easy.

SO... Last night... At around 3:30 or so I started having a few contractions. By 7 they were REALLY strong, and they were every 2 minutes or so. I drank a bunch of water, and laid on my side. They kept getting stronger and by 9:30 they were every minute. I took my pills to stop my contractions and they didn't work. Finally, Stewart called one of our Home Teacher's and he came over and helped Stewart give me a blessing. It was 10 at night, when he came over. Right after that Stewart helped me upstairs. I hadn't stood up for a LONG time, and my legs were numb because I wasn't getting any blood to them with all of the contractions I was having. It felt like I was walking on pins and needles clear upstairs. Even when I laid down, they hurt still. Stewart filled the tub up for me, and helped me lay down in it. After about half an hour of that, I started getting really tired. My legs still hurt, and were all tingly still. I had taken an ambien before I got in the tub and it just hit me! I laid down and I'm pretty sure I fell asleep in like 5 minutes. Stewart said I had a contraction and then was snoring! HAHA!

When I woke up this morning, I was contracting a little. I called my Dr's office and they got me in to a PA at 9:45. (My Dr is out until Wednesday.) I went in and she checked me and said that I am "slightly effaced" and "pretty closed" Don't you just LOVE those descriptive words? I wish she would have just said, "Well, you're starting to efface, and just less than a fingertip dialated", that would have been MUCH better for me! Anyway, I'm supposed to up my TV/sitting/reading/anything not standing time, and down my standing time. Great! I'm also not supposed to pick up Hayden any more. How am I supposed to do that? I tried talking to him about it today, and it didn't help much. He still wanted me to hold him.

Stewart has been great! Seriously! He has done EVERYTHING for me today! Since I took that Ambien so late, I was REALLY tired all day, so when we got home from the Dr he let me sleep for like 3 hours. Then he has taken care of the kids all day and is even making my freezer meals I'm supposed to take around this week. So sweet!

I guess I'm going to go lay down so that I can hopefully get this new batch of contractions to slow down!