Yeah, I did it again! I really thought this time was it though. I was having contractions every 5 to 6 minutes and they were pretty strong. My back was hurting really bad and I was all crampy. I guess I just can't get it through my head that when I am in true labor, the pain will be unbearable. So I hear anyway. I'm just scared that I might not make it to the hospital in time to get an epidural and that would NOT be good! I know, I know, some of you moms out there are like, "Who do you think you're kidding? You are in for a rude awakening if you think labor the first time will be that quick." While I realize this, I still get scared. And I really have no idea what I'm doing so I figured it was better to be safe than sorry. :) Next time though, I am seriously waiting until I think I might die because I had to lay in that horrible hospital bed in maternal observation for over 6 hours for nothing. Oh, and I hadn't eaten anything since like 6 that morning. My doctor ordered blood drawn for something. Don't remember what. I think one of them was to see if I was anemic. Anywho, the nurse drew blood and sent it off to the lab. They said it would take about 30 to 45 minutes to come back and if it was all ok, I could go home. I was still having contractions every 5 to 6 minutes but I was no more dilated than I was on Monday so definitely not labor yet. This blood stuff was taking forever and I called the nurse and asked what the deal was. She said that one of them came back and was ok but that they still hadn't gotten results for the other one. This is 2 hours later by the way and I am STARVING! I drank juice and water and more juice and water but that was not cutting it. Then she came back in about 30 minutes later and said she had some bad news. I thought maybe my test came back positive for whatever they were checking for. No, someone just lost my blood. Or it didn't get labeled. Or whatever. So we have to draw blood again. And wait again. :( I was not a happy camper but I didn't show it or take it out on her. Probably not her fault. They felt sorry for me and brought me some food but told me to eat REALLY slowly because if the test came back positive, they would have to give me medicine and I couldn't eat anymore. Okay, so I eat my roll cause I figure that's not too bad and then I wait. All the while staring at my food ravenously hungry but trying to follow orders. Then I eat my vanilla pudding because that can't be too bad either. Then I wait. Well, I had to try the turkey and dressing and green beans so I just had a couple of bites. Then I eat my other roll cause it's still just a roll right? This went on for about 30 min. Me taking baby bites of my food in case something happened. By the time she came back in, the rest of the food was cold and she said I could go home so I just left the rest. At least I got something though so I'm not complaining. It all tasted like the best thing on the planet although had I not been starving, I don't think I would have been very excited about it. :) I have got to stop doing this "thinking I'm going into labor" thing because I'm just torturing myself. I go back to the doctor on Wednesday and I'm sure we'll talk about induction or letting it happen on it's own then. I'm all for evicting him early if he's not here by 39 weeks, but we'll see. I love the cartoon up top. I'm ready for him to have his own place and stop taking up all of mine! :)
Jen
Hilarious! Mikey says you have done absolutely wonderful on your blog and he is very impressed with your writing skills. Maybe you need to write a humorous book on the joys of pregnancy! Hang in there - Jo said she went to the hospital with Mike 4 times. The 4th time they told Tom and her mom to go eat because it was going to be awhile. They no more left the hospital and got home before the hospital called and said hurry, Mike was coming now. Don't wait until you think you are dying because then I won't make it in time. Love you!
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