Someone please remind me that I once said pregnancy was great...

 On Monday I went walking to try and get some things moving.  Well that evening contractions started.  They weren't real consistent so I wasn't even trying to time them.  I was in bed around 10 or so watching TV when they really started getting bad.  They were about every 6-10 minutes.  Chris kept coming in and staring at me.  I finally told him (in a not very nice voice) that his staring was not making me feel any better.  I now feel kind of bad about snapping at him because I realize that he was just feeling helpless.  I believe I took about 4 hot baths between 10 and 1 am.  It was the only thing that helped.  Finally at 1 in the morning I did what any grown adult would do when they were in so much pain that they didn't know what else to do..... I called my mom! She told me to ahead and call my doctor.  Feeling horrible for waking her in the middle of the night, (although I guess that is what we pay them the big bucks for!) I gave Dr. Gooden a call.  5 minutes later I was waking up Chris to take me to the hospital.  

Once I got hooked up to the monitor we learned my contractions were every 3 minutes and (warning TMI) I had lost the remainder of my mucus plug.  I was still only 2cm like I had been at my previous appointment.  So we were sent out to walk for an hour.  Needless to say walking while having contractions & puking every 10 minutes is not fun.  But guess who was the one complaining??? My darling husband!  All the walking was making his knee hurt.....grrrrrr  enough said.

After the hour of walking there had been no change. After laying there for about 15 minutes, my contractions also slowed down. The hospital has a policy that if you are not 39 weeks ( which I was only 4 days away from!) they will not keep you unless you show cervical change.  So home we went. 

So here I sit on the couch.  I haven't been able to return to work because if I get up for more then 20 at a time my contractions come back.  I have an appointment this afternoon and my mom is going with me.  She knows that I am a push over and won't insist that something be done.  So will update a little later.  

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UPDATE: So I am now 3 cm dilated.  Dr. Gooden at first said we would just wait and see what happens. I started crying.  My mom said there is no way she can go another week with the pain she is in.  I guess Dr. Gooden felt sorry for me, because she said I am on call this weekend.  I can't schedule an induction because there isn't anything wrong with the baby that would justify one.  You call me Saturday morning and I will have you come in and just plan on staying.  So that is where we are at now.  Looks like we will be having us a baby this weekend!