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Update: I'm still pregnant. *long - but with dessert!*
First, I wanted to say thank you to all the well-wishes you guys put out there for me yesterday, and to Jenn for keeping you guys informed! I'm just sorry that my uterus cried wolf. 
Here's what happened. I woke up at 5:30am to some mild-to-moderate contractions that I had to breathe through, but I could relax/sleep in between. They were cominga about every 7-10 minutes or so. After about a half hour, DH and I decide to get up, shower, and basically get ready for the day, but with the intention that we'd time contractions and go for a walk to see if that would get things moving a bit better. We did, and while on the walk, the contractions got closer and stronger. All good signs. I had to stop walking, breathe, and couldn't talk through a lot of them, so this was telling me that things were moving in a good direction. I wasn't in a massive amount of pain, but I could tell things were definitely changing. So, we got back to the house, and I sat on my ball and noticed that things slowed down a bit. Not unusual. DH suggested I call the doctor, so I did and talked to a nurse, explaining what had been going on all morning. She agreed that it sounded like early stage labor, and to wait it out a few hours. DH cleaned up a bit around the house, and then promptly took a nap. I kept timing contractions, and they were still in the 5-7 minute department. Not painful, though (this should have been my big clue), but I still timed them. I was considering every twinge and discomfort, and got kind of confused, I think. But once DH woke up from his nap, we decided to try DTD, just in case it would help things along (and it might be the last time for a while, so why not, right?). Things slowed down by this point, and I was able to nap a bit. Then, we went on another walk to see if things could get back to where they were in the morning. It took a while, but the contractions were getting back to where they were, and then were coming closer (like 3-5 minutes). Then we decided it was at least time to go get checked, because something was obviously going on. So, we stopped by Whole Foods so we could grab something quick to eat (I had the smoked mozzarella pasta salad from the deli - so good!), and then went to the hospital.
The nurse I talked to earlier told me to come to the office to be checked instead of the maternity ward, that way if things were really going, they could call over and have them save a room for me. Anyway, we get there, and we were waiting forever because they had to work us in (which I totally understand, but I had some contractions in the waiting room, which was kind of weird). So finally, we see the doc (and of course it wasn't MY doc, so I wasn't happy about that), and she checks me (which was NOT comfortable, let me tell you), and says, "Well, you're still closed!" Um, excuse me? Closed? No dilation at ALL? I was hoping to be at least at a 3! "Are you sure?" I ask. She feels around a bit more, making me squirm because hel-LO she is not being gentle. "Yep, still closed. Maybe a fingertip, but no more than that." I want to shoot myself. "What station am I at? (Meaning how far down is baby's head?)" "Oh, a minus 3 - you're still pretty high." Damn. "Okay." I'm SO disappointed. DH is sitting there stunned. We're both just plain flabbergasted. Then this doc proceeds to start talking about a med to help me sleep (which I was super confused about - I hadn't mentioned anything about not being able to sleep), and basically wrote me off as a crazy pregnant lady. She was condescending and made me feel stupid for interrupting her schedule with my closed cervix. I wanted to cry. So she tells me to keep my appointment with my doc for Thursday, and we'd see how things were then. Then she started talking about induction dates, and I wanted to kill her. I never wanted to see my own doc SO MUCH in my life. So I basically just let her say what she was going to say so we could leave.
After that, we left and had to start calling the immediate family members who we were keeping updated and let them know it was a false alarm. I hated doing that. We'd gotten ourselves excited, gotten them excited, and of course gotten you guys excited. I felt so stupid, and upset, and just plain awful. I was mad at my uterus for teasing me, mad at myself because I was dumb enough to get duped into thinking this was real. We were both in such a bad mood by the time we got home. We were expecting to bring home a baby the next time we walked through our front door, and here we were - empty handed.
Okay, I know that sounds super dramatic, but it really was a huge disappointment. I was so ready to get this show on the road, and I felt like it was ripped from my hands.
I feel much better about it now. I've basically told myself that unless I have contractions that absolutely knock me on my ass, I won't pay any attention. The only other way I'd go back to the hospital is if I'm in a TON of pain, or my water breaks. No more false alarms for this mama.
So, DH is back at work today, and I'm at home. I've still got my nesting thing going on (did I mention my stove was spotless?), so I'm sure I'll do more cleaning today. Anyway, if you made it this far, you deserve one of these:
BFP 1/22/12 | Ectopic pregnancy found 2/14/12 | Methotrexate to complete m/c 2/15/12
Re: Update: I'm still pregnant. *long - but with dessert!*
Awwww, Picks! Don't worry about feeling dumb or anything, this stuff happens! Everyone's just super excited to see baby picks and we'll all wait however long it takes.
I'm sorry that it was a little painful/uncomfortable all day yesterday though. Is it still feeling like that today?
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Since you're home today - you could always bake us that dessert!
Here's to hoping for some killer contractions soon!
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oh man! i think all first timers have these false alarms! don't you worry, she'll come when she's ready! i would have been bummed too!
my sil had contractions for like 45 mins 5 mins apart and we totally thought she was in labor.. she didn't have the baby until a week later! pregnancy is sooo unpredictable!
sorry it's a bummer, sending more come baby come dust your way!