Interesting Evening

Hey all I just wanted to write a quick note about last night to keep everyone I love in the loop. I called my mom early last night because I noticed a little bleeding and asked her to (please!) help me be calm! I've had an irrational fear the past several weeks that Jackson would try to make his entrance before Jordan got home, and this seemed a little too questionable! I talked with my Dr. as well as my wonderful mother-in-law and decided to go in to the hospital with my friend Carly about an hour later. They set me up on fetal monitoring and determined after a little less than an hour that I was having contractions that appeared to be getting stronger and more regular, and was dilated 1cm. They also checked me to see if the bladder infection I'd found out about earlier in the week was still going on since that can cause contractions. Carly said a prayer for me since I was getting pretty worried about all of these things, and afterwords I really felt much calmer. A few minutes after that the nurse (who was a wonderfully patient and kind woman) came in and gave me a shot in the arm to try to stop the contractions.

I have to add in here that contractions can be a normal thing before a woman's due date, especially in the third trimester. Both Jack and I were completely safe and fine, the only threat was Jack coming early...which I would've felt much better about had Jordan been here!

I really thank God because I didn't have another contraction after they gave me the shot! I also found out that I didn't show signs of infection in my bladder, which is definitely good news, but makes the contractions somewhat of a mystery. They could've been because of stress, or from the parade-walking I had done earlier in the day (oops) or any number of other things. I had a little hospital food (which wasn't too bad!) and they monitored me for the next couple of hours. Since Jack was doing well, I hadn't progressed past 1cm and the contractions stopped, they released me!

My plan is pretty much to stay in bed until Jordan gets here just to be on the safe side! He'll be here in about 24 hours now, though, so that's also a blessing! I'll keep you all updated on any changes, but for all we know this could be the end of the commotion until Jack's due date!