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I didn’t have my O.B. appointment today, because once again, I went to the hospital last night because I was having contractions. They were about 7-8 minutes apart, not very strong, but consistent for over an hour. No change on my cervix, but I did get another shot of turbutaline, yahoo. Although I will say, that on the monitor my contractions were about 3 minutes apart. So I could feel every other contraction. The ones I couldn’t were about half the strength on the monitor, therefore I didn’t feel bad about not feeling those ones.

The funny part of this story is that Orien and I had a Newborn Care Class at the hospital that we signed up for last night. I tried to get permission from my O.B. to go, but she said no. They really wanted to make sure that I stayed off my feet. So, poor Orien went alone. The class was from 6-9pm and at 8pm I had to page Orien to come home so that he could turn around and bring me back to the hospital. If I’d gone to the class I would have already been there. Luckily, we live about 5 minutes away. Orien picked me up and got me settled, then he went back to the class. He only missed about a half hour.

Tomorrow I hit the wonderful mark of 36 weeks! If contractions start up again, my understanding is that they will not stop them. I’m still having contractions, they just aren’t consistent. The hope is that I will make it to 37 weeks, once there the baby will no longer be considered pre-term. If the last week has told me anything, I’m not sure I will make it. So far I’ve gone to the hospital 3 times in the last 6 days. It seems like each attempt to stop my contractions lasts for about 2 days, then I’m right back in. But, you never know, I could become one of those women that end up having to be induced cuz they did such a good job at stopping the pre-term labor. Won’t that be funny?

Another perk, is that after tomorrow I will be off of strict bed rest and on light duty (resting as much as possible). IF, I don’t have the baby this weekend, then on Monday I can return to work. I just can’t wait to do something other than watch tv. I’m going INSANE! I’ll let you know if anything changes!