A Little Scare

(This is a little graphic, but this is the only way I journal, so I want to be able to remember...Sorry) We had a little scare with our baby on Saturday night. I woke up around 2:00am and I was having a bad pain in my stomach. I got up to go to the bathroom, and had A LOT of pressure and my lower back and lower stomach were really tight. I got a little nervous, but decided to lay back down to see if the contractions would go away. Well, they just kept getting worse, so I woke Carl up. He gave me a blessing, and then we decided that it would probably be wise to go to the hospital. Carl stayed home with the kiddos while I went. When I got in there, they hooked me up to the machines and I was contracting every 2 1/2 minutes for a minute long at a time. The nurse seemed a little worried, and they hooked me up to the i.v. I am dialated to a 2-3 and about 70% effaced, and that is not great considering the fact that I was only 31 1/2 weeks along. They ended up givning me a shot in the back of my arm to stop the contractions, and I also got two steriod shots for the baby, and they gave me another pill that I have to take every six hours until the baby comes or until 36 weeks. I had to stay in the hospital all day sunday, and got released Monday morning. I am not on strict bedrest, but I have to "take it easy", and if I contract again, I will be put on bedrest. This little guy just wants to come and hang out with us I guess. I am REALLY excited for him to get here, BUT not this early!! It was scary!