Hospital stay

Tuesday night I began having contractions (which felt like severe menstrual cramps) around 9pm.  They repeated approximately every 5 minutes.  At 9:35pm I decided to call the doctor.  I was sent to labor and delivery to be checked out.  When I got there, they put me on a monitor and my contractions were every 2 minutes.  I had 2 nurses check my cervix -  one told me I was a fingertip dilated, the other said that I wasn't dilated but had no thickness left to my cervix.  Talk about feeling panicked!  Doctor was called and I was given 20mg of Procardia to slow/stop the contractions.  I was also sent down for an ultrasound to check cervical length.  Fortunately, the ultrasound showed my cervix at 2.3cm and closed - which isn't great, but at least I wasn't in danger of imminent delivery.  My contractions however didn't stop, so I was given another dose of Procardia an hour after the 1st dose.  The medicine definitely decreased the intensity for a while, but I was still having them until around 3am.  I was told that I had to stay overnight to be monitored.  I was extremely uncomfortable the entire night and barely slept.  By 8:30 the next morning I wasn't feeling any contractions, although the monitor showed a few sporadically.  I was sent home with more restrictions on my activities and a prescription for procardia to be taken every 6 hrs.

Since coming home yesterday morning I have had a few contractions, but nothing regular.  The procardia makes me feel pretty lousy, I've had a headache that won't go away..  I'm having difficulty sleeping as well.  The good news is that I can still take Nathan back and forth as long as I'm seated if he is at an activity.  Stephen made dinner last night and cleaned the kitchen completely afterward, which was really nice.

I did hear from the college regarding the position that I interviewed for - they have a few more candidates and will be making their decision next Friday the 22nd.  I'm still hopeful that I get it, although stressed about how I would make it work during this pregnancy.  Gotta give this one up to God and see what he comes up with for me :)