i hate hospitals

i was at the hospital til 2 am last night! on top of my blinding headache and excrutiating tooth pain, i started having contractions. nothing too bad at first, but they were definitely worse than braxton hicks. so i called my doctor's office, and they said i should go to the hospital to get checked out just in case... so i put zachary in bed and made my way. i guess it was the aftermath of friday the 13th, cause the maternity center was packed! after about an hour of waiting i finally got into a room, they hooked me up to all kinds of machines to monitor the baby's heartbeat, my blood pressure, and the contractions. but then it turns out that the monitor for the contractions was broken, and wasn't picking any of them up after about an hour and a half. so that made me have to stay even longer cause they had to get them on record to see how fast and how intense they were! so after they finally got a new machine, everyone saw that the contractions were actually more intense than what i was feeling, and they were coming at regular intervals. the doctors thought i might be dehydrated, so they hooked me up to an IV for fluids to see if that stopped the contractions, it didn't. if anything it made me more uncomfortable cause i had all kinds of cords in me and around me, i was having contractions, and i had to pee! lol. so then i got some more tests done, and they took a swab sample (from down there) to see if there was a chance i would go into labor in the next 2 weeks. that test came back negative! i was pretty relieved. but i am 1 cm dilated. which is not really a big deal, cause most women can get up to 4 cm dilated and still not have the baby til their due date. but it's scary for me! so to be on the safe side, they gave me a shot of terbutaline to stop the contractions, just to make sure i do not go into preterm labor. and after watching to make sure the contractions did stop, they sent me home.

i actually slept really good last night. passed the eff out! and i woke up feeling slightly not dead at 8 am. cause usually i wake up and just want to stay in bed all day. so last night was pretty scary. i'm glad everything is kind of okay now though, i have to follow up with my OBGYN tomorrow. as much as i want this little girl out, i don't want her to come out early! i just want to fast forward time a little bit lol.