A PREVIEW OF WHATS TO COME...

Last night Courtney and I had a preview of whats to come in the near future. It started about 5 last night we were just getting ready to go to our childbirth class and I started having some Braxton Hicks contractions. The first hour I had about 4 then the next few hours they got about 7 - 10 minutes apart. Luckily we were at the hospital for our class and our instructor recommended that we go down to labor and delivery. We were there until about midnight. I was hooked up to monitors to check the babys heartbeat and to watch my contractions. At first they didn't hurt but as the night went on I could really feel them! Court probably wont admit this but I think he was glad we have been taking the classes and he knew how to help me breath and stay calm. My doctor of course is out of town so I had to wait for them to contact the on call doctor and she prescribed a shot to make my contractions stop. After the second shot they started going away. The side effects of the shot (besides burning as it was given) were making me really shaky and my heart race. After spending 3 hours on the monitors we were told it was ok to head home and rest. We are really looking forward to meeting Gavin just not quite yet. For now I have been put on bed rest until I can see another doctor in the office and make sure everything is ok. I will keep you all posted if anything happens. We just hope that we have 2 more months to prepare before he arrives.