Funny story

So, this story may have a little TMI, but deal. :)

Well, last night I had my first official scare/hospital run. Fun stuff, right? Yesterday I began to notice every time I would go to the bathroom that my underwear were pretty consistently a little damp. I didn't really think much of it and changed, but then later in the evening, while at a boat meeting I realized that my pants were wet as well. I went to the bathroom and saw clearly that if anyone noticed, they would think I'd wet my pants!! A few weeks before, a friend of mine had told me that that was how she realized that her water had broken...no gush, just a constant trickle, so that set my mind wondering. I called another friend from the meeting and she advised me to just call the Dr. and see what she said. For about an hour after we got home I tried calling both after hours numbers and got the same message from both "We're sorry, all circuits are busy right now" Needless to say, during that hour I started to panic! Finally I decided to try my luck in calling another OB in town and luckily his after hours number takes me to the same line that MY Dr. is connected to, so she had the midwife, Joanne, call me back. After explaining my issue and the fact that yesterday was the most uncomfortable day, as far as random pains go, she had me go to the hospital so they could monitor me. They ran a couple of tests and found out that my amniotic fluid was NOT leaking, thank God!, I don't have a UTI, but I was having contractions! That's apparently why I was so uncomfortable yesterday. They were minor contractions, but they were 3-4 minutes apart! From what the nurse said it could have gotten worse had I not gone in last night, so thank God again for the, whatever it was, that made me anxious! They gave me uterine relaxers and sent me on my way to follow up with my Dr. at my next appointment, which is next Thursday.

So yeah, we definitely had an exciting night but it was good too. I think the best part of the night was during my biggest panic moment when we couldn't get through to anyone. Derek came over to my side of the bed where I was sitting, hugged me, and just started praying with me. He rarely does things like that...but when he does it means the world to me! What an amazing husband I have.