Crazy week!

What I thought would be a pretty laid back week turned out to be anything but! Tuesday morning I noticed some spotting and called my doctor to let them know. I was asked to come in immediately to get checked out. Turns out the spotting was unrelated to the pregnancy so it was not an issue but the doc did an ultrasound and discovered my cervix was only 1.6 cm (it was previously 3.5 cm). Frankie had also positioned himself head down and the amniotic fluid was funneling downward towards my cervix leading the doctor to believe that my body was preparing for labor soon! He sent me to the hospital to be monitored for contractions. I arrived at Cedars Sinai around 3:30 pm and was admitted to the Labor and Delivery floor and hooked up to a fetal heartbeat monitor belt and a contraction monitor belt. Turns out I was having lots of contractions even though I was not feeling them. Frank arrived shortly after I got all hooked up on the machines. The OB doctor came in and did another ultrasound and my cervix was measuring 2.0 cm which they were much happier with than the 1.6 measurement at the doctor's office. They decided to keep me overnight to monitor the contractions and check my cervix again. They also checked to see if I was dilating and thankfully I was not but I was already 50% effaced (the doc said this was ok since I was not dilating). I continued to have contractions but I only felt one of the them all night. At 6 am, they did another ultrasound and exam and nothing had changed so they let me go home but ordered me to rest until I could talk to my doctor on Thursday.  I went in Thursday afternoon for my 30 week appointment and my doctor said everything looks great. She did an ultrasound and Frankie kicked the ultrasound sensor causing the doctor to laugh. She was amazed how active he was the whole time she was checking him out! My cervix was back up over 3 cm but I have to go back again on Monday to have it measured again before they will clear me to go back to work. Luckily we had Thursday and Friday off anyways so I didn't miss much work last week. After sitting in the hospital for over 12 hours and then at home doing nothing all day Wednesday, I really don't want to get put on bed rest! I think I would go crazy! But Frankie seems to have settled down for now and decided to stay put. I did have two real contractions last night (not Braxton Hicks) but they were 2 hours apart so nothing to worry about. Coming soon: recap of our Christmas, pictures of the new additions to the nursery, and this weeks belly photo.