False Alarm

Early Saturday morning. I started having contractions about 10 minutes apart. I was up all night and by 6 am they were anywhere from 3 minutes to 9 minutes apart. I woke Frank up and let him know and we decided that we should go to the hospital soon. Frank proceeded to find any and every task he could think of to stall us leaving! A few of those tasks were setting up the pack'n'play in our room, changing the litter box, trimming his side burns, and drilling a new hole in his belt so it would fit better! It was entertaining and annoying at the same time but we finally left the house around 8 am. I drank water the whole way to the hospital because I figured the docs would not let me have any more once we checked in. I got hooked up to the monitors for contractions and Frankie's heartbeat and my contractions started to space out and the pain was almost completely gone. Turns out the docs think I was just in need of water and the dehydration was causing contractions that were not actually doing anything to progress labor. So they gave me lots of water, monitored me for an hour or so and sent us home! It was so frustrating and disappointing! Frank and I were excited on the way to the hospital thinking that we would be bringing Frankie home soon. For the remainder of Saturday and Sunday, I took it easy in hopes of not going into labor so that Frank could participate in a golf tournament Sunday and not worry about me. I am now drinking an insane amount of water and most of the contractions have stopped. The only ones I do have are much more intense than before. Today, I went for a walk around the neighborhood for about 2 hours (I took lots of breaks) to try to kick start labor but the contractions are still pretty spread out. For now, I just have lots of pressure and I have to use the bathroom every 30 minutes! Frankie is still really active which can get painful at times. Hopefully he will decide soon to leave his cozy nest. In the meantime, I will continue sitting on my exercise ball, walking as much as possible, and eating spicy foods.