Pre Term Labor

Sunday morning about 3:00 a.m. I woke up to use the bathroom and could barely move because my lower back hurt so bad. I thought I must have slept wrong so I laid there in pain for about an hour before I fell back to sleep. Then when I woke up in the morning I could barely stand it hurt so bad. I got up stairs and ate breakfast than decided maybe a bath would help. After my bath I realized my back was not getting any better so I was not going to church. Poor Jeff had to teach our Valiant 9 class by himself. So he left for church and my mom came home from my sisters ward and since she was a labor and delivery nurse I figured she might know how to help me. She said I needed to go to the hospital because it sounded like I was in labor. So I sent Jeff a text and he left church early to take me. I felt like a huge complainer going to the hospital and that they were going to just send me home but I thought it was better to be safe than sorry. When we got to the hospital I changed into the gown and they had me strapped into some monitors in no time. One monitor kept track of the baby's heart beat and one kept track to see if I was having contractions. Right when she put the monitors on she said I was having a contraction and that I was looking like I was in labor. They checked me and I was dilated to a 1+ and 80% effaced. Which she didn't like for me only being 31 weeks with my first baby. She gave me a shot to stop the contractions and it slowed them down for a bit but they didn't stop. Then she gave me another shot and after an hour or so of that not stopping them they put me on morphine for the pain and in hopes that if it calmed me down it would stop the contractions. They slowed again but picked up shortly. Then they decided to give me a shot of steroids for the baby's lungs so that if I had her early her lungs could be more developed. My sisters, Kelly and Amanda came to visit me which was a huge help because Amanda is also a labor and delivery nurse. Amanday explained things to me and let me know if they thought I was really going to deliver soon they would rush me to another hospital that could deliver and take care of a 31 week baby. I felt better knowing they were not sending me anywhere soon. I was feeling so crappy and sick and at about 1:00 a.m. my two sisters left and my dad came up. After throwing up a bit my dad and Jeff gave me a blessing that I would be ok and be able to be healthy along with the baby. The blessing made me feel a ton better. The doctors also put me on oral medication to stop my labor and checked me again. I had gone from a 1+ to a 2 so I was slightly dilating. They kept me over night and checked on me every hour or so. Jeff slept with me which made it all seem bearable. The next day I felt a little better but still had some contractions so we went through a lot of the same things. At about 5:30 p.m. my contractions were pretty much gone and the doctor checked me and I hadn't dilated anymore. At 9:15 p.m. they gave me another shot for the babies lungs and said I could go home. However I am on very strict bed rest and can go from my room to the bathroom and that is about it. In a week I have a doctors appointment and in 2 weeks he'll let me know if I can be more mobile. It is nice to be home but I miss the monitors telling me my baby is ok. This whole thing has been so scary and I just hope and pray she can hang in there until she is more developed. Well I should probably go lay back down.