Another False Alarm

So I thought I would blog about my recent experience with Labor and Delivery (L&D).
So today, I woke up basically feeling worn down. Isn't that sad? You sleep all night only to wake up feeling like you've barely got any rest. LOL Anyways, I wake up....and I decide that no matter what my body says, we're going out to run errands. hahaha! So I make a mental list in my head of all the stuff I need to take care of before I leave. That included a pretty big pile of emails that I need to send out. So I spend about 3 hours of my morning doing that while eating an everything bagel with cream cheese! Oh so yummy! Anyways, after that's done, I get my "Go Green" grocery shopping bags together. Get my sale ads, get my water bottle filled up, gather my husband's running shoes because he asked me to bring them to him at work, and grab a couple other things I might need....and just as I get my shoes on, and reach for my sunglasses that hang on the little mirror key holder thingy we have by the door, I realize, my car keys are gone. Of course I know who took them! My wonderful husband. LOL So I call him, trying to keep the panic down, and ask him where they are. Of course, what was the answer? "I dunno babe!" UGH! Not cool! I panic very easily and get very upset is important things are missing. So I search the house! After doing so, I finally collapse on the bed to let all inevitable tears flow! I was so upset. I have a certain routine to keep me from getting upset and I get very much affected by that if something's out of place. So after crying for about 5 minutes, I decide to just leave the house unlocked, take the spare Envoy key, and get going. I wasn't going to let this bring me down! Oh no! lol So, I journey out, and start my errands. Still not feeling all the happiest. After I got to my husbands work, drop off his shoes, take care of a few other things there at his work, I then head into town. It's about 11a.m. at this point. I realize a slow cramping in my belly area, but decide, I've had enough brining me down on this day, I won't take anymore. LOL So I ignore it and I go to A.C. Moore. I picked out a frame to frame my Mom's birthday gift(I'll talk about that in another blog), found some cute wrapping paper and a bow. Leave there. Go over to Aldi, because Aldi is my new favorite store! They have whole fresh pineapples for $1.69! How awesome is that? Anyways, I grab 2 for us and 2 for my Mom and a few other things we needed. After Aldi I really start noticing that my cramping is getting a little bit more bothersome. Not that it was painful, just more noticeable than anything. After that I figure I probably need to eat soon, cause maybe that's what's causing the cramping. Well I wanted to fit in just one more errand. Wal-Mart. BINGO! They have a subway in there! I can get a sub, pick out the birthday cards I need to, and a few other things. So as I'm in Wal-Mart the belly cramping starts to move to my lower area. It did start on the top of my belly. So I rush through finishing at Wal-Mart. I'm exhausted at this point, so I feel like I barely make it in the door before I collapse. I am, at this point starting to get a little bit more concerned about the cramping because I don't know if that's normal or not. I decide that I will just lay out on the sofa, eat and drink some water to see if they go away. Well by the time I did that, and a few other things, it was for sure not going away. And by this point it's after 3:30pm. I call my Mom and tell her I'm thinking about calling the Dr. She suggests I go on a brisk walk, shower then go into L&D. So I went on a very fast walk, but of course I don't last very long. My energy sucks these days! Anyways, after I shower, I sit down a bit to see if the cramping is still there. It most definitely still is! lol So Theo and I finish packing our hospital suitcase and pillow bag and we take off to L&D. Once we get there it's the same routine. Pee in a cup, hook you up to the monitor, take your temp, check your blood pressure and ask you the normal run of questions. "What are you feeling?" "For how long?" etc etc. On and on goes the questioning. LOL So come to find out in the end (after having a midwife check me) that I was for sure having contractions, but I wasn't exactly in labor yet. *sigh* Woah is me! LOL hahahahaha! I was encouraged because then I knew I wasn't making anything up, but discouraged at the same time, because I had hoped I was in actual labor. But they said I did a great job by coming in, and that it's just my body getting ready. It could take a night to get ready and kick over into real labor or it could take weeks. Yikes! Let's hope it's not weeks! LOL This weekend would work out great! hahahaha! So that's my story. And I will continue to ramble on because it's late at night. So I'm going to call it an end, and hit the sack...only to wake up still feeling exhausted I'm sure! :) Such is the life of a 36 week pregnant woman! LOL :) Good Night Blogging World! <3