Practice makes Perfect?!

So James and I had a little hospital adventure last night. I had a LOT of contractions yesterday. I didn't think much of it because I had been pretty active. I figured they'd stop when I laid down. They didn't. So I was having some very regular, painless contractions and we decided to call the night nurse. She had me time them for an hour while I laid on my left side and drank water. After the hour I was still having too many (I had 11 in an hour), so we went to the hospital. We no longer need to get a tour of the labor and delivery floor because now I know exactly what to expect. None of this was particularly stressful for me because I was pretty sure I was NOT in labor, we were just doing as we're told. They checked my cervix-- yep, not in labor. They also did a lab that can say with 98% confidence I won't go into labor in the next two weeks, but they didn't want to send me home until the contractions stopped. I got hooked up with an IV for the "hydrate and sedate" treatment. 4hrs later they sent us home and the contractions had stopped.

Overall I think it was good preparation for the real thing. I know just what to expect at the hospital (in the beginning anyway). My uterus got a good work out. It's a little bit sore-- kinda like sore muscles. I'm going to be more careful for the next month not to have regular contractions like that, but hopefully I can start real labor so easily when it's actually time :)