We're home. From where, you ask?
The hospital. The fun never ends!
I started having these weird sharp pains about 7 last night - bad enough that I was lightheaded and out of breath. They completely knocked me on my ass! They were nothing like the ligament stretching from earlier on, but there seemed to be little rhyme or reason as to the timing, so I figured I'd see if they went away. If they hadn't disappeared by my usual 4am wide-awake date with Cops, I'd call the doctor.
So they didn't, and by 5 we were on the road to Boston. I joked with Jay that we should enjoy this rush to the hospital, because if they weren't contractions (which I, in all my first pregnancy paranoia, was terrified they were - and so did the OB on call), they have plans to induce me before my due date and we might not get to experience that "Holy shit, we're having a baby!" panic as we race down the highway. :-)
They had me all hooked up to monitor his heart (for four hours!) and they ran a bunch of tests, all of which - thank god - came back fine. No dilation, no early labor, just a hyperactive baby playing trampoline on my cervix. Really - that's the best they can figure. He's a very busy little monkey, and some women (of course, if it's a minority, I fall into it) develop a very sensitive vagi-cervi-something or other, so the baby's movements can trigger sharp pains and spasms. They're not sure, though - all I know is that this little monkey has been crazier in the last 24 hours than I've ever noticed before.
Still, better safe than sorry. I'll take a "We don't know for sure what it is, but we know it isn't labor" over any of the more awful things they could have told me. I was having nightmare visions of bedrest, IVs and other terrible things, but they did a fetal fibronectin test and according to that, we're labor-free for at least two weeks. Considering I'm only 25 weeks, I'd hope labor's far away!
So I'm home to rest today with orders to come back if they don't subside or if they get worse. A warm bath, cheesy court TV and a comfy blanket are all on the afternoon agenda. The excitement never ends over here, does it? Geesh.