Hi all, Let me start by saying I am okay, and the baby is okay. I started having contractions Sunday night at 3am (I guess that is techincally Monday morning). I called my doctors' service at 5am, and she asked if I wanted to come in to the hospital or wait until 9pm to come to my doctor's office. I said that the contractions are sporadic and they only lasted 3-5 seconds, or the longest was about 10 seconds, so I can wait until 9am. I went in at 9am and they hooked me up to the neonatal monitor to monitor the baby's heartbeat and my contractions. Since I was having semi strong contractions, they admitted me to the hospital, and started an IV. They said this was a precaution because dehydration can start contractions, though my urine showed that I was well hydrated. They said that the contractions could be caused by overdoing it, which is definitely my main issue, as most of you know. I am not a sitter, I go go go, and it caught up to me. I was at the hospital until about 5:30pm, when they discharged me with the diagnosis of bed rest for a week. I am not to go anywhere or do anything for the week. Unfortunatley, my doctor said that right now I am temporarily being placed on bed rest for a week, but when I go back to see her on Wednesday and then again on Friday, if she doesn't like what she sees, I will be put on bed rest for 6 weeks! She already told me that I am on watch for the next six weeks no matter what. She said, no exercise, no overdoing it, and no any extra activities at school. If I am allowed to go back on Monday, I need to sit while I teach as much as possible, come home from school and put my feet up. Once I hit 34 weeks, I will be able to do more because then I am a bit more out of the woods than I am now at 28 weeks. I think that I am most bummed about missing my water aerobics classes! Other than that, Frankie is doing well. He already weighs 3 1/2 pounds and is very active!
