So, this past Tuesday evening around 9:30pm I all of a sudden began having really intense and painful cramps in my lower back and lower uterus. They came on really suddenly and were fairly painful... to the point I was using my newly acquired "heee heee heee whooo" breathing techniques. My husband thought I was exaggerating the intensity, until I started literally shaking from them. So, he helped massage my back and tried to help me relax. Eventually I began having contractions with the cramps that were all over my abdomen. So, I thought, "Ok... maybe these are really bad braxton hicks". The cramps were very similar to the cramps that I had when I went through our 2nd miscarriage. I thought, maybe I am dehydrated... so I began chugging water hoping that it would make them stop. Anyway, I ended up sleeping in the guest room that night because I had to get up and walk around.
We had our 31 week check up yesterday and explained what had happened to my doctor, who was less than pleased that I hadn't called. She was concerned that these were pre-term labor contractions and ran some test (terrible... but I have no idea what it was called) that would indicate if I am going to go into labor over the next 2 weeks. Then, she did an exam to see where my certix was at and she said, "Well, you are progressing nicely." Not too sure what she meant by that, but I am assuming it is nothing bad otherwise she would have given me some sort of warning. Anyways, I just wanted to keep you all posted on what is happening in our pregnancy. I am sure that I am fine, but am still a little nervous because I have continued to have minor episodes of the cramping and contractions. We should be finding out the result of the test on Monday... I will keep you posted in the Monday updates :)