False alarm

On Friday, I woke up with some back pain.  I didn't think much of it, but as the day progressed, it got a lot worse.  To the point that by supper time, I was in a lot of pain and was uncomfortable sitting, standing, lying down, etc.  I could not get comfy.  I decided to have a warm bath to see if that helped.  Sometime after supper, the pain moved into the front, so now I was in even more pain.  It felt like a contraction that never ended.

After about 2 hours of becoming more desperate, we decided to call the midwife for advice.  We are still considered 'preterm' at this point since we have not made it to 37 weeks yet (we're only days away).  But, the handout the midwife gave us on preterm labour made it pretty clear to call if you experience anything on the list and I was having at least 2 of those things.  So, we called the midwife.  Our primary was off call for the weekend, so we called our second.  After talking to her, she decided to be safe, we should meet her at the hospital for monitoring to see what's going on.

We got to the hospital around 10pm and I was hooked up to the monitors for baby's heartbeat and uterine activity (i.e. contractions).  Of course, after being in an incredible amount of pain all day, by the time we got to the hospital, I felt fine.  The pains just went away.  But, since we were already there, she suggested we continue with the monitoring anyway.  After 2 hours of monitoring, they sent me home.  I was not dilated at all, which is good since it's still a little early.  We have to make to to 37 weeks otherwise our baby would be considered preterm and it would be a transfer of care (i.e. we would be transferred to an OB instead of having the midwife as our primary caregiver).

So, we arrived home at midnight very relived that everything is okay.  I was quite worried that something was wrong with the baby and I had visions of an emergency C-section.  I am very thankful that it turned out to be nothing!  We don't know what caused my one day of intense pain, but perhaps I tweaked my back somehow and the baby could have been pushing on my spine.  I have an appointment with my chiropractor on Tuesday, so he'll fix my back.  I feel much better now.  My back still feels a little 'off', but nothing like what I was experiencing on Friday.

I think it was just my body getting ready for labour.  I have a feeling I'll go a little early this time.  Not sure why, just a feeling I have.