ACK--Bed Rest!!!

I've been having pretty constant Braxton Hicks contractins since Christmas Eve. As a church musician, Christmas Eve is really busy, and with Christmas on a Sunday this year I didn't get the morning after break I usually get. So, with two services Christmas Eve and another Christmas morning, all involving lots of conducting and singing on my part--standing, in other words--the contractions just got really intense. Neither David nor I were too concerned, as this had happend before; the last time it had happened, we were in the hopsital in Labor & Delivery for several hours and everything was fine! We didn't want to have a repeat of that trip.

So, Tuesday I called the office to get the results of my 3-hour glucose tolerance test and talked to the nurse about my contractions while I was getting the results. I had been drinking TONS of water and keeping off my feet, but they kept coming. So, she had me come in for a cervix check. When David and I went in, everything was still closed (whew) but Dr Perryman placed me on bed rest until week 32 (which would be around January 25 or so). As he put it, since I was doing everything right (I love hearing that!) but the contractions were still coming, to quit work and see if that helped any, and to call him if there is any change in "character." He also kindly mentioned that at not quite 28 weeks I am as big as a term singleton pregnancy, so no wonder that my uterus is grumpy...

So, nothing terrible--not bad news--just a pretty inconvenient boring ol' time for mama!