Such a Tease

July 7th beginning at noon (or at least that is when I started looking at the clock) I began having contractions 30 minutes apart and it continued through the morning of July 8th. They never really were grew stronger and never were moved closer together - so I was not about to go to the hospital. 2 days later at the doctor's I was not dilated at all...in fact the following appointment a week later still nothing.

So yesterday at church I was having contractions but definitely NOT paying attention to how close together they were or were not. Then on our 15 minute drive home it seemed like I had already had a couple within the first 10 min, so I decided to start timing them...just to see. I was not expecting them to be every 3 - 5 minutes. Yes they intensified - but I was still able to talk through them without a change in my breathing and I was able to continue standing without having to stop what I was doing. So I kept saying maybe we should go - but it never felt like I really needed to go - so then I kept saying - if they are still going strong after I am done with (fill in the blank) then we will go. They lasted for 2 hours at 3 to 5 minutes apart and then just stopped.

How the heck am I suppose to know when to go to the hospital???? I have never had that happen - they never stop once they are that close together.

No worries - Kam has volunteered to deliver the baby if John passes out or is not available. I am still thinking I want to be at the hospital for that though.

And for those of you that think I should have gone...I have never wanted to go into the hospital for false labor - I am not a fan of hanging out at the hospital for hours and then getting sent home.

I am confident that we will make it to the hospital in time - it is only a 25 - 30 minute drive and my shortest labor was 4 hours...plenty of time.