Pre-Term Labor, Day of bed rest #1

Never did I think with my pregnancy with Brinley that I would have pre-term labor. The last few weeks I really have not felt good, but I just attributed it to being prego in the third trimester. Last week I told Shad that I was having pre-labor symptoms and that I felt like I might have this baby earlier than Jan.26th, but I didn't think much of it. Well, yesterday after my Primary meeting I came home to my wonderful husband who had cleaned up the house, finished the laundry and made dinner.....heaven!! When we sat down to eat I noticed I was having a contraction every 5 minutes. I thought they would ease, but as I was bathing Brin I couldn't scrub her down so I yelled for Shad to come help me and I laid down on the couch. They starting coming every 3 minutes lasting about 45 seconds. After about an hour and a half I called my midwife. She told me to go to the hospital if I couldn't get them to stop in an hour. I took a bath and some tylenol thinking they would stop, but oh no they started to become more intense. The midwife thought it was probably a UTI and called the hospital to let them know I was coming in and what tests they needed to run. When I got there the nurse was pretty easy going and had me do a urine sample and get changed into a lovely hospital gown (I hate those things). She came in to do some more tests and to check me. After she checked me things became a little more intense. She said, "well, you are dialated to a 3 and 80% effaced I need to go call your midwife right now to find out what she wants me to do." I burst into tears. I was at a 3 and 90% effaced with Brinley and I had her 4 hours later..ah! We then had the talk of the possible cenarios of what would take place if they couldn't get the contractions to stop. All I was worried about was keeping our little guy baking inside me. They gave me 3 shots to stop the contractions (each one 15 minutes apart) and one shot, Shad told me the needle was huge and for him to say that it means something, of a steriod to helps his lungs develop faster. I feel horrible for any women who has had to have those drugs....they are aweful, but worth it. I was shaking so bad that when I went to put on my chapstick I couldn't keep it just on my lips! Luckily the contractions eased enough and I wasn't dialating enough for them to keep me so they released me last night on "bed rest". I need to try to keep this little guy in me for at least a few more weeks. I will only be 34 on wednesday which is still too early for him to come. Shad has had a rough time not being able to really do anything for me physically besides take care of me and Brinley. He is seriously superman. I don't know what I would do without him and I thank Heavenly Father for blessing us to be together. Today went pretty well with Brinley. I just laid on the floor in her room and let her make mess after mess :) She was really good. Shad came home early and took care of her the rest of the night so I guess I just need to enjoy this as hard as it is! I have another appointment tomorrow and I am hoping that all will go well! I just want to be able to get some sleep. I felt so crappy last night and Breckin was moving so much that I couldn't sleep until 3am and then I was up at 8am. I wasn't able to take a nap because I starting have some contractions and had to go get in the bath to get them to ease. So, I am going to attempt getting to bed early tonight!