Can't wait for the Dr

I was up this morning at 4:45 with some major back pain. I tried to get comfortable, but finally I just gave up and got up. I went and made myself some tea and realized that I was having contractions. No wonder my back hurt! All I can say is that what I felt was short but painful and it made me really scared! There is NO WAY I am going without an epidural! I know what I was feeling was nothing compared to what I will feel and it was taking my breath away. After being up for about an hour I went and laid back down. The pain subsided and I was able to get another hour of sleep in before I had to wake up to take Howie to be groomed and head in to work. I was SO tired when the alarm went off. I got up and got myself moving and while I could still tell I was having some sporadic contractions they were just making my belly hard, no real pain. That I can live with. I know this can go on for weeks, its just my body getting ready for the real thing, but I hate not knowing when its going to happen! I dropped Howie off and got to see the rocker/recliner that my parents bought for us. Well, I guess mainly me, so I can nurse and sooth Nadia, but I know Jacob will put it to good use too LOL. I headed in to work and got started on updating their website. It took a good part of the day, but its work I enjoy doing, and it kept me busy so that made me happy. We talked a little about how her pregnancies went and she asked how I was doing. I told her about my morning and she said well the sooner she comes the better! I have gotten a lot of the hard tasks done for the bank owned properties so they want to take me out to lunch at a nice restaurant to treat me. They really seem like nice people. She told me not to worry about coming in before my Dr's apt tomorrow and said that I can come in after and work for a couple hours to finish up what I need to before the weekend. She offered to give me the day off, but I have a few things I want to do before the weekend. She also paid me today since the 1st is a holiday. What a nice change! I was constantly having to ask Jesse for my paycheck and never got it when I was supposed to.

Tomorrow I go in to the Dr. They are supposed to do my GBS test and since my sugar levels seemed pretty normal I am just going to bring in my test results with me. They said that they would check for dilation too, I am curious to know where I am at. I know its not a great indicator as to when you will go in to labor, but it will give me some piece of mind. I hope it doesn't hurt! I've heard that sometimes it can hurt. Yikes!