false alarm?

well, more of a slow alarm, rather than false. i've been having a lot of contractions the last few days (5 minutes apart). yesterday afternoon danny finally convinced me to go to the hospital. everyone reading this probably thinks this should have been a no-brainer decision. what you have to understand is i've been having contractions since i was 13 weeks. and since they were the same contractions i've been having for 23 weeks, i didn't think it warranted a trip to l&d, but i still went.

after 7 hours and being monitored and 3 hours of walking, or rather waddling, the halls (no small feat when you're 8 months pregnant and contracting), we got to go home. the doctor said that while i am officially in labor, my progress is slow enough that i didn't need to stay at the hospital. so, baby is on his way, but we have a few more days to get everything ready for him (and find a name...) before he gets here. <3