False Alarm?

So I woke up around 4-ish this morning to pee and when I laid back down, I had some abdominal pain that radiated around to my back. My first thought was "ugh, gas pain". But then it went away. But then it came back 10 minutes later. And again 10 minutes after that. I found I was clenching my teeth and breathing a little faster than normal when they came, so I focused on relaxing my face and breathing slowly and saying the ABC's in my head. This went on for an hour, when I decided to get up. I drank a bunch of water, took some cramp bark and got in the tub, still halfway thinking it was gas. But nothing ever came out :) In the tub they were a little irregular, but still painful, and still washing around to my back, where it hurts the most. I was in the tub for almost an hour, pouring water over my belly. When I got out I tried reclining in bed, but that really hurt, so I sat up and started rocking. I said a prayer and felt like this is the real deal. I prayed that I would not be afraid and that I would be able to handle the pain and birth this baby with joy. I felt better mentally and spiritually after, but not physically :) John woke up at 6 and saw me sitting up in bed and bolted upright. I told him what's going on, and we talked about our options for the day. He's thinking he'll go ahead in to work and come home when they are 5 min. apart, which is when I'm supposed to call the midwives. Some things would be easier with him here, but at the same time he would make me a little crazy :) And with his limited amount of days off, I'd hate to have him be home and have nothing happen. Anyway, I kept saying how I didn't want to get my hopes up, and he said "you're sitting up in bed, rocking back and forth, zoning. And when you do talk, you talk about the pain. I think it's the real thing". I guess he's right. 8 minutes apart now, he may not go in after all. He has a call this morning he can do from home. That might be the best option.

I'm going to stop taking the cramp bark. It just makes me nauseous, and obviously isn't stopping anything!

I'm a little bummed, we still haven't gone grocery shopping, and yesterday my mother-in-law and I compiled a list of freezer meals that I wanted to get done and in the freeezer this week. Looks like that may not happen now...

I'll keep you posted.