Late Night Thursday

While I was in the hospital, and now each time I go in for a doctor appointment the nurses ask me "Have you had any bleeding? Spotting? Seen any bloody streaks?". After being asked this for about the 20th time I finally asked a nurse why they needed to know, and what would be the significance if I did see any blood. The response I got was that it would mean that my cervix is starting to change (causing me to have a little bit of bleeding).

My answer each time I have been asked this question so far has been "No".

Well, Thursday night as Mike and I were getting ready for bed I happened to notice some blood. Ahhh! Considering that earlier in the day I had been having contractions I suddenly got a really nervous feeling thinking "Oh my goodness, my cervix is changing!".

It was 10:30 at night but I decided this warranted a call to my doctor. After explaining the details to him he felt that it was probably nothing to be concerned about but suggested that I go into the Labor & Delivery part of the hospital so that a nurse could check things out.

After talking to my doctor I didn't feel that I was in labor so I didn't really expect to be at the hospital for very long. However, I had Mike bring our hospital bag just in case.

We got to the hospital at about 11:00 and as Mike went to check me in, I was set up in a labor & delivery room. I was put on a NST monitor so they could watch the baby's movements and heartbeat while I was getting poked and prodded. After checking me, the nurse explained that the outer part of my cervix was starting to open, but the inside hadn't changed yet. She called my doctor with this information and he said it sounded like I had lost my mucus plug.

So it's beginning!

With this information, I was sent home. There was no need to keep me in the hospital...I might have been there for quite a while. Mike and I finally made it back around 1:00am feeling a little anxious that things are certainly progressing toward labor.