Quite the scare today

So our little girl gave us quite the scare today.  We had spent the weekend camping with friends and family for Chris's mom's wedding.  We finally went back to our camper just a little after midnight.  I had been nauseous since about 9 or 10pm, and when I finally got laid down, I just tossed and turned.  I started having contractions at about 1am but they weren't consistently spaced, so I didn't worry to much about it.  At around 1:30 or 2am, our daughter woke up sick to her stomach.  Tried to frantically get out of bed, not an easy feat for a 36 week pregnant woman.  Didn't want to have to clean up vomit in a camper, especially when I already wasn't feeling well.  Needless to say, after checking her temp (no temp), I chose to fill the bathtub with blankets and her pillow and let her sleep in the bathtub by our room.  Yep, totally put our 6 year old back to sleep in a bathtub.  All I was thinking of was not wanting to clean up vomit from carpet and bedding if she did end up getting sick.  After that I fell asleep only to be woke up by contractions at 4am.  The contractions were 3 minutes apart consistently for 30 minutes, so I called my OB.  Didn't want to take any chances with our little heart baby coming early.  So had to call my mother in law to come over from her camper to ours to watch our two kiddos while we went to the hospital.  I had to drive myself, and my husband gave me directions from the passengers seat.  Let's just say that it was his mom's wedding reception and we had been sitting around a campfire, and with just going to bed 3 hours before, he was in no shape to drive.  Poor guy!  Contractions stayed consistent the entire drive to the hospital.  Got checked in around 5:15am and got all hooked up to the monitor.  I was really nauseous and the contractions continued.  For about an hour or two they started to get pretty intense.  I was getting really nervous at that point b/c she is already measuring small so we really don't want her to be early.  The Norwood is one of the most complex and difficult heart operations there are and the bigger the baby is the better.  Right now our little peanut is probably just over 5 lbs.  She needs to stay in until our scheduled induction in 2 1/2 weeks.  After being checked by the nurses at the hospital, they thought I was still just at 1 cm, so that was good.  By the time my OB got there and I'd had those more intense contractions, I was almost at 2 cm and my cervix had softened.  By this time my contractions had become less intense, almost to the point that I couldn't feel them, but they were even closer together.  After discussing it with my OB, we decided to try a shot of medicine in my arm to hopefully stop the contractions.  If it didn't work, there would be nothing they could really do and we would just have to let nature take it's course at this point.  Luckily the medicine seemed to work.  It made my heart thump and my body feel jittery, but it didn't effect our little peanut's heart rate and the contractions just became what the nurse called "irritability"  By around2:30pm the nurse updated my OB and it was determined that I could go HOME!  The contractions weren't intense enough any longer to cause cervix change, so hopefully it stays that way.  I was told to drink lots of water and be a couch potato.  So essentially, I'm on bed rest.  Since being home tonight I've had a few contractions, but nothing consistent.  I've been trying to stay off my feet as much as possible b/c when I stand for to long or walk to much, I get nauseous and my stomach starts to feel like it's going to contract again.  My husband took this scare very seriously and has stepped up to the plate.  Although he does ALOT for our family; housework, supper and bathing kids is not something he's used to.  But all evening he has told me that I need to lay down and doesn't want me to do much at all.  It's kind of weird sitting back and lounging on the couch while my husband cleans the kitchen, does the dishes, picks up the house and gets the kids ready for bed.  At least in my house it is weird.  But I have to say, even though I may not be able to find everything that he puts away, at least it is getting done.  He has been wonderful through this all.  Now all we can do is wait and see if baby girl will try and give us a scare again before her Oct. 4th "planned" arrival.  Hoping she stays in as long as possible.  Tomorrow I go back to my doctor for my 37 week check up and a non-stress test.  My cervix will be checked again at that time.  Then on Wednesday we will have our tour of the Labor and Delivery unit at our hospital and the NICU and PICU where are little girl will be staying.  Until then, hoping for no more scares from our little girl and this momma is going to be a "couch potato", per doctors orders.  Positive thoughts and prayers are always appreciated as we continue on this journey.