Trip #4 to the hospital

After a quiet weekend around the house, we were due for some excitement.... Part of my routine here at home is monitoring my own blood pressure and watching for any changes. I noticed with my Monday afternoon and Monday night readings that I was getting somewhat borderline numbers and definitely up from my usual average. Then on Tuesday afternoon, my blood pressure was higher still. So I put in a call to my doctor's office and since my own Dr was over at the hospital working in Labor & Delivery, he said I should just come over to the hospital for a few tests. Paul came home from work to get me and by 3:30, we were on our way to the hospital. I must say, even though we never got to go on the official "hospital tour", we are getting pretty good at finding our way around those hallways. And I'm getting awfully familiar with the Registration Desk in L&D!
Once I got into a triage room, I was hooked up to the fetal monitor, had my blood drawn and a blood pressure reading taken every 10 minutes. After a few hours of monitoring, the Dr said all my tests came back OK, my blood pressure seemed to be just under borderline and both babies heart rates looked great. What's funny though is that while we went in for the blood pressure issue, we left with something else to consider....I was having fairly regular contractions (about every 6-8 minutes) and am currently 1cm dilated. Now I know that 1cm isn't a reason to start calling all our family and neither are contractions that I'm not even feeling, but it's still very EXCITING to think that our girls could be born sooner rather than later! I guess just learning those couple of things made the reality of the upcoming birth really hit home - at least with me. Paul, on the other hand, seems quite laid back about it and even said last night "well, they've got to come out eventually"... :D
Anyway, after all the tests and monitoring, my Dr gave the OK for me to come back home and just keep resting. And I had a "talk" with the babies last night, explaining that our Dr is out of town until next week and since we all want him to be there for the delivery, we've got to focus on not going into labor until at least Monday. So while I plan to really rest and keep my feet up over the next several days, I'm also more motivated to get a few last minute things taken care of --by phone and internet, of course!