tricky uterus...I hate you.

These last few days have really sucked. The wife started having "non-painful" contractions on Monday, and by Tuesday evening they were 5-7 minutes apart, so we called the doctor, described them, told her they were close but not really painful. She said to go ahead and go to the hospital. We got there, they monitored everything and checked the wife's cervix. She was only 1 cm dilated and just starting to efface. They told us the contractions weren't strong enough for any significant cervical change, sent us home, and told us to come back when they are "very painful." She had consistent contractions yesterday morning, which began to fade in the afternoon. Has had a total of maybe 5 "slightly painful" contractions in the last 24 hours and now is not having any.

So we went from being in early labor to not in labor at all. Thanks for making up your mind uterus. When this is all over, you are fired!

It feels like a cruel joke...just when we got our hopes up! Oh well, in two weeks we will get to meet her because that is when our induction is scheduled. Hope she comes before it though.