Our very short but long hospital stay

Saturday was Trav's last day of Youth Conference. They went around helping people in our ward clean up their yards. He finished up around 11:30 and didn't have to work and I didn't work until 5 so we decided to work around the house. Travis went downstiars and hung sheetrock and I cleaned the house. I did laundry, cleaned bathrooms, swept and mopped floors, and dusted. About 1:00 I started having contractions. I was keeping track of them but they weren't very strong so I wasn't too worried, a little excited, but not too worried :). About 3:30 they started getting really close together, about 2 to 3 min. apart. So I called in to work and let them know I wouldn't be there for my shift. Of course Jill was super excited and told me to call her as soon as we had news. I still wasn't sure if these were real contractions but they felt stronger and were lasting longer so I called the doctor who was on call for the weekend. I told him what had been going on and he said to go to the hospital and get checked out. You would think after 4 1/2 hours of having contractions I would be ready right away to just grab our bags and head to the hospital. Well, you'd be wrong. I hadn't packed anything!!!! I threw some clothes and stuff in a bag for me and then started packing the diaper bag. I couldn't remember what to even pack, it's been way too long since I've had to pack for a little one. Then we packed pj's and clothes for the boys. We threw everything in the back of my car including the carseat and we were finally on our way. I wanted to have everything just in case so Travis didn't have to come back to the house and try and get everything together himself. We dropped the boys off at Grandma Grays and then went to the hospital. We finally got there at 6:45, and my contractions were still very close together and going strong. They monitered me for an hour and came to see if I had made any progress. At my appointment on Thursday I was 2 cm dilated and 70% effaced. When they checked me at the hospital I was at a 3 and still 70%. In that hour that they watched me nothing changed. But they decided to keep me another hour because we lived so far away from the hospital. They didn't want me to get home just to turn right back around. So the nurse came back an hour later and checked again, still nothing. She said the doctor would probably send me home because I was only 36 weeks. Meanwhile the doctor had gone into a c-section. So we waited another hour for him to get out to see what we should do. I was still having contractions 2 to 3 min. apart and they were getting a lot stronger. I have never had any pain with my labors but I was in pain!! Apparently Keira wants to make me suffer :). The doctor finally came in and said he was going to have the nurse check me one more time and then we would go from there. And you guessed it NO CHANGE!!!!! So he said my options were to be admitted and have them watch me over night or go home and sleep in my own bed and if they got any worse come back in. Travis asked what he would do being the doctor, and he said he would probably stay at the hospital. So we said ok we'll do that. He then leaves the room and we don't see anyone for about 20 min. The doctor comes back in and tells me he can also give me a shot to help me sleep and send me home if I wanted to do that. I am really not one for needles so I passed on that one. He leaves and once again we don't see anyone for another 20 to 30 min. Then he comes back in and says we are going to give you an ambian and send you home. I was so frustrated and confused. I've only seen this doctor once and I didn't really hit it off with him. Now, I'm really not impressed. So the nurse came in and gave me my pill and she tells us that they've had like 4 other women come in tonight all in the same situation as me. None of us considered full term and none of us really progressing. 4 hours after we got to the hospital we went home. Of course once we got home I couldn't sleep. My contractions finally stopped around 4:30 am and I was able to fall asleep after that. It was a very long, very tiring Saturday that I don't hope to repeat anytime soon. And the next time I go through that much pain I better have a baby in my arms to make it worth my while :D!!! 23 days and counting