one year ago today....

I began going into labor! buuuut I didn't know it. Well, I was eventually informed that I was in labor and two days later little man Sean was born. I almost wish I could say that I endured horrendous labor pains for those days leading up to Sean's birth, but I can't. (why do I wish that, do I think you'll respect me more? I know there are many that have been in labor for much, much longer..hmmm...is it a desire to feel different? to feel special...weird, anyhoo) It actually wasn't painful at all, just a little uncomfortable. (now that might make you hate me, not respect me, hahaha) Oh, but don't you worry, pain came eventually! Not sure why the contractions weren't painful in the beginning. I was told "it's just one of those things we (doctor's) can't explain." 
Below is an excerpt from a post last year (wow, cannot believe its been a whole year!)
The story begins Sunday....
    I had some pain in my lower abdomen all day Sunday and decided if it didn't go away by Monday morning I'd call the doctors office. I was ready to go to Austin for training for work Monday morning. The plan was for me and my co-workers to drive to Austin around 1030am. I was still feeling the pain that morning so I gave the doctor's office a call and the nurse said to come in just to check everything out. My doctor was doing surgeries that morning and couldn't see me until 1:30pm. So i let my boss know that I was going to stay behind to make the appointment. Thomas would go with me to the appointment and then drive me to Austin that night. So at lunch he packed his bag so he could stay the night in Austin with me. The doctor was running behind so i napped on the table while Thomas sat with me, haha. The nurse said she'd be an hour behind, "that's ok, we'll wait", then another "40 more minutes, you want to reschedule?", "no, we've already taken off the day, we'll wait." Around 4pm the doctor came in and said "so you're feeling contractions?" I didn't think that's what they were but i knew it wasn't normal. She checked me and I was at about 4.5/5cm. And immediately told us to head over to the Labor and Delivery. Much panic and worry set in at this point. We knew it couldn't be that good to start laboring this early, at 32 weeks. We headed on over and called family on the way to inform them and ask for prayers. I got in my hospital room, gowned up and hooked up. They started me on antibiotics in case there were any infections. And i hadn't had my staph. test done yet. I think that comes around 36 weeks. Sometimes pre-term labor is caused by an infection. Then gave me a steroid shot so that Sean's lungs could mature more. They started me on magnesium to relax my soft muscles, slow contractions, so that i could get another steroid shot in 24 hours. That all happened around 6pm Monday night.