I’m 40 weeks and 2 days. I went to L&D last night around 12:30. I was having contractions since 10:30 that were all less than 5 minutes apart. So I was thinking it’s FINALLY MY TIME!

I get there and I had progressed from the 2cm and 75% effaced that I was earlier this week to 3cm and 90% effaced. I was thrilled because it was progress and meant all these irregular contractions that I had been having all fricken week were at least doing something. Doctor wanted me to stay there for 2 hours to see if I would continue to progress. My contractions kept coming and getting worse. Plus I think I was feeling back labor. I could hardly stand and wanted to vomit. When I got there i said I was a 7 on the pain scale. When I was checked again I was at a 10. I was hoping I would have progressed enough to be admitted. Well I hadn’t progressed at all. They sent me home at 4:30AM. They gave me Vistaril to help calm me and hopefully It would help me go to sleep. I got home and was able to fall asleep an hour later, still waking up from contractions but they for sure spread further apart. I have been sleeping on and off all day and still having irregular contractions. I was told that they hope I would come back later today and it would be “the real deal” and that I would know, there would be a change. This is the second time I have been to L&D. How the heck will I know at this point. The contractions get SO painful and consistent but yet they are not the real deal and eventually fade away. I could just cry, in fact I have many times. I am scheduled for induction on Tuesday sometime. At this point I’m hoping I can make it through my last 2 nights and just wait to be induced because the pain gets so bad. I’m defeated. I don’t want to keep going in to just be sent home.