and sometimes its Thursday....

Sometimes when you are pregnant you have stomach cramps. And sometimes when you have stomach cramps they don't go away- in fact they last all day. And since its your first pregnancy you get really worried. Especially when your baby is active in there but not really and you read blogs that say you should be feeling him all the time. And sometimes you don't know your own mother to call and ask questions and you were born at around 32 weeks. And are currently starting your 28th week so you're not sure what's going on. All you know is that you 've had constant cramping throughout the day and its uncomfortable to walk. And sit.

So you leave work five hours early and call your doctor's office. And they ask do you have spotting? Or bleeding? Or leaking of any fluid of any kind? No. We'll call you back. And then they do and they tell you that they want you to go into the hospital for a stress test just to make sure everything is okay.

So you go in, they hook you up to be monitored, and the nurse says that it should only be 20 minutes or so. An hour goes by and there is no change and so they have you leave a urine sample. An hour later the urine sample determines that you are dehydrated. And that you need to drink two liters of water or you can have it by IV. You think you could just drink water at home. But that would be leaving against medical advice. So you stay in the hospital and drink your four bottles of water and feel like a big ol lame-o because you spend four hours in the hospital because you managed to not drink enough water and since you are dehydrated your uterus is contracting and causing cramping.

And then the nurse tells you that stress causes people to not drink water. And you don't think you're stressed out until you start crying. And you only cry when you are super stressed. Then you think about why you are stressed. It's because you're missing work, your husband is missing work, you have to go sign paperwork beacuse you finally got into your apartment, you are drowning in readings for your classes that you hate, you're more than a little tired all the time, you've been living with friends for almost three months, you're having a baby and can't decide on natural or drugs, you're having a baby and don't feel adequately prepared, you desperately need two cars, and your IBS is making it impossible to eat like a normal person.

The bad news is that you have to drink more water. Which means you have to go to the bathroom more. And you hate using the bathroom. You already feel like its a waste of time.

The good news is that this doesn't happen all the time.

Just sometimes.

And all on the same day.

The other good news is that you are okay. And the baby is okay.

And you have a place to live now.

And that makes its a good day.