Why I was up at 4am!

I'm frustrated.  Let me tell you why.  Last night, I had lots of contractions and some of them were really starting to hurt.  I gave up on sleep around 4 am and then realized that these contractions were coming every 4-5 minutes.  Holy Cow!  This must be it!  I finally got out of bed because it was more comfortable to sit than to lay down.  For the next hour they continued to be about 4-5 minutes apart.  Just before 6:00 I woke Ryan and told him that we might need to call his parents. He was a little out of it, so I let him stay in bed and I called his mom.  I told her I thought it was time!  We were all very excited.  The contractions continued to be 4 min. apart for another hour or more.  Then around 7:30 they slowed a little to about 7 min. apart.  Not a big deal, I remember doing a similar thing with Eva before they kicked back in to high gear and we headed to the hospital.  We continued with our getting ready and made our arrangements for Eva.  

Then around 8ish, the contractions slowed a little bit more until I had the very last one at 8:56 this morning.  We had to call Ryan's parents and tell them to turn around and head home.  We kept thinking, maybe they would kick back in... and maybe they still will, but it's now 1pm and I haven't had one single, stinkin' contraction since 9:00 this morning.  I was all geared up, thinking today was the day and now nothing.  

I'm frustrated.  And a little sad.  I'm ready to meet my little boy!  Anyway, that's my pregnancy update for the day.  As of last Wednesday, I was dialated to 2 cm already and I keep thinking that it's going to happen any second.  But with false labor for the second time in a week, I'm losing hope.  If my little man doesn't come on his own by next Friday (the 26th) I'll have to have another C-section.  You all know how much I'm trying to avoid that.  So prayers for labor to kick into gear would be greatly appreciated.  I don't even want to flirt with that 26th date.  I want to stay far, far away from it.  

I may end up being the girl who cried wolf so many times that I will deny that I'm actually in labor and end up having a home birth!  :)  Doubtful, Ryan would curl up and die if that happened.