Unexpected Hospital Stay

WARNING!! LONG POST!!

Thursday night at 6:30 or so I started noticing I was having frequent contractions. I started keeping track at 7pm and was having them regularly 3-4 mins apart. I called the after hours on call doctor and she told me the typical-drink 2 big glasses of water fast and rest and call back in an hour if nothing has changed... My wonderful mother came over at 8 and sat with me while I was monitoring my own contractions, giving me moral support. Nothing changed. Some were more like 2 mins apart. I called back and was told to go in for monitoring. Garth is in Wisconsin for one of his last races so Palmer and I are on our own! Palmer was in bed already so Garth's mom dropped everything and zipped over to stay with him.
So we (my mom and I) headed over to Jackson (there are no OB docs in Driggs) and got checked in around 10:20pm. The roads were horrible and I was wondering if it was even worth it.
They put me on IV fluids right away-explaining again-dehydration causes contractions. I was on the monitor for about an hour with continuous contractions so was given a shot (terbutaline) to try to stop them. It didn't do much, so they checked to see if I was progressing into labor. I was slightly dialated (1cm) and 60% effaced. Then I got some oral meds (nifedipine) to try to relax my uterus. (Too much info??-sorry). I was still continuing to contract. They gave me some steroids (betamethasone) to boost the baby's lung development-I'm not even 33 weeks yet (out of 40). Those shots were AWFUL!!
I stayed overnight Friday while they watched me and waited to see if I continued to progress in labor. They were thinking about sending me down to the University Hospital in Salt Lake (which is also where I had Palmer at 34 weeks-completely different circumstance) because the baby would be so premature. They don't have a NICU in Jackson.
I had some tests done to see if I was susceptible to pre-term labor. Those came back negative which was reassuring. That test is good for 10 days-then I may have to get it again to see if I'm putting off the hormone that would indicate pre term labor...
All Thursday night through today-Saturday, I've continued to have contractions while on medication but never progressed in labor. During our two night stay I had another shot of terbutaline, more steroids for the baby, and more nifedipine in effort to control the contractions.
This morning they sent me home w/nifedipine to take ever 6 hours and am on strict bed rest for the next 3 weeks. Then I can stop the meds and go into labor whenever it happens.
My mom stayed with me the entire time sleeping on those terrible beds in my hospital room and was my own personal nurse. She has taken me in along with my darling son has been waiting on me keeping me down. Rachel is of course a big help too. Palmer requires a lot of attention! :)
Jackson Hospital labor and delivery room (I'm a little puffy from the IV fluids)