Still here as well - 40w5d. We took a trip to L&D last night ... my contractions had been as frequent as every 6 minutes for 1 minute earlier, but dropped to nothing by the time we got there. Of course getting there entailed dressing a squirmy, sick, un-sleeping toddler and driving him to BIL and SIL's house at midnight and stopping for a snack on the way in (which told me it was a waste of time). I was still all of 2cm (have been for like 3 weeks) and had 2 ctx in 25 minutes. Then we drove home, and my car died. Thankfully, we got it restarted and got home and in bed by 3. I slept until noon and we decided to go to the mall so I could walk, and the car died AGAIN - this time on the interstate. We were able to get it re-started and moved to a safe parking lot. I had it towed to my mechanic, and we think it's doing something it did 2 years ago (in February, oddly enough). I told him I wasn't in a big hurry ... I don't plan on driving anytime soon!
A friend came and picked us up and we did a tiny bit of walking at the nearby Old Navy and grocery store. But after an hour or so we came home, and I drank a big ol' can of pineapple juice. I've had to poop twice since then, so it's doing something! I'm having ctx now, but they're all over the place - lasting 30 sec or 2 min, barely there or double-peaking, evey 3 or 6 or 9 or 2 minutes. We had thought about going for a walk in the neighborhood, but it's really cold and now it's dark. I'm about to go try the breast pump in about 15 minutes. It sounds funny, but I really want to get in a good patter and get in the hospital and get the I/V antibiotics over with (GBS+) and be surrounded by my friends and family and luxuriate in the tub and have this baby!
Spencer's still at his Auntie Jill's house, and I miss him dearly, but he doesn't seem to mind his first trip away from home! I think he has an ear infection, so she's going to take him to the ped tomorrow AM. I owe her big time for this. (And I'm not worried about him getting her or her kids sick ... I think they're the ones who got HIM sick on Friday.) I wouldn't have worried about where he was going to be or who he was going to be with if he weren't sick - running a fever, snotty nose, playing with his ears.
And my dad and his girlfriend were going to watch him in the waiting area while we were at the hospital, but his narcissitic sociopathic entitlement issues reared their ugly heads, and now he's going to be called after it's all said and done. Too many nasty issues surrounding him - I don't even want him at the hospital this time (he was in the room last time). Looooooong story that I don't want to waste any more emotional energy on. (Which is good for me ... I used to want to go over it in detail and rehash it and stay mad, which does nothing except wear me out. I need to focus!)
But I digress ....
Come on baby - there's a whole lot of people who can't wait to meet you!
i'm ready for regular sex again too. 
This way I can hear him no matter where I am in the house. The cats are looking at me like I'm nuts 
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