Vanessa slept horribly, unable to be comfortable.
Giving up on sleep, she rose earlier than usual. When she got out of bed, she felt exhausted and achy. Her entire body just felt wrong. Taking a minute to assess how she felt physically, she noticed her abdomen tightening. As she prepared for work, the sensation did not go away.
Were these contractions? She was not sure. They hurt, but it was not a crippling pain.
Although she had a few weeks left before her due date, she called her doctor’s office. She decided it was better to overreact in this case rather than wait it out and take chances with her child’s life.
The doctor on call asked a few questions then, agreeing with Vanessa to err on the cautious side, instructed her to go to the hospital.
Vanessa grabbed her purse and went
