Who ever said bed rest was restful???

Well, as you may be able to tell, I have been placed on bed rest. Not exactly where I want to be at this moment in time, but not much I can do about that. I started having contractions yesterday. I've been having the braxton-hicks contractions for weeks now, but they have been fairly irregular. Well yesterday I started my morning with those contractions and they just didn't seem to let up. They aren't painful, but they aren't comfortable either. I had a doctors appointment yesterday so I just decided I would se what she had to say about it.
I made it to my appointment and let them know what was going on so they decided to run a few tests to see if I am at risk for pre-term labor. They had to take a swab from behind my cervix to see if there are any fetal cells there which, if posistive, would put me at a high risk of preterm labor and delivery in the next 2 weeks. (I think I mentioned I like medical stuff- sorry if this is TMI for some of you, I just think it's all facinating) Sooo, after the swab she took an ultrasound to see what was going on with my cervix and found that I am thinning out a bit too early. I'm suppose to be around 5cm thick and I'm only 2.3 as of yesterday.
Ok, so I was sent to St. Joes Hospital and was put on a monitor to measure my contractions. I remained there for the afternoon. They were measuring 4-5 contraction/hr so my doctor said that was too many and that I had to go on bed rest for the rest of the week. I was given 2 shots, one to try and help my uterus relax, and the other was a steroid in order to help the baby's lungs develope faster incase she is born soon. The goal at this point is to try and hang in there 3 more weeks atleast, but they said if I start to dialate they won't be able to do much medically to stop her from coming. I have to go back to the hospital today to get my second steroid injection and man does that thing NOT feel good.
Until I see my doctor again on Monday I am stuck on bedrest. She actually said if my contractions stop after Thursday I could go back to work Friday, but I have a few people (my Mom mostly ;) telling me I will not be going back to work on Friday...so that's probably how it'll be. Don't mess with the mama :)
At this point I am in bed 20 out of 24 hours a day. My family is helping with the kids while Greg is at work and Greg is taking over at home, but it is soooo hard to just try and lay here and not do anything. Thankfully I have our laptop to help ease the bordom. I'm still having some contractions, but not like yesterday. As long as I can keep them under 4/hr I am ok. If I get more frequent ones I have to return to the hospital. Everyone here is doing a great job of helping me stay compliant with the restrictions...they really are hard to do.
So that is the update so far. The funny thing is I actually have a written doctors order that says I am NOT aloud to cook, clean, or do any child care until ok'd by the doctor:) I think I need to frame that!