The girl who cried 'wolf'

I thought for sure I was in labor Friday morning. Contractions were coming regularly every 4-6 minutes...but they weren't super intense. I called the nurse and they wanted me to get checked out since they were coming close together. So I called Joe home from work and we went to the hospital. They hooked me up to the monitors and checked me out...and then sent me home. They said they were almost sure they'd see me back later that night but since it was my first baby and the contractions were irregular(they stopped pretty much once i got to L&D), I should labor at home.
I had an appt later that day with my doctor anyways, so they said keep the appt and see if i was progressing. went to the appt. the doctor was apparently at the hospital delivering another baby. they were surprised to see me at the appt b/c they'd been told i was at the hospital- so no one called to cancel the appt. This made me break down a bit, I got in the car and just started sobbing. Not only was I not having my baby, but my doctor was delivering someone else's baby and forgot to cancel my appt! I was rescheduled for Saturday morning though, so I was able to calm down pretty quickly.

Saturday- the contractions are gone all together. and i've had no progress since my check at the hospital. It seems like baby Noah is content to occupy my uterus for awhile longer. But- the doctor's don't want him to stay too long, so I have an induction scheduled for Friday May 2nd. He has a few more days to come on his own, then they're evicting him. Joe and I spent the rest of the day just chilling out and cleaning up around the house, hoping the activity would bring the contractions back. No such luck, but I did get to have a yummy snow cone :-)

I'm on maternity leave now until the end of July though, my doctor didn't want me working this week b/c she thinks he could come at any time. I've been having stronger contractions today. They hurt, but they're not coming at regular times at all yet. I've spent most of the day in pajamas curled up in bed b/c I'm all kinds of crampy and just irritable. I feel huge and I just want to meet my baby already. I'm really hoping he comes on his own without the induction, but at this point I'm not sure it'll happen.

At least I have all week to get the house really clean and just relaxing for awhile.