I've been MIA for a LONG time and I am so sorry! Let me tell you where I've been... last I was on here, I was 22 weeks pregnant. I am no longer pregnant, I had my baby boy 8/2. I started preterm labor at 25 weeks, that continued until 37 weeks. I was in and out of the hospital quite a bit, and even at 34 weeks I was admitted to the hospital and they had to stop my labor because my contractions were 5 minutes apart. They did slow the labor down, but I continued having contractions irregularly. At 37 weeks and 6 days, I went into labor. Contractions were painful, but my water never broke. The early morning of 8/2, I went into the hospital at midnight for regular painful contractions and bleeding. When I got there, they hooked me up to monitors and I was having contractions every 1-2 minutes apart. I was checked and was only 1cm, so they kept me for an hour and checked me again but I made no change. So they sent me home to labor on my own. I had contractions all night long. I woke up at 8am, still felt crampy and miserable but the contractions weren't as bad. My babysitter was there with me, she had spent the night just in case my water did break and we needed a babysitter ASAP. My husband went on to work, but was on stand by of course. It has been over 24 hours since I had eaten, so we decided to load up and go to Arbys. After eating, I tried to take a nap but my contractions started to intense again. Finally around 2pm, I called my OB's office to tell them what was going on. They told me to come in. When I did, I had a contraction before my OB could check me and when he did, I was 4cm. So, I was immediately sent to the hospital to have my baby. My baby boy was born at 7:17pm on 8/2 via csection. I am now 2 weeks postpartum, my baby boy is home and is doing amazing. He's so perfect and healthy. So, that's why I've been MIA. These last couple of months has been so crazy, but I wanna come back and start writing again when I have the time.