spent 5.5 hours in l&d last night

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I thought I was just suffering from food poisoning that was bringing on very painful contractions, but apparently diarrhea and nausea are considered to be signs of labor!  I was hooked up to an IV and the super fancy monitor. I was having moderate contractions for a while every 5-10 minutes but then they started to settle down and I was sent home. My OB said since I'm 36 weeks she doesn't intend to try and stop any contractions. DH asked if we might have 2 more weeks and doc said that's a generous guess. I haven't had any real painful contractions in a few hours so I hope everything is settling down. I can't imagine going back to teaching tomorrow if any of the wincing kind come around again. 

 I'm 1cm dilated and she said my cervix is very thin. Cervix was looking pretty decent at my sonogram last Thursday, but I had been worried since baby's head has been so low for a few weeks now.