*UPDATE* to Being Monitored at Hospital

kaybee10

They monitored me for about an hour last night and confirmed I was having contractions every 8 or 9 mins (I could hardly feel them).  The gave me 2 bags of iv fluids then 2 shots of Brethine to stop contractions.  After a couple of hours my contractions had stopped. I was sent home with instructions to drink 10-12 cups/glasses of water a day -one for every hour I'm awake.  I've already felt a few light contractions this morning, so I'm chugging water (which is hard to do when you first wake up!).  But what does this mean?  I thought some people have braxton hicks and they amount to nothing.  I guess because I'm so early and they are regular?  What if I drink all this water, but still continue to have them?  I'm just a little overwhelmed right now, last week everything was fine and now all this, I'm just praying that everything goes ok.

Thanks ladies for your thoughts and kind words