And the contractions go on and on and on

We have now made it to 33 weeks! Only 7 more weeks left at the most. Jeremy and I are both getting very anxious and excited for the baby to be here. The nursery is completely ready except for hanging a couple of shelves and getting the letters that spell his name put up. Jeremy has put a lot of sweat into the nursery for which I am very grateful. I think we have all the basics covered in case (heaven forbid) the baby comes tomorrow. I am also excited for the showers I have coming up in the next couple of weeks- one with the girls at work and one with the ladies from HHBC. Bless them all; they have barely gotten to know us and they already want to celebrate our miracle with us.
On another note, I have been feeling pretty good lately and all my lab work, blood pressure, etc have been normal for which I am very thankful. My only complaints are the back pain that comes with being 8 months pregnant and constant Braxton Hicks contractions. Often I have 10-20 contractions an hour. Dr. Houk put me on procardia daily and terbutaline as needed to decrease the contractions. As a result of the contractions I have not been getting much sleep lately and my joint pain has flaired up. Dr. Houk also recommended that I keep a consistent scheudule of sleeping during the day and being awake at night. Hence I may not answer your calls/texts immediately during the day and more and more of my posts may be at 3am. Anyhow, I am just thankful that I am not dilating and that the baby has been tolerating the constant squeezes well. I remind myself often that all of this will be well worth it once I can hold our little man in my arms.
Please pray for energy and strength to get through the three shifts that I have in a row starting tomorrow night and that the non-stress test I am supposed to do early next week goes well.