A long day of taking care of baby and mommy

I went in to Baptist for my first Non-stress test (NST) today. Our appointment was at 2pm. It was 2:55pm when we were finally taken back to begin the test. After hooking me up to the monitors the L&D nurses were shocked to see that I had 6 contractions within the 20 minute test. I nonchalantly said, "I know. I have been doing this for 6 or 7 weeks." I also told them that I have been taking scheduled Procardia and Terbutaline for the contractions. Our nurse quickly got on the phone to Dr. Houk. Dr. Houk wanted me checked to make sure I wasn't dilating, to take another Terb and go to bed. But I had a appointment with Dr. Mirabile at 4:20pm and then Childbirth class at 7pm. Mirabile could check me there. It is 10 times more painful to have the mean L&D nurses check you than the doctors, believe it or not. So off we went to my appointment with Dr. Mirabile, and by we I mean Mom and I. She volunteered to accompany me to my appointments since Jeremy was at work and I guess she enjoys sitting in doctor's offices for long periods of time.
We arrived at Dr. Mirabile's office at 4pm and waited until 5:15pm to be taken back for the ultrasound. Jeremy thought he was going to miss the appointment due to not getting off work until 4:30pm, but since we waited so long he was able to be there for the whole thing. While climbing up onto the table I had a contraction. I paused and had to breathe through it. The tech asked if I was okay and I told her I was having a contractions. She quickly rushed out of the room to tell the doctor and the drama began all over again.
Dr. Mirabile came in with a resident and said "I hear there is some excitement in here- ha, ha" and flashed a cheesy smile.
Long story short, the baby was reacting fine with accelerations on the NST, looked good on the ultrasound and is head down(they estimate that he is 5lbs 3oz), I am 60% effaced, not dilated, and they performed another fetal fibronectin test (FFN) and it was negative. So we only have a 3% chance that the baby will come in the next 2 weeks, but he is getting ready. All these contractions are just a big annoyance to mommy and baby. We now have to do NSTs twice a week. My mom also got to experience how much fun the last 8months of waiting all day in doctor's offices on a weekly basis has been.
By the time we got out of the appointment with Dr. Mirabile it was after 6pm. Although it is nothing like waiting 2hours 40minutes for Dr. Merrill, my rheumatologist, it was making for a long afternoon. We rushed to Panera for a sandwich. My mom drove the accord back to our house and Jeremy and I ran back to Baptist for our first Childbirth class. Personaly I found the class to be a snooze and a repeat of nursing school OB class, but Jeremy learned a lot and was diligently taking notes:)