Hello contractions!

On Monday night we picked up the girls from daycare and we're going to take them to go eat dinner. I felt perfectly fine and a few minutes into the drive noticed some lower belly cramping that radiated up into a tightening belly. I didn't think anything of it but did make note that this felt different than the Braxton Hicks contractions I have been feeling I continue driving and a few minutes later got the same feeling. Again just ignored it not thinking anything of it, and a few minutes later the same thing. At that time I took note of the clock period 3 to 4 minutes later this feeling came back again, and three to four minutes after that again, and again, and again period I told rich I thought I was having contractions but I didn't know for sure since I have never really felt contractions period we went into the restaurant ordered our food and I was continuing to have contractions. I told rich I was going to go lay in the car with the air conditioner on and I continue to monitor. After an hour they were still there with me drinking a lot of water and resting. I called Labor and Delivery and they told me if it continued to head on in. We got home and I took a nice warm bath and they continued.

I notified Q&A as to what was going on. I got to labor and delivery and they hooked me up to the monitor. 15 minutes later the nurse came in and said she wasn't seeing anything, I told her I was still having that feeling and she readjusted the monitor. About 20 minutes later she came in and said she was seeing some activity that was coming and going. I let her know that the same feeling was happening, but it wasn't as frequent. At that point she checked my cervix and it was closed. I stayed on the monitor while she discussed with the doctor. Since I was supposed to get steroids this week anyway the doctor decided to go ahead and do the first dose that night. The nurse came in gave me the shot told me she would watch me for 15 minutes and send me home. During that 15 minutes I was laying there and again started noticing the cramping and tightening coming and going every 3 to 4 minutes. The nurse came in and asked how I was feeling, and I told her that I was having what I thought we're contractions again. She said in the last 10 minutes she had recorded 3 contractions every 3 to 4 minutes. She said they would continue to monitor and assess after that. The doctor was in a C-section at that time so the nurse was going to wait until she finished. The nurse came in several times to check on me comma and said the monitor wasn't picking anything up but I assured her that I was continuing to have contractions. She continued to adjust the Monitor and was picking up bits and pieces of the contractions. Once she discussed with the doctor what was going on the nurse came back in and rechecked my cervix and it remained closed, which is a great thing. A few minutes later the nurse came in and said they were going to give me a shot of terbutaline to try and stop the contractions. All I can say is Holy Smokes that was not a pleasant shot. After the shot naturally I got really jittery, experience they come from where contractions and then they stopped. Once they had stopped I was able to come home.
It was definitely an eventful evening, I was in labor and delivery for almost 5 hours. It definitely open my eyes at this baby can come at any time period I was taken aback that the contractions started out of nowhere and we're so close together. From now I guess I will take it more easy and keep my fingers and legs crossed that this baby will make it until July 3rd so that her parents will be here for the delivery.