18 weeks

Well, as per usual- never a dull moment in this journey.  18 weeks brought with it a new weird feeling. I hoped it was babies moving,  but no such luck. After 3 days of this new feeling and realizing it was only happening after being on my feet, I called the dr on Thursday. After one hour of work, it began again. To my surprise the nurse said it was contractions and I needed to cancel my afternoon, get off my feet and drink a liter of water. She instructed me if it got worse to call back. As you can imagine, I FREAKED out!  That is not a word I want to hear for months! 
At my appointment Friday, for the 3 hour glucose test, I also saw a nurse and doctor for contractions. They basically said at that time, everything looked good. So medically they were not going to make me stop working, but if I was ready they supported it. Every nurse  I talked to that day gave me different advice  and opinions. Most, including family said,  with a history, multiples again,  and that I've already had both bleeding and contractions its time to stop. Then After stressing out about it all weekend, cancelling saturday and staying off my feet most of the weekend- I realized it was only happening when im on my feet for about an hour and when im not constantly drinking water ( which is pretty much impossible with 120 ounces a day).
my nurse practitioner called monday morning with good news, I do not have to gestational diabetes!! We talked about the whole thing and she made the decision for me. With that said i spent 5 hours yesterday canceling my clients. It was bitter sweet,  of course ill do whatever it takes,  this pregnancy  is my first priority. But It made me realize how much I love what I do, and I  adore my clients! I will miss them. But I look forward to the future and hopefully they will be happy with Coreen but still want to come back in the spring... I've done so many of them for so many years,  they are friends,  we've built relationships and I truly charish that. So many called yesterday,  and were genuinely concerned.
This truly becomes a new chapter in my life. Im closing  one door and opening another. For 11 years, life has been pretty much the same everday. Now it will be different,  I look forward to being not only a wife and hair stylist but a mother! Finally!  The in- between time  is a pretty weird, exciting, and scary feeling!