Ok so i am 16 weeks, baby is doing good. Is 5 inches long and about 4 ounces! Very exciting! I have seriously scared myself thinking in 3 to 4 weeks i could find out what i am having!!! In t 5 1/2 months i could be delivering!!! I am sot even close to being ready! But i will do with the time i have! It's insane how fast this pregnancy is going! With Braiden i felt like i was pregnant for like EVER!!! This one... I am still in shock i'm still even pregnant! IT'S CRAZY! Ok my SCARE!!! On thursday the 15th, i was going about my day when i started to notice my lower back was throbbing, and it would stop, so i was sit on the couch and chill for a bit. Then i really started to notice i had menstral like cramps in the front left side, they were a bit random but hurt!!! I text my mom and asked if it should be something i should be worried about or was it normal and she kind of made me panic a bit when she immediately text back saying "Call your Doc" So i did what she said and called. The nurse asked me to explain what i have been feeling the best way i could, and after i did she said she would talk to Dr Roberts and call me right back, and i asked what i should do or what she thinks is going on! She said, "Well you are 16 weeks, and from what you have explained to me, it sounds almost like PREMATURE LABOR. But let me talk to Dr Roberts, you just lay down on your left side for until i call you back." Yeah... I freaked out, but tried to stay calm and do what she said. So i got my book out on pregnancy and looked up premature labor and read until they called back. Dr Roberts finally called me back and said, "My nurse gave me your message, and this is what is going on... You are experiencing "Braxton Hicks Contractions" with this being your 2nd pregnancy you will go through these contractions earlier and more often, so just stay calm and just relax. Try to aviod lifting anything heavy or your 2 year old, and if you do have to pick him up sit on the couch or chair first. Also last appointment we found bacteria in your urine, so that could also be what brought on these contractions. But nothing to worry about, if you don't feel better by morning, you come in immediately and we will check out what else is going on." So i calmed down a little more and decided to get a heating pad and may down, eventually fell asleep with Braiden watching cartoons. The next morning i felt sore, but nothing like i was experiencing, so i never went back in, but i am more aware of what my body is saying and doing. I have been taking it easy since then. So that was my SCARE!!! Let me just say, i never felt Braxton Hicks contractions with Braiden. The only time i felt contractions was when i was trying to go into labor because Braiden was already past the due date, and when i got induced in the hospital, but even then i had my epidurol way early because the docs doing it said they probably wouldn't be back to room in time, when i would need it. So that little experience was scarey for me! Hope everything goes smooth from here.