Impromtu doc visit

I do love my OB's office. I was having some weird feelings since yesterday, like my uterus was getting hard and just staying that way. It would happen for an hour, with some other pains at times, but not much. Called and talked to a nurse and she said it was normal. Today it was happening again, and decided to call back to see how often was normal. This nurse thought it sounded odd and had me go see the doc today. Even though it was a last minute appointment, my doctor did not rush me at all. Doppler was good (heart beat at 152) and I'm measuring at 17 weeks. After talking and an exam, the doc believes it could be a couple things. One is spasming so he's having me take bentyl (which is my IBS med anyway) for a few days to see if that helps. They are also checking for a urine infection. If it doesn't get better, we may do an ultrasound to check on my cervix. He isn't worried about that, though, because when it was checked 2 weeks ago I measured at 6cm, and 3cm is normal, so my cervix is doing great. He also told me preterm labor at this point is very, very rare. I'm to call tomorrow to find out the results from the lab, and to call Friday to give them an update as to how I'm doing. He is fine with me going to KC this weekend (which also tells me things must be fine). I did ask him what to do if something happens when I'm there, and conveniently, it's where he did his residency. So I'm to call his house and he'll get me in touch with someone at the hospital, or worst case he has a couple kids down there who have had kids there and they can help find a doctor. Either way, I'm covered. He did not find anything in the exam to indicate a problem, and said that since it's constantly hard for an hour it's not a contraction, because that would let up after a few minutes. He said it could be stretching, also, because I'm getting into a big growing month. Even told me a story about his first kid and how they thought his wife was going into labor due to the pains, but it ended up being round ligament pain. At least now I know what to look forward to! I don't care, as long as the doctor tells me it's normal.

He did go over my quad screen with me a bit. All of my numbers are good. I don't remember the exact numbers, but I was well past the lab's cutoffs for being at risk.