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The end is the beginning

My cervix failed the baby on July 20th, and I had labor at 20 weeks. I never knew what labor felt like. I really just felt like that Pei Wei that I ate for lunch gave me indigestion. I went home from work on a Tuesday with what I thought was indigestion, and I was in labor the whole time with no idea!!  I went to bed that night and couldn't sleep hardly at all, and I went to work in the morning feeling worse than I did the day before. My wonderful boss asked me if I had called the doctor that morning, and I told her that I decided if I didn't feel better by lunch time that I would call. I didn't make it to 10 AM before I ended up calling, it was way worse than it was in just a short time. I call the OB, they asked me to come to their office. The OB confirmed my worst nightmare, I was in labor. I sat there in a chair and just sobbed. I was 20 weeks, and in labor, too early to do anything to help save my baby. I had never met this particular doctor before, as I had been rota...