It's 3 AM- why am I awake? Hiccups and spotting UPDATED

(UPDATE:
I didn't want to be a bad blogger, but I need to run back for the rest of some monitoring at the office. Thank you for your kind words - they mean the world - still spotting, cervix is a bit shorter, (but nothing earth shattering - 1.8 I think?) soft and squishy like always and there looks like there is the start of some funneling. But the cerclage is firmly in place. Spot is still hanging in there, and I'm trying to take her lead and stay Zen about things myself.)

Once again - the bedrest insomnia has hit full force. Amazingly at 11PM I fell asleep, but then was woken up by little Spot's hiccups. No complaints about that though - as long as you continue to grow in there - hiccup away to your heart's content little girl! Problem came with falling back asleep - which just doesn't seem to be an option right now. Perhaps it wasn't just Spot's hiccups that woke me up out of a dead sleep, but rather my internal little alarm signal as well. Shortly after I was unable to fall back asleep I noticed that I have started spotting. I have had some minor spotting recently - but this is much more than I've had anytime recently.

Now I was debating what to do while staring at the clock flashing 2:45AM at me. Darn it Mr Clock you aren't being very helpful with this decision making process! Mr Clock just stared back at me with his glaring lights. Hmmmm. On one hand my appointment with my OB was only a few short hours away in the AM - and the thought of dragging my husband out of bed and both of us making the drive to triage is about as appealing as catching a whiff of raw meat these days. On the other hand - I couldn't quite bring myself to do nothing and wait either. So instead I contemplated calling the answering service and seeing if they thought I was okay to wait until the AM appointment and ultrasound. Decisions at 3AM aren't as clear cut as the same decisions would be in daylight hours I swear.

As I picked up the phone to dial the answering service, I remembered that my OB was actually on call this night. Instead of having them phone him - I skipped the middle man and just sent my OB a text page with what was going on. Thankfully I got the answer that I wanted - that being to watch things for the next few hours as long as it's not increasing at all, and to come in first thing in the AM to the office. Phew - triage averted for now - a place I was trying to avoid like the plague.

So now I'm sitting here watching Mr Clock again. Can time move any slower? Well, week 22 of this pregnancy is starting off with a little more activity than I'd like. Today is day 62 of bedrest - and as much as I don't like being on it - I'd do anything for some more bedresting days in my future.