Yikes - Preterm Labor

I noticed that my back was bothering me on Thursday and Friday morning. I  scheduled a pregnancy massage on Saturday afternoon.  On Sunday, I could barely stand up straight.  I thought that I was sore from the massage.  I went to work on Monday.  After lunch, my stomach started to hurt.  I had a light lunch.  I was still hungry so I popped a bag of popcorn.  I thought that maybe I had eaten too much.  Throughout the day, the tummy pains increased.  I have no idea what is normal for a pregnancy, but I do know that I have a very lot tolerance for pain.  I decided to hang in there for the rest of the day.  After school, I was meeting with a teacher.  The stomach pains started to become more and more uncomfortable. At about 5:30 p.m., I decided that it was time to go home and rest.  When I got into the car, I had a hard time driving.  It was difficult for me to move my leg from the gas to the brake.  I knew that something wasn't right.  I called the doctor, and I was directed to go to the hospital.  Brad met me there, and we waited to see what was going on.  It turned out that I was in labor, and I was having contractions every two minutes.  I was only 25 weeks and 4 days.  It was too early to have this baby.  The doctors gave me a series of shots to stop the labor.  Fortunately, the shots were successful.  I was on bed rest for two weeks.