The Scare

Alrighty guys.

This is gonna be a fairly quick update.

The other night, I started feeling a bit nauseated. So I went to bed, thinking that I would feel better after some sleep, like I normally do. Well, I had to get up to go to the bathroom 4 times that night, as opposed to my usual one. Woke up yesterday morning still feeling nauseous, but with lower back aches added in (think "I've got to poop really bad" feeling, but without the poop). Before lunch, I started having what felt like PMS cramps.

I laid down after lunch, hoping these would go away with some rest. They did not. They got worse as the day went on and I ended up feeling contractions as well.

Soooo off to the hospital I went after we put Rin to bed last night.

They put the monitor on me to track my contractions. Sure enough, I was having one 30-45 seconds long every 3-4 minutes.

They tested my pee. It came back "crystal clear." (Doctor's words)

They checked to make sure I wasn't leaking any amniotic fluid. I wasn't.

So they checked to see if the contractions were causing any dilation.....

Uh-oh. Y'all, I apparently am dilated to between 1 and 2 centimeters. (In case you didn't know, they really don't like seeing ANY dilation at 33 weeks).

So they ran this cool test that I didn't even know existed. It's called a Fetal Fibronectin Test. Apparently, fetal fibronectin is a substance the body releases when labor is eminent (like, gonna happen in the next week or two). If the test comes back negative, it's 99.9% accurate.

Mine came back negative. Woohoo!!!

Which means, they're gonna keep an eye on things. And I'm to keep an eye on things and go get checked again if anything changes for the labor-y side of things. But I got to go home (at midnight...so I'm a lotta bit sleepy and looking forward to nap time today).

However, I am now under orders to drink lots and lots of water, to stay off of my feet as much as possible, and to lay on my left side when I can. My activities haven't necessarily been restricted, so I'm not exactly on bed rest.

So that's my fun little story. Here's to hoping and believing this baby is gonna stay corked up for at least another 3 weeks!