with our first trip to L&D.
I started contracting around 8pm last night. They were anywhere from 2-10 minutes apart and lasting about 1 minute. I called the on call OB around 9:15 after a particularly sharp one and she said drink 32 oz of water and rest and then go to the hospital if I was still contracting. So I did and by about 10 they were only about 30 seconds apart at the same frequency. I held out until 11 and they started to get less frequent. But then around midnight they started picking back up. So I rounded up Justin and made him take me to the Hospital.
They monitored me, and decided I needed a shot of Tributaline (sp?) to slow down the contractions. They also did a fetal fibronectin test and a pelvic exam.
The FFN came back negative. So it's prety unlikely that I will go into labor in the next two weeks. But I'm about 50% effaced and the front end of my cervix is dilated a little more than 1 cm. The back half is still closed. So after the contractions slowed they sent me home. But the nurse said I was right to come in. So that makes me feel better. I totally hate that "why are you even here?" attitude that medical professionals give when they just think you're being paranoid.
The nurse commented on monkey's position (transverse), asking if my Dr. had prepared me for the possibility of a c-section. I've kind of always felt like I was headed for one and now I feel pretty sure that's how this baby will enter the world. But I'm just not going to go in with any firm expectations of how I want labor/delivery to go. Other than this -- I don't want a catheter in before I've been numbed or after the numbness has worn off. I will totally raise holy hell. Everything else I can deal with. But the idea of being cathed just makes me cringe, gag, and throw up in my mouth a little.
AND when I told the nurse about my dystonic reaction to Compazine early in my pregnancy she said BOTH of her daughters had the same reaction and she thought they had taken the drug off the market. She thought that Dr. was an idiot for prescribing it. I just thought "You have NO IDEA what an idiot she was. The compazine wasn't the half of it".
And so there you go. This is all starting to feel so real.
Justin's comment was "Do you feel more pregnant now than you did this morning?"
Why I believe I do!
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Natalie,
My name is Amanda, and I'm a member of the public relations team that raises awareness for FullTerm, The Fetal Fibronectin test. I read your blog with interest and thought you may be interested in learning more about the test at www.fullterm.net, and feel free to include the site as a link to your blog so that readers can access the information.
Additionally, if you're interested in helping spread awareness about the benefits of the FullTerm Test, please contact me by emailing fullterm@schwartz-pr.com. My team generates stories about the benefits of the test among women at high risk for delivering early in national, local and online outlets. In the last few months we've secured stories in Working Mother magazine, the FitPregnancy Blog and the Boston Parent's Paper. Most recently we secured the following article on the popular pregnancy and parenting website iParenting.com: http://tinyurl.com/cuwwqw.
We're always interested in speaking with women who had the test and are willing to share their experience to make sure other, at-risk pregnant women know there is a test available to help predict premature birth.
I hope to hear from you.
Regards,
Amanda
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