The Swab Test

Well, I have had my first run-in with "Are these real contractions - HOLY SH!T"

I will be 29 weeks tomorrow. These babies are no where near ready to enter this oxygen breathing world.

Monday night only an hour after going to bed I am awoken by a dream where I am in lots of pain....well, turns out I really was. I was having Braxton Hicks that hurt like hell. I went down to the couch and started timing them.....there were a lot....and they were coming fast. So, I set a time (60 minutes later) at which point I would call the on-call dr. I drank a big glass of water while dealing with them.....and luckily 15 minutes before the deadline they subsided.

In the morning I got ready for work and planned to call the office - and guess what, they started again. So, the office wanted me to come in, thankfully. They did the NST for about an hour....and not one contraction. They also decided to do the fetal fibronectin swab. It came back negative - which is an indication I will not have these babies in the next 2 weeks.

So, all turned out ok. But wow.....so many emotions I went through. Even though I am less than comfortable I am not ready to not be pregnant anymore....I do not want to spend my maternity leave visiting the NICU.

I have been reading so many other people going through similar things and this is my first "incident". I hope it is the last.....at least for 5 or more weeks. Preferably until June 21st if I can be picky.

On a fun note - I had a shower this past weekend! It was wonderful!! Almost a little surreal that it was for me and for TWO babies!