Its been a loooong day. The contractions I've been having all along sent me to triage today. I'm used to having a lot of them (even with the nifedipine), but they usually calm down is I park myself for a little while. Today I had 11 in an hour and they didn't change at all when I layed down.
Right away I was put on the monitor and given a shot of terb, which, by the way, is one of the worst medications I have ever had the misfortune of taking. The first dose did absolutely nothing to my contractions and only succeeded in making me feel very sick. I did have some cervical changes when the nurse checked me so it started looking like it wouldn't just be a quick trip and back home.
After an hour with no change to the amount of contractions the nurse gave me a second shot and the dr ordered a fetal fibronectin test. That came back negative and the contractions finally started to level off. After another hour they were almost completely gone...the dr poked his head in and said as long as things stayed calm, I could go home. Yay!!!
So, now we are home and Ben is grounded to his room and can't come out for 6 weeks.
Just for funsies...here is a pic of the little stinker at 32 weeks.
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