On Friday we had my monthly OB visit and found out the test I had done earlier last week ( the fetal fibronectin) was negative. From what I understand it can turn positive and some doctors do it as often as every 2 weeks but I doubt mine will. My cervix still hadn’t changed but I was still having contractions about the same frequency as beofre. She said to continue the bed rest and with that Jonathan followed up with “what is your definition of be rest” and she said “staying on the couch and getting up to go to the restroom and a quick shower” and my reponse, “that’s it!”
She did give me privileges to go to mine and Jonathan’s parents house as long as I’m on the couch.
In other, not so depressing news, the boys looked great, as usual. Their fluid level in the amniotic sac looked great and the were moving like crazy. BabyA (Hayden) was scratching his head and flipping back and forth while Baby B (Ian) was kicking his feet. Baby B (Ian) is no longer head down like he was last week, he flipped back and is breech again. I think he just didn’t like being head down, but we’ll see…he could change again by next week when we have our next sonogram. Or maybe he didn’t like looking directly at his brother’s face so he flipped back!
My doctor did give me something to help me sleep at night since I can’t really fall asleep some nights and then when I do, I wake up several times a night and sometimes then I can’t go back to sleep for a few hours. I took it for the first time last night and slept all the way until 6:00 without waking up – wahoo. But since I took it kind of late last nigt, I still felt a little drunk so I went back to bed. So I am now up, a little more refreshed and ready to, well do nothing but lay on the couch – FUN! I’m thinking of asking her if I can have pool privileges since anytime I was in the pool in the past I didn’t have a contraction. Its not like I’m out there swimming laps or doing water aerobics, I’m just relaxing and floating in the pool. We’ll see what she says.
Well, that’s all for now, I’ll give you another update next week when I go see the perinatologist. Hopefully we’ll have some more pictures to show of the boys.
All she said was you have to stay on the couch….one of those floating recliners counts as a couch, right? Hope you get some pool privileges. And it’s so good to hear the boys are doing well. We’re keeping you in our prayers.
I’m with you, I can lounge around on one of those floating “couches”!