Today's visit was more of the same, which is to say that the girls are looking good. According to the ultrasound images things appear to be progressing as we should expect. As Gwynne elaborated on in the last post, we are now in a process of have fetal non-stress tests done on each visit. This means being hooked up to the monitor for Gwynne and a 20-minute nap on the couch for me.
Today's monitoring kept our attention as we were convinced the uterine contraction numbers couldn't possibly be correct. They were hovering in the 40s and 50s with spikes near 80. We were 5% worried and 95% sure the pad was placed in the wrong spot, especially since Gwynne couldn't feel anything contracting or otherwise. When our doctor came in she indicated that the numbers themselves didn't hold any meaning as pertaining to intensity, rather just the stability/volitility of the uteris.
Great! Smooth sailing we laughed and joked. As it turns out, it appears that Gwynne has an irritable uteris with one sustained contraction. So she was off to her OB, with whom she had an appointment anyway, for a fetal fibronectin test. Basically, if the test comes back positive, then there is a 1:5 chance that she will begin labor in the next 1-3 weeks. If it comes back negative, then there is a 1:50 chance of early labor; we'll repeat the test in a couple of weeks if we receive a negative result. Not really sure what will happen if we get a positive result.
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