Sure enough, the moment I talked about no news is good news, Caroline felt like she wanted spend Friday(26 weeks exactly) evening in the lovely confines of Dallas Presby's Labor and Delivery Unit.
Below is a timeline of our Evening:
7:00-Wylie is awesome husband and takes his wife on a date to Si Tapas . I would highly recommend.
9:00-Settle into couch about to watch Mavs game
9:15-Caroline mentions she just had a really big contraction, I look at her belly, it looks mis-shapen and hard. We have had Braxton Hicks contractions before, so this look/feel was nothing new.
9:20-Another contraction, a little to close together for my liking...but no real freak out...yet.
9:25-Another one. Crap. Wylie starts freaking. Caroline remains calm, and asks me to start timing them.
9:30-Another one. Caroline calls doctor, Wylie on verge of collapsing.
9:35-Another one, Caroline still calm, Wylie needs his own team of doctors
9:40-Dr. calls back, ask Caroline to go to Labor and Delivery to get it checked out.
9:45-Caroline wants to take a shower and "put on something cute" before we go. Wylie draws line, and herds Caroline in to car.
At this point, I've already failed the "you're supposed to be the super calm one" test. Failed miserably is a better term.
10:00- Wylie almost jumps over the counter at the idiot lady that is taking her time checking us in.
10:30-Meet the most calming nurse in the world, plus she's a TTU grad, Wylie calming a bit.
11:00-They measure the contractions along with the babies' heartbeats to make sure they are still good. Everything is cool, but contractions are still coming regularly, and they need to get stopped.
11:30-Caroline gets a shot Terbutaline, which is a common muscle relaxer that is given to relax the uterus, which will stop contractions.
12:00-Give Caroline a Fetal Fibronectin Test. This test is 98% accurate if a negative result when administered. This test will check for some enzymes that are produced during pre-term labor. If negative, 98% chance of no pre-term labor in two weeks. It takes about an hour for the result.
12:10-I discover TV in room. Catch end of Mavs game. Mavs win.
12:30-Test came back negative, contractions have stopped. WAHOOOOO.
12:45-Nurse gives Caroline an Ambien to sleep.
12:46-Wylie begs nurse for Ambien to sleep. Nurse says no.
12:47-Wylie begged nurse one more time for Ambien. Nurse ignores Wylie.
1:00 Home.
All this being said. Everything is OK, and we have our practice run under our belt.
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