Our first (and hopefully last) trip to Labor & Delivery

Todd and I had a fun morning planned today. We were going to have a 4D ultrasound done and were excited to see the babies again. However, late last night I began experiencing some cramping. This always makes me paranoid. I drank tons of water, laid on my left side and they never seemed to improve. The cramping kept me up some during the night and did not improve this morning. I called my OB who was in surgery so they told me to go to L&D. I really did not want to miss our 4D ultrasound, so I tried calling my perinatologist before going to the hospital. I didn't realize that he does not see patients on Wednesdays. Uggh!! So, off to L&D we went.

Once we got there they hooked me up to the fetal heart monitors, took my blood pressure and monitored any contractions I might be having. The nurse found Tigger's heartbeat relatively easily; however, Pooh was another story. After trying herself for several minutes, which felt like an eternity, she called in an OB resident to assist. By this time, Todd and I both were getting really nervous that there wasn't a heartbeat to find. The resident came in with an ultrasound machine and it wasn't 30 seconds later that we had a good heartbeat. We both breathed a huge sigh of relief.

All in all, we were there probably two hours. Everything is fine and I am not experiencing any signs of pre-term labor. The babies were extremely active and if nothing else that gave us peace of mind.