False Alarm - But Good Thing

Friday night we went to a wedding. I strongly suggested that Jen not go crazy dancing (I really preferred that she not do it all but what do I know :) ). We had a good time.

That night though Jen was slightly worried that her water may have broken and she had a few contractions. They were not really painful, but Jen had just heard a story about a friend of a friend that was not sure she was in labor and by time she decided to go in, she was 8 cm dilated. Jen was worried she might be one of these lucky cases, so in the morning we called just to be safe and they suggested that we come in to check.

They ruled out the water breaking pretty quickly and the baby checked out well on the ultrasound, but it turned out that she had a UTI and high blood pressure.

They gave her antibiotics and kept us there overnight for observation. While she was laying down and relaxing her BP was much better, so the next day they sent her home but only on modified bed rest.

This was kind of a lucky experience for us - it caught several problems and gave us a nice practice run so we will be more comfortable next time.