One down, one to go

I’ve reached the first major milestone in this pregnancy – 28 weeks.  32 weeks here we come. 

However, Noddy wasn’t going to reach 28 weeks quietly so on D-day itself we ended up in hospital as I was cramping, contracting every 5 mins and feeling quite a bit of downward pressure.  Thankfully this visit was far less traumatic than the last.  On arrival we were put into triage rather than a delivery room where we had just one nurse, rather than an army and not an incubator in sight.

Less than 2 hours later I was in Starbucks enjoying a latte on the way home. It was all a false alarm, contractions stopped, no change in the cervix and on examination it’s thought the pressure was simply because the baby had turned and is now head down and in the 3rd trimester you feel all pressure significantly more in subsequent pregnancies than in the first.  And the fetal fibronectin test came back negative so highly unlikely I’ll go into the labor in the next 10 –14 days.  What a relief.

The other big excitement of the weekend was that I left the house – and not to go to a doctors appointment.  The three of us headed off to a friends house to celebrate Father’s Day so for once I had a change of scenery and the comfort of someone else’s sofa.  I can’t tell you how nice it was to leave the house and be greeted by people who didn’t immediately follow the hellos with the words “Please strip from the waist down.”  Sean and Allison – thank you for a lovely time – and the leftovers!

Today’s news is that Mum and Dad are going home this afternoon.  I shall miss them hugely and am incredibly grateful for all they’ve done over the last 3 weeks.  Ben’s mum arrives this afternoon too so help will remain on hand.

In the meantime, Wimbledon has started. Coverage starts at 3:30am so needless to say the DVR will be working overtime! I sure hope Sue likes tennis.