Christmas Day brought a fun surprise; a real world test of our labor preparedness. This morning, Pamela started experiencing contractions. The first two were bout two hours apart, then the next about an hour. The next was about 30 minutes, then the next in about 8. After the third, I was already on the phone with the doctor on-call. To make a long story (day), short, we ended up testing our preparedness for the big day. We packed up the car in a hurry and ran off to the hospital. The doctor met us and Pamela was immediately in bed and being monitored. She ended up having moderate contractions about 3 minutes part. She never did dilate or efface, which is a good thing since Sophia is only 35.8 weeks along. Even though she'd be fine, the longer she's 'swimming', the better. We have been given permission for a New Years baby though. In the end, the doctor gave Pamela a prescription, to take as needed, that would stop any false contractions and ordered her to drink 5-6 liters of water a day. Lack of sufficient hydration may have been the cause since that is the number one cause of false contractions. The good part is that Pamela now knows what they feel like and we know that we are fairly well prepared.
Ironically enough, Pamela had a previously scheduled appointment with the doctor we saw today. Yes, we're still going.
~ Matt
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