24 weeks, no bedrest yet!

I had a cervical ultrasound and the fFN test yesterday. Cervix still is measuring long and I just got the call this morning that the fFN is negative (meaning that they did not detect the hormone that would likely trigger labor in the next 2-4 weeks)! Praise the Lord, still no bed rest!!! Without this test, the same level of symptoms had me on bedrest with Ruth, so it is a huge deal to me that I get to stay on my feet at least another couple weeks and possibly for the entire pregnancy.

I had a pretty miserable night last night, up for 4 hours with contractions and a heartily protesting baby who felt like he was trying to kick his way out! The cervical swab yesterday was VERY uncomfortable, so I think last night's activity was probably my uterus protesting the day's invasion. I woke up at 1 and couldn't get back to sleep. At 2 I got up and visited baby name websites for a while (this little guy still has us stumped on his name), then I tried to go back to bed without success. By 3:30 I got up and took tylenol and a warm bath. I finally fell asleep sometime after 5. What was strange was that I contracted a lot more when I was laying down than if I was sitting up, no matter how I positioned myself or propped pillows.

I'm still sore today, but not contracting near like I was in the night. Mostly I just really tired from lack of sleep. But the bottom line is, even as uncomfortable as I am, little one is safe and snug and I don't have to go to bed! My doctor did say that if I didn't have such bad side effects from Trebutaline that he would have me on it to just try to quiet the contractions, but since I don't tolerate it well, we will just keep watching my cervix and know that my uterus is going to be irritable from this point out.

Thanks so much for all the prayers. I cannot put into words how thankful I am that Baby Boy remains healthy and secure and that my body isn't showing any sings of trying to dislodge him any day in the immediate future. Also grateful that even though I'm hurting, I don't have to go to bed or be worried that Baby is in imminent danger. I go back in for another measurement and fFN the Tuesday before Thanksgiving unless things get more crazy between now and then.