30w5d: Taking the "N" out of NST

I didn't have the best of NSTs this morning.

It started off great, with Attiucs head down! (Good boy. Now: stay!)

But then, Damien's fluid levels looked low. They had to take multiple measurements, and it was a bit stressful, since they were totally fine on Wednesday. Finally, the nurse decided they were fine, since she kept finding little pockets all over the place. He's also gone back to some sort of weird diagonal position--not quite head down, but not quite transverse either.

Then my blood pressure was high (for me). 135/80. Never something fun to see, though it's not critical.

Then, once the babies were "found" (and lost, several times), all was good to go.

Until the nurse came in to ask me about my contractions. Yes, I was feeling them. No, they didn't hurt. Why? No reason.

Then, 10 minutes later, she came in and told me Atticus passed but Damien failed. That I shouldn't worry, because they don't "have to pass" until 32 weeks. Well, ok then, I just won't worry. I mean, it's not like I was recently told he was too big, might have low fluid, and failed a test that doesn't matter all that much but still.

So we'd be doing a BPP on him, and meanwhile, *yank*. She tightened the contraction-strap and went off to get the supplies and a tech.

The good news was, apparently that woke Damien up, and he got 2 accelerations in like 5 minutes, and thus "passed".

The bad news is: yes, totally having contractions every 5-10 minutes. Have I ever had an internal cervical exam? Well, no, we wanted to leave my cervix the fuck alone, what with the previa and funneling and "pelvic rest" and crap. Well, huh. Are the contractions painful? No...

So she signed me off, but told me the doctors might call me if they think they need to. My actual doctor is out of town, and I don't know who reviews her strips (though I'm sure someone does), and more importantly, when. But hey, she says, call them if my water breaks, and Happy New Year!

So of course I called my doctorsister, who is of course working and hasn't called me back.

I'm trying not to freak out. I mean, both my babies are fine. That's good news. Good, good news.

The fact that "painful" is a subjective measurement is something I'm trying to ignore.

I know twins often cause frequent contractions. I know this. I've felt them before and nothing has happened. But every 5-10 minutes is a lot. I just really want my uterus to calm the fuck down and do its job: keep those kiddos nice and safe inside.

Thanks.