A fun night...

For those of you who don't know already, Becky and I had quite a fun night Monday night.

Around 6:30 pm, Becky stated experiencing some cramping.  After it persisited, I started recording the times when this "cramping" was occuring.  After the "cramps" occured 10 minutes apart, four times in a row, we knew she was having contractions.

We called Grandma and Grandpa Doane to take Cade for the night, and, after calling the OB, we headed to Spectrum.
While at the hospital, they hooked Becky up to baby & contraction monitors.  She continued to have contractions until 12:15 am, when they they her some medication to stop the contractions.  Five minutes after receiving the shot, the contractions stopped.

At about 2:00 am, they wheeled Becky down to have an ultrasound.  They did an assessment on each of the twins, which consisted of 8 parts.  Both twins scored 8/8.  One part of the assessment was observation of fetal breathing for 30 seconds straight.  These are the 'practice breaths' the infants take in the womb as they prepare for birth.  We had to wait a while, but each twin passed this part.

At 3 am, they transferred us to a new, bigger room, where we got a little bit of sleep (although each time Becky shifted, the nurse had to come in and re-place the fetal heart monitors).  Finally, at 6:30 am, they sent us home.

Becky had a doctor's appointment at 4:30 today, Tuesday, where he prescribed her an anti-contraction medication and put her on "sofa-rest," which is his terminology for a step above 'bedrest.'  She can get up to use the restroom, eat, shower, etc. but other than that, she needs to keep her keister in contact with the couch.