It’s been an interesting few weeks, as the weekend before last Julie started having contractions. Week 16 and contracting? Not normal.

She knows how to listen to her body so she sat down immediately and gave herself some down time, but they started happening WHILE she was laying down too, so we thought it wise to contact our doctors and see what they thought.

A few phone calls later we had some appointments and tests lined up with our OB group and the high risk doctors we see in tandem. We visited the high risk OB first and did a cervix measurement and were told that the cervix was in fact, nice and long and that when we returned in a few weeks they would document, again, the length.

So from now on, every time we see the high risk OB there will be a cervix measurement involved.

After they had taken that measurement and assured us that everything looked fine, Julie was given a high five for paying attenion to the situation and bringing it to the attention of the doctor groups we visit. Way to go Julie! You know A BOATLOAD  about how you are supposed to feel. Most men I know would ignore it and keep on mowing like me.

***NOT THAT I MAKE MY PREGNANT WIFE MOW THE GRASS, although a little more help with digging trenches and the moat that I am constructing around our house would be appreciated. I’m not saying she’s lazy, but those two kids in her bell bell are a bad influence. What is this? SUMMER CAMP?

After she left the high risk OB she headed up to the OB group that will be participating in catching the twins as they come squirting out in 2010 for a urinalysis. They wanted to check her levels against her previous tests and check for any signs of infections that could be causing the contractions.

Nada. Nothing. Her pee was perfect.

I tell her this all the time now: “Julie, your urine is top notch, be proud of yourself.”

So now we’re cutting short our attendance at parties and elevated stress situations to hopefully reduce the number of these contractions, but it sucks that she is feeling them so early. We might have to cancel the tag team co-ed wrestling tourament we entered because of this.

We were going as “The Belly Bumpers”.

Oh well.

Below is some imagery I think you should show your husbands, since women all know their gps coordinates for each of their female parts better than guys know where the remote is.

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