This is a note from a young family from the church we attended in Texas. Heather is about 23 and expecting quads. She was admitted to the hospital yesterday. Please pray for her and Bret and all four babies.
Tuesday at 2:15 Heather was scheduled for her routine checkup. When we arrived at the doctors office, he and his staff performed their normal procedures and noticed that Heather was dilated to 1 centimeter. Heather had been having what she thought was contractions on Monday night, but they were not regular so she did not panic. She arrived at her room (New Home) around 3:30 and immediately starting receiving Procardia to stop the contractions, and steroid injections to strengthen the babies’ lungs in case delivery was necessary. The nurses got everything under control around 6:00 p.m. During our doctor's visit, they gave Heather a Fetal Fibornectin (FFN) test this is used to determine if she will go in to labor within two weeks. The test came back positive, but they are not sure how accurate the test is with quads. We are taking it day by day and remain optimistic that everything will go as planed. Heather struggled with wearing four heart monitors and a contraction monitor last night because of the discomfort she was not able to get much sleep. With that said Heather and the babies are doing great and I will keep you fellers informed as things unfold in the coming weeks.
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Hi there ~ My name is Amanda Lazaro, and I’m a member of the public relations team that raises awareness for FullTerm, The Fetal Fibronectin test. I read your blog with interest and thought you might like to learn more about the test. Check out www.fullterm.net, and feel free to include the site as a link on your blog so that readers can access the information to help spread the word about prematurity and the FullTerm Test.
Regards,
Amanda
fullterm@schwartz-pr.com
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