Modified Bedrest Until.....?

Yesterday I decided that I wanted to follow up with the Doctor's office to let them know what was going on and to also see what they think I should do. I am still having tightness in my belly when I stand up. They pretty much said what I have been hearing all along that I am having Braxton Hicks Contractions. They put me on modified bed rest and they gave me a Doctor's Note just in case I am asked. That basically means take it easy, stay off my feet when I can, drink plenty of fluids and no heavy lifting, pushing or pulling. The doctor said that the tests that they preformed at LDR (Labor and Delivery ) is basically what they would have done.   I have another appointment on Monday. I want to follow up with them on an action plan. I mean, how do they know if I am dilating or not? I guess the pre-term labor test sorta helps them think that I am not as it means I won't go into labor in the next 2 weeks .It is a fetal Fibronectin test and mine came back negative. From my research online, this is what that means:
The fetal fibronectin (fFN) test can't tell you for sure that you are in labor, but it can tell you that you're not. This is useful because in the early stages of preterm labor, it's very difficult to tell if a woman really is in labor based on her symptoms and a pelvic exam.
A negative result on the fFN test means it's highly unlikely that you'll give birth in the next week or two, which can set your mind at ease and allow your practitioner to hold off on treatments that may prove to be unnecessary.When lab technicians analyze your sample, they measure the amount of fetal fibronectin (fFN), a protein produced by the fetal membranes. This protein serves as the "glue" that attaches the fetal sac to the uterine lining. It's normally found in increased amounts in your vagina during the first half of pregnancy and again late in pregnancy as you near labor. But if fFN leaks from the uterus and more than a small amount shows up in the vagina too early (between 22 and 34 weeks), it may mean that the glue is disintegrating ahead of schedule because of contractions or an injury to the membranes.
If this happens, your risk of going into labor and giving birth prematurely is significantly higher. More important, if no fetal fibronectin is found in your sample, it means your risk of giving birth in the next two weeks is very small.
I am hoping to get some sort of game plan together at my next visit, but I am only meeting with a Physician's Assistant to get my Disability paperwork filled out. (Which at this point, I really need to get done, just in case). I still have a lot more questions for the doctor especially since I will eventually have a scheduled c-section date (which I am still waiting for them to call me back on...)

So the modified bed rest has been hard. It is something that I had mentioned to Mike early in my pregnancy that would be difficult. I guess I can be happy that we are close to the end and this isn't months and months of it. He is having to pick up all the slack. He said to me the other night that he never thought he would be happy to force me to sit on the couch!! He has been a super dad and husband and I could not do it without him. He is rearranging his schedule to help me out and working into the wee hours of the night to finish up. I cannot express how lucky I really am.

On the bright side, this will give me lots of time to catch up on some things that I always want to do, but don't see as worth my limited time. For example, today, I pulled out my recipe box and went through all my recipes and took out the ones that I will NEVER make. I mean, I had one in there for a chocolate-espresso roulade (sp?). Who has time for that? what is it anyway??? I took all the recipes that were just on the magazine page folded up and put them on index cards. There is now room to add more recipes, ones that I will actually make.  I am pretty sure you will hear about all the random things that I will be doing. Maybe it will prompt you to do some too!!