There's a cop in my boss' office talking to my boss and the accountant. Disturbing.

I also smell a medical malpractice case, if the family thinks that way. Not to check a woman with pre-term labor for dilation seems wrongity wrong.

I know! I can't imagine it, either. But I'm getting information second-hand so I want wait until I have a full update to start ranting. This is her third child and her second was slightly premature, too. I'm fully confident they'll get excellent care from here on out but it just freaked me out because she is literally due the same day I am and the thought of going into labor now scares the shit out of me.

I was in moderate labor with K-Bug for 3 days before it kicked into high gear. Then it was another 10 hours or so. They were ready to do a C-section if I didn't have her by 10am. She shoved her way out at 10:05!

My cousin was in hard labor. I went away for the weekend, Friday evening, expecting the baby to be born that night. I got home Sunday, and she still wasn't born.

She had some trouble with her thermostat after that, for a while, and had to stay in the hospital for some extra time, but that was in 1988, and the details are very foggy in my mind, now that the child is in her senior year of high school.

did NOT manually check her for dilation--but sent her home

OMGWTFCriminalNegligence. That's really awful; it takes three seconds to put on a sterile glove and do a quick check, and it's not like it's an MRI and costs several thousand dollars to do it.

I'm sending good vibes for all.

it just freaked me out because she is literally due the same day I am and the thought of going into labor now scares the shit out of me.

That has to be frightening in a primal way.

Hugs and ~ma to Cash and family.

How awful Cashmere. It is mind blowing that she wasn't checked.

it just freaked me out because she is literally due the same day I am and the thought of going into labor now scares the shit out of me.

Labor is scary! I don't understand why we are not all only children. Who knows why I did it a second time. And yet we do and the overwhelming majority of us get through without damage. Fortunately what happened to her is the very rare exception.

How was your previous delivery?

I went back to google and a 30+ week baby generally has an excellent chance of doing very well. So if you are comforted by facts, Cash (and how can you not be - you're married to an actuary!), know that. Also, if you did go into labor early, your excellent hospital could probably DO something about it, not send you home after doing nothing when you'd already had a premature delivery.

Yikes Cash. I hope everything turns out ok.