False Alarm! Roo = Enigma

Well, we are heading home. Our situation was called an enigma by the midwife because the nitrazine test was negative but she did show some ferning. For those who don't know, ferning is a test where they put the fluid on a slide, let it dry, and due to the chemical nature of amniotic fluid it looks like a fern under the microscope. The nitrazine test is basically pH paper, if it turns blue its amniotic fluid. They did both twice: nitrazine negative twice, ferning was less than convincing hence the enigma. They did an ultrasound which showed plenty of fluid. So that's a wrap from MGH today.