Non Stress Test Version 1.0

This is the kind of frustration that is amplified to epic levels with all of my pregnancy hormones. I set up my experiments to run for an hour to an hour and a half, met up with John made our way over to Perinatal Diagnostics. We checked in 15 minutes early and were told to wait in the waiting room. After about an hour and several other couples asking how much longer their own ridiculous waits would be I had to send John back to my lab to finish up my experiments because they weren't going to wait. Half an hour after that I went to complain and was told that we never should have been directed to the waiting room because there are enough beds to accomodate people as soon as they come in. I was finally hooked up to the fetal heart rate monitor and contraction/fetal movement monitor for longer than I should have been because Baby Starbuck just isn't that cooperative. They need to see the heartrate increase at least twice in response to movement and while baby was very active for the 45 minutes after our appointment was supposed to start, he/she decided to take a nap once I got hooked up. Eventually baby woke up and gave them the readings they needed. Everything looks just fine. We're hoping that these weekly tests go much quicker from now on...