--- title: A False Alarm? 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How Clich�! ](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219574/A-False-Alarm-How-Clich) Posted by [Pamela Vaughan](https://www.littlebabylump.com/author/pamela-vaughan) Dec 24, 2008 11:48:44 AM [caption id="attachment_483" align="alignleft" width="318" caption="Oops ... ? (hanging out in the triage room)"]![Oops ... ?](https://www.littlebabylump.com/hs-fs/images/dsc01394.jpg?width=318&height=239&name=dsc01394.jpg "False Alarm")[/caption] Well - I've made it! I'm [37 weeks](http://3dpregnancy.parentsconnect.com/calendar/37-weeks-pregnant.html) pregnant this week, which means I'm officially full-term and Baby Lump could grace us with his/her presence literally any day now. So hey - how about a dry run to the hospital? Yesterday, I had sort of a suspicion that I was [leaking some amniotic fluid](http://www.buzzle.com/articles/leaking-amniotic-fluid.html), which is well, not good. It wasn't really concerning me that much, but James basically forced me to call my doctor anyway just to be safe. The nurse I spoke with was a little concerned, so she advised us to head on over to labor and delivery. I was really nonchalant about the whole thing since I was convinced everything was fine; we grabbed our hospital bags, hailed a cab, and I shot "Look what you made us do" looks at James all the way to the hospital. Well, I was right. Everything was fine with Baby Lump. It was basically a waste of time. Although it was pretty cool to be hooked up to the [external fetal monitor](http://pregnancy.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Fetal_Monitor) and get a practice run under our belts. Thanks to the tour we took a few weeks ago, we knew just where to go and what to do. And yes, James was correct that calling the doctor was the right thing to do - it's better safe than sorry! 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