fetal fibronectin test

[victoria5895]

Hi I'm hoping someone has been through this before with a positive outcome.

I'm currently 27 wks with my second baby.

I had some tightening a yesterday morning, nothing too uncomfortable just enough for me to notice. By 2pm I was in a lot of pain which became unbearable by 6.30ish. The cramping was coming and going every hour or so.
I'm was told to go to my MAU for observation, they monitored the baby and scanned me, he was moving plenty and heart rate was fine even during the cramping.
They had a look at my cervix and it was closed, and swabbed for a fetal fibronectin test. Which came back positive.
I was given a steroid injection (so painful btw!!) and another to be given today.
They have arranged for me to discuss nexts steps with the neo natal team today, which put me into hysterics. I'm so petrified that I'll go into labour soon and everything will go wrong. Please tell me that the false positives are more common than not!!

Hoping the hospital are taking good care of you, I know it's very scary but you are in the right place getting the right treatment, steroids will help baby if they make any early arrival.
I had a positive fft at 28 weeks with my 2nd ds, I also had a cervical stitch in place due to previous ds born at 28 weeks, so shat my pants was admitted give steroids and monitored for a few days.
The fft can indicate labour within a week, from what I've read it's not a given that labour will happen. It's not a correct science, I know some ladies tested positive and gave birth with a few days, other like myself tested positive but carried to term.
Hopefully the hospital will do a cervical scan to see what's happing, and hopefully the nicu team will talk you though what might happen if baby comes early