After a couple hours of rest, we began pushing at 5:30 am. Dr. Crowe will be on her way shortly. The baby still needs to come down a little bit.. our nurse says she’s looking the wrong way right now.
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progress
9 cm. dilated!
finally… rest
Laura has been able to rest in the last 30 minutes or so. The nurse just checked her and she’s 8 cm. dilated, and the baby has moved down to something between -1 and “station zero” so we’re movin’ along.
Epidural
About an hour ago Laura was 6 cm. dilated so it looks like we’ll be here a little bit longer. We just got an epidural. Actually, SHE did. I’m still totally sober.
Station -1
Contractions are about three minutes apart. The baby is at “station -1.” Station 0 is when the baby is at the pelvis, and you start pushing when she’s at +2.. so we’ve got a little way to go.
walking
We just went for a walk around the maternity ward to speed things up.
broke the water
They broke the water and put Laura on an IV.
In Labor
Laura is in the early stages of labor. Dr. Donna Crowe says we’ll probably have the baby before midnight.