Good morning, it’s Day One here. Yesterday was quite an experience. Once labor started happening she arrived quite quick, in just 20 minutes! The whole experience was remarkably calm compared to what I was expecting. We’re still working on her name, we’re getting closer. She arrived at 9:49 am. Six pounds, four ounces. 19.5 inches. […]
I went home to feed the cats and fell asleep on the couch. Lisa says that at 3am the real contractions started, came on strong, more than she could handle. Lisa was hoping to avoid the use of the drugs, but oh well. She got the epidural. She’s all woozy now. We’re going to nap […]
Yep. Still waiting. So here’s the deal, Ally McBeal. It’s about 8pm here. The barn door isn’t open yet. In fact, it’s not even cracked a smidge. Los medicos are going to do this thingie whatchmacallit to relax the cervix and get it in a baby-having mood. It’s expected that process will take 12 hours […]
Lisa’s getting impatient. She’s going for a walk to see if she can shake the baby out. I went in search for Chinese food. At 5pm the staff will start trying to talk us into inducing, but we’re going to hold out a bit in hopes of avoiding all those interventions.
Nothing much is happening right now. We’re told that you pretty much have your baby within 24 hours of your water breaking. So, we’re expecting the rest of the event today. Not sure when. Here’s a photo of the monitor following contractions and baby heartbeat.