Labor Part 2: Still no baby!
So nothing happened all day on Monday to we were convinced we were just going to be induced on Tuesday as planned. We went to the Dr. on Monday for our scheduled appointment and some good news… the contractions helped me get to 2 cm dialated! This was the first good news all day once the contraction stopped. Patty and Larry got to St. Louis and we had them over for dinner (Helen Fitzgerald’s pizza, salad and toasted ravioli). They left around 10:00 pm for the night to get some sleep as tomorrow’s induction would be a big day. Around 10:3o pm the contractions started again… seriously?!? 10:30pm?!? We were so tired from being up the entire night before with contractions all we wanted to do was sleep! Well, that wasn’t in the cards. In a matter of a couple of hours contractions went from 20 minutes apart to 3 minutes apart consistently…it was time to go! Tanner and I showered and left for the hospital at 3:00 am. We arrived at St. John’s right around 3:30 am. We were put into woman’s eval as labor and delivery was full! We got checked and I was still 2 cm dialated but they said it was time! We were in a lot of pain but very excited that everything was happening naturally without the induction! We called our parents on our way to the hospital. Don and Nancy were there 10 minutes after we arrived and we told Patty and Larry to get more sleep and we would call them in a few hours once things progressed! At 4:30 we got moved over to our labor and delivery room. Contractions were very strong and uncomfortable. At 6:30 am we were at 4 cm!! The big 4 meant Epidural time!! At 7:25 I was given the epidural and thought my whole life had changed. Life was good. No pain and baby was progressing! At 9:19 we were 7 cm , 100 effaced and -2! Holy cow things were moving fast. The nurse was convinced we would have the baby by noon! I couldn’t believe it.