I'm still waiting for screaming at some point, none yet.
We got in to see the midwife this morning at about 10am and spent some time there on this crazy little contraption that measures the baby's heart rate and the contractions. It was fun to see how the machine worked and try to get baby to move for us. Speaking of which, we are now trying to finalize the name we are picking for him. I'm in favor of Ephraim, but we want to wait to see him to decide finally.
We spent today running around and finalizing some stuff, getting a breast pump to use and try to get some oxytocin flowing to get the contractions to work for us before we would have to go to the hospital. For awhile they were coming on, a little randomly but every few minutes and lasting for at least 45 seconds to a minute. We took a few careful walks and mostly just tried to keep moving. The goal is to get some real labor going by 3am (24 hours after her water broke) or they will have to use pitocin, which we are trying to avoid since they make the contractions a bit more painful than they normally would be.
We checked into the hospital at around 9, and they immediately got her into a room. Her gown is pretty cute, but she wouldn't let me show any of those pictures to the public, alas. Luckily they have wifi here so I can work on stuff while Stepheni is resting.
Truth be told I would rather be the one in bed with an IV and having contractions, Stepheni takes better care of me than I do of her and I don't like seeing her in pain like this. I keep a smile on my face and keep positive, for Stepheni and for her mom who has been fretting back in Illinois.
Thanks for all the prayers and the love.
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