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Stalled a bit, but some good signs

It’s 5:15pm CST now.
Elizabeth tweaked her back in a horrible way that really threw a wrench into things. She was suffering more from that than the contractions. She was eventually able to change positions and help a bit.
As for Luke, he’s still taking his time. Not a whole lot of progression but [...]

Making progress

It’s 2:30pm CST and no baby yet… however labor is progressing and that’s what’s important. I won’t get into the actual numbers but we feel positive that Luke will be makin an appearance… early evening? We hope.
He is still a little high but we’re hoping that progresses also.

Epidural on the way

I’m on the first floor of the Prentice Women’s Hospital getting a small americano coffee at Argo Tea.  I’ve been dismissed from the room because Elizabeth’s getting an epidural finally.  She was going to get one a while ago but she was still mostly comfortable with her contractions at that time.  Our initial concern was that getting [...]

The morning after admission – progress report

Elizabeth had a pretty rough night as there are things they do to get the induction process moving that were very painful.  I was concerned that she was going to have to suffer through that intense pain the whole night.  After a couple hours, however, her water broke and she went on some pain medication [...]

We’re Heeeeeeere!

Elizabeth’s doing great!