Britt and I arrived at the hospital last night and all is well; no baby just yet, but we're making good progress!
We got in around 8:00pm and met with Dr Beena shortly afterwards. A quick check showed that Britt's dilation hadn't progressed beyond 1.5 cm - where it's been for a week - so the doctor gave her Cytotec, a cervical "ripening" agent.
We were both able to get some sleep last night, even though Britt was still having regular, if somewhat unproductive contractions. Our nurse started the induction process - with Pitocin - around 5:00 this morning.
By 9:00 this morning, Britt was dilated around 3-4 cm and started having regular, increasingly painful contractions. The Pitocin-induced contractions were really brutal, however, and after about 45 minutes of continuous pain, we decided to get the epidural.
Now - at 3:00 pm, she's dilated to 5 cm and feeling better than she has in months, if a little nauseous. Britt just told me that she finally feels that Luci is ready to come out, and Dr Beena told me earlier she is confident Luci will be born today!
So - my apologies for keeping most of you in suspense today, but it took me a little while to figure out how to connect my Jurassic era computer to the hospital's LAN.
Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers; I'll write again when we have more news!
-Clay
2 comments:
Thanks for the post, Clay! So glad to hear that things are progressing and that Britt is more comfortable now. You are both in my thoughts, and I look forward to the good news of Luci's arrival. Love you guys,
Jenny
Thanks, Clay. Thanks for calling me back this afternoon, too. So glad to hear things are progressing. I think I told you they gave me pitocin during my delivery, so I can relate to those strong contractions that come out of nowhere! I'm so glad you got the epidurel. Now you can rest in peace until push time!
Can't wait to hear from you guys again :)
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