Here We Go!

Things weren’t looking all that rosey about 18 hours ago. After waiting throughout most of the day Wednesday for a chance to get checked into Family Beginnings at Group Health to induce, we finally got our spot at 8pm. We’d initially been slated to go in first thing in the morning, but had been bumped by a rush of deliveries (14 babies in the previous 24 hours).

The good news was Dianne was being admitted; the bad news… the nursing staff was anticipating that the induction could take up to five days to reach active labor! It was likely that we’d only be staying the night, then would be sent home the following morning to wait things out. Definitely not what Dianne was hoping to hear.

Turns out any disappointment we had over the timeline was a moot point. After being administered the Cervidil at about 10pm last night, it only took a little over five hours for contractions to begin. This was definitely a surprise, as it’s apparently not that common to have contractions stimulated by Cervidil. Dianne began experiencing contractions at about 3am this morning, and by 3:45am, her water had broken. Things were definitely getting serious and we weren’t going to heading home that morning.

The contractions continued to progress throughout the early morning, and while they were short in duration, were relatively close together. Dianne gritted it out through the first four hours before getting her first pain meds to help take the edge off.

Those meds helped for the next couple hours, and by mid-morning, Dianne’s doctor had given the thumbs up for an early epidural to help her relax and save up her energy for pushing.

That’s where we stand… It’s about twelve hours into labor and we’re just playing the waiting game, as the contractions slowly get stronger and more consistent. Baby Delton’s on his way, it’s just a matter of exactly when he makes his big appearance!