LABOR HAS BEGUN!

My apologies to those expecting a live, play-by-play update of Lois's labor. It has proven quite difficult to make any progress in posting due not being able to connect to the Internet, frequent interruptions and 2 adorable little girls that are trying to prevent Mommy from getting rest! (It is so cute how excited they are.) Jasmin was so excited while Lois got her epidural that she pooped her pants! Ok, I wish that was the real reason why she pooped her pants, but she was just so tired she couldn't hold it and she was out on a walk with Kenya and Granny while Lois got the epidural.


The Run Down
So Lois says her contractions began yesterday morning sometime, but didn't really start to pick up until late afternoon. Then this morning at about 5am went to the bathroom and came back and asked me the time. We proceeded to try to go back to sleep and then she asked the time again almost 20 minutes later (felt like 3). I couldn't figure out why she would ask me so soon after I already told her. She then told me that she was timing her contractions and that there was a little bloody discharge when she went to the bathroom, we basically didn't go back to sleep. Lois took a shower and I just laid in bed til my alarm to get up for class went off, trying to see whether or not we'd be carpooling to the hospital or if I would just go to class.

After we decided that I'd just go to class as usual and she would call the doctor when the office opened after 9am. She later called me around 10am, right after class, to let me know the doctor's office said she could come in if she wanted to be checked.

Fearing a wasted trip Lois decided to sleep on it and see how she felt after a nap. By this time I was at work anxiously waiting to know if anything had changed. She eventually called to let me know she would be going with her sister Amy to the doctor's office and would update me after she found out what the dealio!

She went to Dr. Hopkin's and found out she had progressed in dilation from a 2 1/2-3 to 3 1/2 - 4. From there she instructed me to go home and get the girls and Granny and head to the hospital. I left work at about 4:40pm and followed orders.

By the time we got to the hospital Lois had progressed to a 5 1/2. The rest of us went and got dinner and of course after we left the doctor came and broke her water @ 5:44pm. We got our food from the amazing hospital cafeteria and went back to Lois's room and ate and waited.

I recorded a video saying that I was not going to make a recording on an empty stomach and that I wouldn't until I finished my famous, traditional, delicious Dan's Heart Attack burger... if I survived it! The video wouldn't upload.

Anyway, I finished and survived Dan's Heart Attack and not much happened. Our awesome nurse Lyndsey has done well to speed up the process as quickly and safely as possible!

Just a heads up, the posts this time around will be a little different in delivery. I started recording with our digital camera, but decided it may take too long to use so I'm gonna try to cut out the middle man and use a laptop. This was Lois's idea, but I decided to make things a little more interesting this way. (wink, wink. nudge, nudge)