Good Morning

Momma status: Trying to get some sleep
Pain level: 1
What's-a-goin' on: Well Jamie and I both got some sleep last night, only waking up every hour or so to flip sides so that the epidural didn't numb only one side.

(skip this paragraph if you're not medically tolerant)
At 2:15 the nurse tried to help BBB flip to face down because a face up baby is tough to fit and VERY uncomfortable (trust me, I know - I don't know why I typed that, it must be lack of sleep - its okay, I'll get plenty of sleep once we get the baby home!!!) Anyway, while she was trying to get the baby to flip, Jamie lost her mucus plug! (I told you to skip!) Then at 3:45. Her water broke and they think that there might be meconium (look it up if you don't know, but I'm not sure that I spelled it right). That is a bummer but dog gone it, we're going to have a baby today!

Right now, we know that the chord must be on the right side of her belly, because every time that she lays on that side, the baby's heart rate decelerates. What this means is that she's had to spend most of her time on her left, giving her a dead left leg and a somewhat painful right side due to the uneven distribution of the epidural. We've got it pretty much down now, rolling her half way onto her right to get the solid effects of the epidural. Thank goodness, because these contractions are pretty fast and furious.

Dr. Ference came in this morning at around 6 when Jamie noticed some building pressure. She did an exam and Jamie is 8 cm dilated and almost all of the way effaced. The problem is that the baby's head isn't turning or dropping any more into the birth canal. He's got some swelling on top of his head due to trying, but his head bones aren't going through yet.

The doctor said to wait a few hours and see how he progresses and we might have to look at a C section. I know that a lot of people say, 'AW, that's a shame.' But the way we see it is that we have a healthy baby delivered without too much stress on his little body.

Good news, Tammy's back! Nurse Shanna did a Great job last night and we're very excited to have Tammy! Mercy Gilbert has a wonderful staff, we're so glad to be here.

More later,
E