[cheffren]

Well I'm in the beginning stages of labor, contractions are not progressing very good. Went to L&D after the contractions were 8 mins apart for around 8 hours. Upon arrival the doctor and nurses were concerned about my HR as it was running higher than the baby's (baby was 142, mine was 150) was given some morphine as I'm having back labor. The dr checked me and said that there wasn't alot of change in my cervix from two weeks prior. Contractions slowed down to every 20 mins, we were given the option of staying or going home. We chose to go home so that I could try to get some sleep (had been up for 33 hours due to contractions). Nurse said that they expect to see us back tonight as when she checked my cervix I was still at 2 cms however I was almost fully effaced and the baby's head is directly on my cervix. So we went and got something to eat and came home. We alerted a few family members that we were in for a long night. So I laid down to sleep while the morphine was still in effect. Woke up about 3 hours later to have the contractions back as strong as they were prior to the morphine. They are back to 8 mins apart and we are waiting at home still to see where they are going to go from here.

So all in all, this labor has lasted 27 hours and not a lot of progression on contractions. I'm going to try and stay home and deal with the pain as best as I can. (It is easier to deal with them knowing that they are actually labor pains and not just my back acting up). So send me some that we can get these contractions closer together and this baby decides to come soon.

I will send Amy a text once the baby is born and keep everyone posted.