We arrived at the hospital around 6:20. First, they hooked Shannon up to every monitor they could think of. They've got her heart monitor hooked up, and are beaming the signal over to the other hospital. Evidently there are people over there who sit around all day and watch everyone's signals. So, I guess if her heart stops or something, they call over here and let us know. Then there was the mundane urine sample, blood samples, medical history questions, weighing, blood pressureing and everything else. (It was fun when they set up the machine and then it took Shannon's blood pressure 7 times in a row.)
At about 8:00 they started the IV with pitocin (oxytocin) which should get things going. She is currently dilated to a 2+ and is 80% effaced. The monitors are showing regular contractions every few minutes that last a minute or two. Pretty much there are plenty of graphs around to keep me entertained.
5 comments:
Hurray for live blogging!
As far as names go: remember you can change your child's name once for free the first six months...so don't worry if you don't end up liking Julia Two as much as you thought you would. =)
I would like to see some statistical progress charts as soon as the date is collected. Then I want to see how the progress of different sets of data are compared to each other.
Just think, if they can beam a heart monitor across town, what is keeping them from outsourcing to India?
YAY!!! So glad things are going well! Hooray for telemetry to keep your heart safe, though hopefully that won't even be an issue!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!! Think happy thoughts!
PS> My eyeball is no longer falling out! Just thought you'd like to know! ;)
Hooray for babies! Thanks for making my Monday a little more exciting! Keep up the good work guys!
I'm glad they were thinking of you when they set up so many graphs around...
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