The two l(owercase L)'s is probably wrong too. oh well. here are all the posts from the wrong blog:
Thank goodness for modern medicine
The eagle (read, epidural) has landed.
Still have a ways to go, but things should go more smoothly now.
We switched nurses (day shift) also.
As a side note, our nurse was named Jessi, one of three Jessicas who are nurses here. To further confuse matters Jessi's last name is Judy, thankfully she taped over half of her first name and all of her last name on her name tag, making life easier for all involved.
Still have a ways to go, but things should go more smoothly now.
We switched nurses (day shift) also.
As a side note, our nurse was named Jessi, one of three Jessicas who are nurses here. To further confuse matters Jessi's last name is Judy, thankfully she taped over half of her first name and all of her last name on her name tag, making life easier for all involved.
This might take a while
So it's 5:30 am, I slept pretty much from 3:30 to 5:00. Stephanie is starting to be in a fair amount of pain, and the nurse says we have a while to go. The posts will probably somewhat sporadic for a while, both because this isn't the fun part and because Stephanie "hates that blog" right now.
Late Night: The screaming next door
So, it's 1:00 am and Stephanie seems a little uncomfortable, but the contractions are beginning to start in earnest, although they aren't painful yet. In the next room we heard some nurse not quite frantically trying to get a doctor to come up; it seems a lady came in just about ready to go. A few minutes later some intense screaming. Then more screaming, and finally a baby crying. 30 minutes at the hospital, not bad!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Prolog: Scaring the Nurses
Well it's 11:35 according to the hospital clock and it turns out Sharp Mary Birch has wireless, so I thought I would start a 48 hour blog to keep everyone updated as Stephanie gets ready to bring Baby Curtis into the world. Here is where things stand so far:
Stephanie can tell everyone that she drove herself to the hospital to have Curtis. Yes, I was in the car, no, she wasn't having contractions but still, how many people can say they drove themselves to the hospital to give birth?
We got to the hospital about 7:30 and got to our room about 8:30, about 9:30 we were settled in with the I.V. (in her hand after 3 or 4 unsuccessful attempts to put it in her arm) and we were left alone for a while.
Soon I was busying myself watching the monitors and noticed that the baby's heart rate had fallen from 138 bpm down to 70 for a while. I asked Stephanie if she was laying flat on her back (you supposed to in her condition) and she shrugged figuring that someone would come in if there was a problem. Then there were beeps for 5 seconds and the head nurse rushed in with three other nurses who politely introduced themselves while thrusting an oxygen mask and other paraphernalia at her. Apparently someone does come if there's a problem.
Very soon all was well with the baby and with a slight delay the induction was begun.
We found out that the process involves a slightly unpleasant procedure to be repeated every 4 hours after which Stephanie has to lie flat for an hour. This will go on all night.
I am going to go to sleep soon, I post again when something new happens.
Stephanie can tell everyone that she drove herself to the hospital to have Curtis. Yes, I was in the car, no, she wasn't having contractions but still, how many people can say they drove themselves to the hospital to give birth?
We got to the hospital about 7:30 and got to our room about 8:30, about 9:30 we were settled in with the I.V. (in her hand after 3 or 4 unsuccessful attempts to put it in her arm) and we were left alone for a while.
Soon I was busying myself watching the monitors and noticed that the baby's heart rate had fallen from 138 bpm down to 70 for a while. I asked Stephanie if she was laying flat on her back (you supposed to in her condition) and she shrugged figuring that someone would come in if there was a problem. Then there were beeps for 5 seconds and the head nurse rushed in with three other nurses who politely introduced themselves while thrusting an oxygen mask and other paraphernalia at her. Apparently someone does come if there's a problem.
Very soon all was well with the baby and with a slight delay the induction was begun.
We found out that the process involves a slightly unpleasant procedure to be repeated every 4 hours after which Stephanie has to lie flat for an hour. This will go on all night.
I am going to go to sleep soon, I post again when something new happens.
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