12/9/2007 8:57pm
Well, this is it. This evening Steph thought her water broke, but it wasn’t the gush you see in the movies– more like a trickle. About that same time she started having contractions and they were quite close together, at times as close a 2 minutes. After a little while they slowed down to 5 or so minutes apart but got more intense, so we called the hospital and they said it sounded like we ought to call the doctor. We called the doctor and she said it was a good idea to go to the hospital to get checked out.
Once we got here we went to triage and got examined and even though her water hadn’t in fact broke it was about ready to and she was already 4 (nearly 5) centimeters dilated!
So now we’re in a room and just finished answering a bunch of questions (for the second time. We made all our phone calls and sent enough text messages to ensure a good 4th quarter for Verizon.
So far so good. The heartbeat is strong and the contractions are pretty regular. Steph isn’t in much pain as of yet. Will she wind up with an epidural? Stay tuned!!!