Do you remember the energizer bunny commercial where the little pink bunny kept, "going and going?" Well that's what labor has been like so far. That's right folks...I'm STILL in labor. ARGH!!!
I thought I might be in labor yesterday morning, and by 2:00, I was sure I was. Yesterday afternoon, contractions got stronger and closer together and by midnight they were 3 and a half minutes apart, I was nauseous and shaky. All really good signs that I was progressing and we might need to head to the hospital.
But then we got to the hospital around 1:30 and my contractions went haywire. They were anywhere from a minute and a half apart to seven minutes apart, and I wasn't dilated yet. But I was almost totally effaced which the nurse assured me as common with first babies. But, double ARGH!! Thankfully they let me come home where I was much more comfortable and advised I tried to rest as much as possible. I caught a few snippets of sleep between contractions, but thankfully mom and Scott could sleep until about 7:00 this morning, but we are all pooped out.
By the time I got up this morning, my contractions had slowed even more and they have ranged from 5 minutes apart to 25 minutes apart through the day. So, all that to say, I'm still in labor; 27 hours of it so far in fact. We'll keep you posted...
