We checked into the hospital last night at about 8:30 and they hooked me up to some monitors to watch the babies heartbeat and to see if i was having any contractions. The miracle was that I was having contractions, but they were very mild since i couldn't feel them. Then the nurse inserted cervidal - which is suppose to help soften my cervix and hopefully get me to start dilating. One thing they don't tell you about those monitors, is they are not comfortable to sleep in - you have these elastic bands around your stomach all night and they start to itch and get ingrained into your skin, i had to wear those things for 12 hours...if you can't tell they were not my favorite part:) The dr. checkd me at 10am this morning and i still hadn't dilated, but i did efface by 50% which means the medicine helped a little bit. They wanted to start a new drug right away, but i was able to talk them into letting me leave the hospital for the day. I just couldn't imagine sitting in that bed all day on such a nice day outside. So we head back to the hospital tonight at 9:30. This time they won't let me leave, since i will be officially 2 weeks late. All i can hope for at this point is i go into labor on my own before we have to go back to the hospital. I'm also hoping my midwife will be feeling better by the time i go into labor since she hurt her back over the weekend and wasn't able to come in today. My next update should be about welcoming Kalen into the world.
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