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Hi from the hospital!

Mrs.JDDMrs.JDD
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I've been up for awhile and can't sleep...thank goodness for wireless internet and laptops!  When I went for my appointment yesterday the midwife said that the baby was extremely low, at 0, and that I was a "good" 4.  She was like, "When this baby comes, he's going to come fast!"  which, of course, freaked me out.  I got so worried that we wouldn't make it to the hospital in time, or that it would happen so fast that I'd have to do it without the epidural.  I felt pretty crampy all afternoon and at about 5 the contractions were coming regularly.  They were still very early contractions, and they weren't super painful, but definitely more uncomfortable than they've been all along. I finally called the doctor at like 7:30 and they said to come up.  They monitored me, checked me, had me walk, monitored me some more, and finally at 12:30 I was 6cm so they wouldn't let me go home (not that I wanted to!  I would never want to be 45 minutes away and 6cm!)  The contractions really haven't gotten much stronger/more frequent though, so I'm just kind of sitting here.  Since I'm Group B Strep positive this time I have to have penicillin in an IV, and that is taking awhile, so I guess it's good that we came here earlier than we really needed to.  I miss Claire so much, and I am definitely hating being away from home without her.  I also wish that this show would get moving already...we probably could have stayed home so much longer, but it was just too hard to judge this time.  They said they would break my water once I finished all the medicine, so hopefully things will really speed up then.  So much for a scary, crazy-fast drive-thru delivery!  I must admit, I'm glad we avoided that :)
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