Me and Nurse Kelley
Well.. I had a headache the last 2 days so decided to check my blood pressure last night. It was pretty high but we decided to wait it out and take it again this morning. Took it again this morning at home and it was still high... thought maybe my cuff was not accurate. I thought I will have the school nurse take it when I get to work the old fashioned way with a cuff and stethoscope. It was very high at school so the nurse arranged a sub right away.
I called the doctor and was instructed to go ahead and head to the hospital so they could at least monitor me and check on the baby. The registrar had to drive me to hospital, Cody was downtown already. We arrived at the exact same time as Cody...8:00 AM.
They connected Hudson to the monitor and he was fine, did lab work, and monitored me. About 10:30 they called Dr. Welborne and I saw the doctor at around 11:00. She decided to induce. She checked me and with no medication I was already dilated to a 2 with a favorable cervix.
The epidural and Pitocin officially went in at 12:30 PM. I was induced and ready to go! The epidural went very well and was not near as bad as I had expected. Felt like a shot followed by some pressure. At 2:15 I was dilated to a 3. At 4:30 I was almost at a 4. Then Dr. Welborne came back at 5:30 and broke my water. So now it is 6:30 and we play the waiting game :) My mom, Roger, Cody's mom and dad are all here with us. Abbie came to visit for a bit too! We can't wait to see him in just hours now! We are predicting midnight or so but we will see!
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