12+ hours and no baby so far...

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to give a quick-update for those of you that may be keeping an eye on the blog here.
We initially were told to be here at the hospital at 6:30 this morning and then we checked in and were told that they were full and to wait til about 10. So we did, and when we arrived things still seemed a bit full. We did finally get checked in and such at what seemed to be closer to noon. To top it all off, we have no window, which Jennifer is none to thrilled about.

Not long after we got settled the Oxytocin started, then a bit later the Doctor came in and went ahead and broke her water. After this the contractions got a bit stronger than the mom to be cared for. After a bit of percieved resistance (which, I mean hey they told us, theyd give it whenever we wanted) Jennifer got the epidural (which was one of the scariest times in my life to see this happening, which yes I know this is routine and all but eh they were sticking a rather large needle into my wife's spine). Jennifer is now much much much more comfortable and as I am finishing up this post I just heard the nurse say she's at about 6cm dilated.

Looks like she's not going to be born on 8/8/08 after all.

More details to come! Keep those fingers crossed.

-Jamie