Labor is currently slow. Contractions are still coming, but they’ve been light most of the morning. They’re starting to pick up some, so we’re just relaxing at the birthing center.

We’ve reached midnight, and not much has changed. We’re both going to try and rest for a while. Somehow, she’s managing to sleep through some of the contractions…

Contractions continued throughout the night, but progress has been slow. She is definately in the “uncomfortable” stage.

Nothing new to report. Chris is still laboring away, though not all that intensly. We know that it’s not unusual for a completely unmedicated woman to slowly labor for several days, and since this is our first, we can’t predict really how far along we are. The baby is being constantly monitored, and he or she is doing wonderfully. We’re both hoping to get introduced soon.

We’ve settled in for what looks like a long night. Contractions are three or four minutes apart, locallized to the lower uterus. We can expect the rest of the muscle to get in on the act as the night goes on. Dilation has been slow, but can speed up quickly. The baby is doing wonderfully, as is Chris. She’s napping, three minutes at a time.

Yeah… I’m blogging from the birthing room. Labor contractions are coming fast and furious now. If you’re folowing along in real time, be sure to watch for photos over there on the right.

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The stork just called; he’s on his way. We’re off to South Carolina to meet the new Wagoner. More news as we have it!

Five years ago today, I posted the very first entry to this weblog. Before I began writing publicly here, I’d never been able to keep a journal for more than a month or so, despite wanting to. It’s had some slow spots (more so recently, of course), but there’s a steady stream of babble archived here now – my screen shows “Total Posts: 1596 | Total Comments: 1788”. Any day now, I’ll have someone brand new to write to. These past five years have just been a warm-up.

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