We Are Here and Settled In
We left the house to head to the hospital around 5:45. I dropped Lindsey off at Top Nails so that she could get a pedicure and I dropped Allie off at the vet for boarding. I came back, picked Lindsey up and grabbed dinner at Moe’s before we headed off to St. Vincents.
We got here at about 7:40 PM or so. We got here a little early so we had to wait a little bit for the nurse to get our room ready. No problem. We got Lindsey settled in, got her hooked up to the monitors and got her IV in and running. She’s doing great.
The plan is this: They have given her some medicine to help her cervix ripen a bit more to prepare it for labor at about 9:00 PM. I’m looking at the monitor right now and she is having some contractions but nothing major yet. They are going to come in at 1:00 AM to check her to see if she has progressed any. If she has, great, we’re on schedule. If not, they will give her another dose to see if it helps her progress a little further.
Tomorrow morning at around 7:00 AM, Dr. Charles Hudson will come in and attempt to break her water assuming that she has dilated enough for him to do so. After that, they will start her on a patocin drip which will give the contractions a kick start to make them more productive.
That’s the plan as of now. I’ll report back tomorrow assuming that nothing happens tonight to let you know where we stand. Everything looks great at this point.