Station? I like the hits of the 80’s.
Well, now that I’m awake, I’ll recap the evening. A look at a dry run.
We got there, and signed in. Had to tell them what was happening, doctor’s name, and pediatric doctor name. We wait. I take the obligatory waiting room pic. She looks so happy.
We got to the room. The nurse…who looked 16…gave here the drafty pajamas. She wrapped her belly with a fetal heart-rate monitor and uterine contraction monitor.
They then checked her…girl parts. She was still at 2 cm and about 75% effaced at -2 station. Huh? We’ve talked about the others, but this station thing is new. That’s the reference to the spines of the pelvis. -3 is way up there but a starting point. +2 is through the pelvis and close to crowning.
They also checked to see if the fluid that had been coming out was amniotic fluid. Now, this is done with a dry glove…and looked very uncomfortable…or painful if you will. They took a couple slides to a microscope. No amniotic fluid.
So we waited. If we had hit 4 cm or if the contractions got very strong, we would stay and induce. they checked every hour, and although she lost the mucus plug, she was barely 3cm after about 4 hours. So hungry and tired, we left and headed home…after Taco Bell.
So far today, nothings happening. Now Jack played basketball this morning. They won 32-5 and jack had a great steal/score, and got a busted lip. So life is continuing at the Comer/Brown house, minus the mucus plug.
mucus plug, effacement, delivery, pregnancy station, labor, dilation
December 1st, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Hang in there. She won’t last long with that thing gone. Now it’s REALLY a matter of time. I’d have everything sitting by the door until you guys have a baby. Your in our thoughts!
December 1st, 2007 at 6:42 pm
I think you should be publicly flogged for posting a picture of your wife while she’s in the labor and delivery waiting room. That’s obviously the behavior of a man who knows he’s got at least six weeks to make it up before he can get any.
December 1st, 2007 at 7:22 pm
I have one of you in the bed…be glad I love you.
December 9th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
[...] She was doing great. It was surreal to have the nurse say,”I can see the head, your at about +1 station…wanna see?” To begin with I said no. However, I promised myself not to miss anything. [...]