Baby Update

I think that we can stop playing telephone (literally & figuratively) and post the details since we've called everyone. We went to the OB yesterday morning (regular appointment) & told them that Trina had been having the "total tummy" contractions since 10:45 Sunday morning. They put Trina on a monitor for 45 or so. A few minutes in, Trina starting having regular contractions of 30 seconds every 2 minutes. The OB checked and said that Trina was 3 cm. dilated & 100% effaced. The OB told us to get to the hospital w/in an hour or so. We got there and the hospital OB more or less asked why we had come. He measured Trina at 3 cm. & 80% effaced. (Apparently Trina's OB has a history of sending in patients early.) But the hospital OB told us to start walking, which we did off and on for about 6 hours. I'm guessing that we walked 2-3 miles around the hospital. It was very boring. The OB almost sent us home twice, but Trina finally got 4 cm. & 100%, so we stayed. However, there was a shift change and the new OB said that Trina was 3 cm. & 80% again (how that works, I'm not sure.) But since Trina was getting really tired (6pm or so), the OB agreed to put her on pitocin (artificial oxitocin, the hormone that makes contractions happen). After working up to bigger dosages, Trina started pretty substantial labor around 10ish. She got an epidural at 11:15 and promptly went from 5 cm. dilated to 9 cm. in about 20 minutes. The OB barely had time to get set up (Trina was trying hard not to push) before Trina finally couldn't help it an pushed twice. The first time the bag popped and the second time
Rosemary Grace came out entirely at 11:52. She's 5 lbs. 15 ounces and 19 inches. Tall and skinny, like her date. She has blond hair fuzz and blue eyes. Summer came to visit this afternoon & gave Rosemary lots of kisses. I'm spending the night at home with Summer & will pick up Trina in the morning from the hospital. We'll post pictures later this week.