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I am so jealous of all you ladies! I am beginning to think this baby is confused as to what is supposed to happen next. 38 weeks, 4+cm dilated, 100% effaced and fully engaged yet no water breakage and only mild contractions that aren't even close to timeable. What the effing eff??? I should be at the hospital right now!

Rant over. I know you guys are sick of hearing it but Good God is this baby ever going to come?!?! Maybe this means whenever labor actually does start it will be short.

@Mrs Hedgehog: sorry hopefully you go soon!

As for me, I am at the hospital and at 8cm. I got an epidural around 10:15. We got to hospital at 5:20 and I was at 4 CM so we just walked around until contractions got stronger. I am moving right along now and they just broke my water. So baby should be here by morning!

@redsmarties: I hope things are going well for you! We will both have Aug 15th babies it looks like!

@greenebee: I hope this is it for you! Good luck!

@delight: Whoohoo! Good luck!!

Thanks ladies! Half an hour til my next check and hoping to be at 10! Yeah the epidural is nice but you have to keep pressing a button or you start feeling pain. I didn't know that before. Just hanging out with both our moms and my DH of course. I likely won't update again til later so you other girls in labour good luck!

It's a girl! Baby born at 4:01 am after two hours of pushing. She is 7 lbs, 1 ounce and 21.5 inches. Super cute, I may be biased! Gonna get a little rest but wanted to update.

Hope everyone else is doing well!

@delight: Ah yea! Congratulations!

@delight: OMG! congrats mama!

@delight: congrats!

@delight: congrats!!! So happy for you! Can't wait to meet her'

@Delight: Congratulations on your baby girl!!

@redsmarties: You're a strong strong woman, amazing! I'm crossing my fingers that you've made some progress

@redsmarties: Holy crap... that's a long early labour. Hope you're able to get enough rest for the main event.

@redsmarties: oh man I hope things pick up soon! I was just in early labour for 12 hours then BAM! It all picked up. I hope you are on your way to delivering a baby soon!

AFM: baby is doing well, she pretty much just sleeps I'm
At the hospital til tomorrow morning. We have had lots of visitors and I am not in too much pain. However, my one leg is numb from epidural and I cannot walk without assistance. The head anesthesiologist is coming to see me soon. Hopefully it's better by tomorrow. My DH and I are still working on a name! Ill post pictures soon.

Hope everyone is doing well! Any more babies on their way?

@delight: congrats mama!

@redsmarties: so excited for you two!

AFM, another girl! Avaline Ray was born 8/13/13 at 2:13 pm. 7 lb 9 oz and 19 3/4 in long. After my water broke, contractions came on strong and hard. Went to the hospital at 9:30 when they were 2-3 min apart. I was only 2 cm, but they were worried about infection because of the broken waters. Contractions picked up to 2 min apart, 1-1.5 min long but I only dilated another cm by 4:30 am. Decided to get an epidural, finally got some rest. They started pitocin which got things going (thank god, I was worried about lack of progress leading to a c section. They wanted delivery within 24 hours of the waters breaking), and baby girl was born after a half hour of pushing. She's perfect, and I only needed two small stitches. We requested early discharge and went home yesterday and are getting settled. We took our first trip out to the pediatrician and pharmacy today, which was an adventure.

Can't wait for more August babies!!!

@delight: I hope the numbness goes away soon, that can't be fun! Enjoy your little girl

@Jesskass: I love her name! Glad you avoided a c-section!

@delight: Congratulations mommy!

@redsmarties: I tried the pressure points thing too (even found a post from somebody recommending rolling up a towel and using it against a wall to provide a counter pressure) but it didn't do much. Hoping you're finding some relief!

@JessKas: Congratulations!! And only a half hour of pushing, that's awesome :). Glad you were able to avoid the c-section. She's absolutely beautiful.

We went to our first pediatrician appointment today. E started screaming the second we left the house, but I was super excited that I'd thought to bring some expressed milk, so I was able to bottle feed her on the way there to keep her from being hysterical for 20 minutes. Mommy win!

Unfortunately she still screamed throughout the appointment ;). I ended up bf'ing her in the exam room after the doctor left. I swear to god, I have no idea where she packed away the ounces. She drank 2 from the bottle and BF'd for what felt like forever in the exam room! And then she took another ounce in the car after about a half hour.

But the best news is that girlie is back to her birth weight! She's exactly a week old. I feel so accomplished, like I got an A on a test or something lol. The office was really nice, and we ended up seeing the same doctor who saw her twice at the hospital.

I really hope she doesn't become hysterical for our newborn photoshoot tomorrow; so much is going to depend on timing. I stopped by Ann Taylor Loft and picked up two pretty tops to wear, so at least I"ll feel somewhat put together.

@redsmarties: best of luck! I've actually not progressed since I wrote my last post, and I was worrying that this wasn't labor since it was lasting so long and I was just acting like a baby. I feel period like cramps in my back and my belly gets really hard but the closest they've been is 9 minutes. I hope that you are progressing now, but know that you are not alone in a long 'early labor!'

@JessKas: @delight: congrats on your beautiful babies!

@delight: Yaay, congratulations!!!!!!

@redsmarties: congrats, she is so precious!

@redsmarties: congrats! 48 hours... I can't even imagine.