1:00 Kate gets miso, which is a little pill that she does not take orally. It is supposed to help induce labor and lasts about four hours. She is also strapped into a machine that monitors the baby's heart beat and Kate's contractions.
1:45 Kate has had only one small contraction so I left to go walk Snuffy and mow the lawn.
2:30 Our friend Zack came in saw Kate.
2:45 Aunt Annie and Grandma Lisa made it in to Rochester. We then decided to see how Kate was doing at the hospital and walked on over to see her.
4:00 Kate started to have more regular contractions. This was nice since Annie, Lisa and I were getting bored. However Kate is getting annoyed because she has to go to the bathroom but needs permission to go to the bathroom, because of the monitoring machine.
5:00 Kate was finally emancipated from the monitor and went to the bathroom. Once her bladder was empty the contractions stop. Now she only had to worry about whether she was going to be allowed to eat dinner or not. Her pain was once again assessed. It was a one this time. Lisa and Annie left to walk Snuffy and get dinner. Kate was strung along about having dinner for a good hour.
6:00 Finally the nurse came and told Kate to order dinner, and hopefully by the time that the food comes a doctor will tell her if she can eat it or not. She ordered a fruit platter and some ravioli. The strongest physically ailment Kate felt during this period was exhaustion.
6:25 A doctor showed up and told Kate that she can eat and that they will give her the Miso again.
6:30 The food came and Kate ate. Since Kate wasn't hooked up to the monitor she took this as an opportunity to pace the room.
6:45 Lisa and Annie came back. They got themselves Chinese food and me a Philly cheese steak. We all ate as Kate sat uncomfortable while she digested her food.
7:15 The doctor and Nurse came in with the Miso. Kate assessed her pain at around zero. The miso was placed in Kate while everyone else in the room averted their eyes. Kate was pronounced at 2 cm and the baby was still pretty high up above the pelvis. However minutes after she took the miso Kate started having contractions again. Lisa immediately got up and looked at the monitor to watch Kate's progress. Then she would predict the contractions, and tell Kate to get ready. Then Lisa would cheer the contraction on and try to get it higher. The concentration Lisa had on that monitor is only rivaled by Snuffy's focus on squirrels on our walks.
8:10 We saw a bear on TV and all thought of Snuffy.
10:00 Annie and Lisa leave for the night upset that they can't watch “Project Runway.”
10:50 Kate is in pain and has to go to the bathroom. The nurse comes in to free Kate so she can go to the bathroom, but first asks Kate to rate the pain. She gives it a 6. Then the nurse says her shift will be over soon, so the next nurse will free Kate permanently at 11:15.
11:30 We're waiting for the new nurse. Our little darling is pummeling Kate which causes great pain.
11:35 The new nurse comes in and notices that the monitor wasn't monitoring and tells us she'll leave it on for a few more minutes to get a good reading.
11:45 The nurse comes in and asks how its going. Kate is in pain from the soccer wonder that will never be born. The nurse says her heart rate is up so she wants to monitor her some more.
11:55 Kate is writhing in pain, and the monitor is not picking up the heart rate again. The nurse comes in to set it up again, and then realizes how much the baby is moving. She then says that the high heart rate makes sense and frees Kate for the night. After Kate goes to the bathroom and gets in the tub the pain disappears. So far we have learned that the most painful part of labor is being strapped to a bed.
1:15 Kate rates her pain at a 4 and calls it a night.
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