May 22 2003
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pushing

family | May 22, 2003 at 5:55 am

After a couple hours of rest, we began pushing at 5:30 am. Dr. Crowe will be on her way shortly. The baby still needs to come down a little bit.. our nurse says she’s looking the wrong way right now.

May 22 2003
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progress

family | May 22, 2003 at 2:02 am

9 cm. dilated!

May 22 2003
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finally… rest

family | May 22, 2003 at 1:45 am

Laura has been able to rest in the last 30 minutes or so. The nurse just checked her and she’s 8 cm. dilated, and the baby has moved down to something between -1 and “station zero” so we’re movin’ along.

May 22 2003
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Epidural

family | May 22, 2003 at 1:10 am

About an hour ago Laura was 6 cm. dilated so it looks like we’ll be here a little bit longer. We just got an epidural. Actually, SHE did. I’m still totally sober.

May 21 2003
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Station -1

family | May 21, 2003 at 8:38 pm

Contractions are about three minutes apart. The baby is at “station -1.” Station 0 is when the baby is at the pelvis, and you start pushing when she’s at +2.. so we’ve got a little way to go.

May 21 2003
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walking

family | May 21, 2003 at 5:50 pm

We just went for a walk around the maternity ward to speed things up.

May 21 2003
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broke the water

family | May 21, 2003 at 3:30 pm

They broke the water and put Laura on an IV.

May 21 2003
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In Labor

family | May 21, 2003 at 12:30 pm

Laura is in the early stages of labor. Dr. Donna Crowe says we’ll probably have the baby before midnight.