Some Labor Details

Before I forget, here is how the labor went. On Monday night we were going to just go in, Kris was going to get some medicine that is just supposed to soften up her cervix. Sometimes it can send you into labor, and that was the hope. If that hadn't happened by morning they were going to give her some small doses of Pitocen (labor starting drug) to get the ball rolling.

It didn't happen that way.

When we go there they put the medicine on the night stand and hooked Kris up to a monitor. The medicine stayed on the stand for the next two hours, and I think it eventually got tossed in the trash. From the get go Glory's heartbeat was way to fast, and while it seemed that she wasn't in distress our midwife and a Doctor who was passing through, felt that the baby had to be monitored more closely. This called for breaking Kris's water, and attaching a monitor to the baby's head. This, of course, started labor. They then gave Kris pitocen, which made the contractions come so hard and furious, that by the time Kris was at 5 Centimeters she asked for an epidural (she had Kalvary without). Things calmed down for a while until about 245 when they checked her and found her to be at 10 centimeters and ready to push. Glory was born at 3:08 and now you know how it happened. If you want more details, you can call Kris and ask her tomorrow, I'm sure she would love to talk about it. The pictures are of Kalvary holding Glory, so far she LOVES her, and Grandma Rose holding her as well. Rose has been invaluable to us, taking care of both Kalvary and us as we get through this transition. If you want to see some more pictures just go here.