Epidural

Epidural, originally uploaded by Ava's Antics.

Doni's fighting hard and its wearing her out! She's dilated to 8 cm and is 100% effaced. To help the pain of the contractions she had an epidural put in place around 3 pm. Now, they want her to nap for a while to get some of her strength back up before she needs to start pushing.

We finished watching the whole first season of The Office and have been watching Animal Planet ever since. It was good to see her laugh in-between contractions. I'm pretty sure that's a good test of whether a comedy is funny.... Can it make someone in labor laugh? If so, then you know it will be REALLY funny when your body isn't causing you pain and stealing all your energy!

Yesterday during our ultrasound we were able to see Ava's face, hands, and feet like we have never been able to before. No, unfortunately, it wasn't a 4D ultrasound (although I hear they're great), but it was amazing how we could make out the details of her toes, see how she has long hair (for a baby), watch as she was practicing breathing, and see her open her eyes the slightest bit. It makes you wonder what she's thinking. Especially now! Getting a little cramped in there isn't it Ava?