Shhhh let's keep it quiet for the moment

I think today might be baby day.

Wouldn't you think that after 6 other deliveries I'd really *know* ??

Two of my concerns are arriving at the hospital too soon and having to hang out while they "start the clock" because they don't like for one to labor on their time too long ... and also that them starting the clock will lead to the push for interventions.

I actually ran through a few scenarios with my midwife and was told they'd be okay with the fact that I'm not calling and rushing in right away ... so I'm not. I'm going to hang out here and keep an eye on things and wait for labor to progress a bit.

But if you happen to see this and would like to pray that things would move along in a timely no-intervention-needed sort of way, and that I wouldn't (ahem) wait TOO long to decide it's "real" and go in (who would do that?!?) I would appreciate it.

Don't worry, I'll keep you posted. At the very least, check the tweets over there in the little twitter box on the left. You can even go to twitter and sign up for the RSS feed. There's even away, if you're signed up there, to have any posts go to your cell phone. No, really.

Thanks!

hm. I suppose I should use this time productively, if I'm not going to lay down and try to sleep more?

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8:30 am update

well, I've been up for more than 4 hours.
I'm feeling a little - or a lot - frustrated and discouraged right now.
My water broke this morning, for sure, but labor hasn't really kicked in in earnest. I'm certainly having some contractions - some strong, even - but not all that regular or strong or getting closer together. I suspect baby is posterior and not really settling down in or turning, yet. There's some techniques I could try, but many of them suggest doing something for 3 contractions, or 5, or 10, and that in itself seems kind of discouraging to try when the contractions aren't regular and close together.

So anyway. I don't know. Prayers that things would start moving, or that baby would turn, or whatever, would be appreciated. I really don't want to end up being sent in, do nothing, and be labeled "failure to progress" - done that once before.