Friday, April 09, 2010

Lesson on Induction

So we have learned alot about hospitals and being induced in the last 6 hours:
  1. Hospitals are like government - there is no end to the paperwork and it could be an eternity before things get started
  2. First they RIPEN your cervix - so this first dose and future doses of this other drig are to get Christine to 4CM - she is only at 3CM right now.  This could take up to 24 hours alone.
  3. After she gets to 4CM then we have the green light - at that point they start the pitocin (labor inducing drug) and things start moving.
So now that we know Christine is not being given a labor inducing drug, she is taking a nap in before things pick up.

thanks all for your comments and prayers!

2 comments:

darin said...

Hope things are progressing well. We're praying for you!

Lillian said...

Been there, done that. Although that was all for my first and it took forever. I hope the rest of this goes fast now that they have finally started the pitocin.

LeeAnna