The Labor

One thing a lot of folks have been asking is "How was the labor?"

THURSDAY

• 7:00 AM - checked into the hospital
• 8:00 AM - began pitcocin (to induce labor); told, "it will be a while...the head is sky high"
• 10:00 AM - confirmed that Jen's water had broken (that started at 1:45 AM acutally!)
• 2:00 PM - mild contractions begin.
• 6:00 PM - medium contractions begin.
• 9:00 PM - Epidural administered after 2 hours, of waiting, due to other deliveries in the hospital. Unfortunately, it only took effect on the right half of Jen's body, likely due to her back surgery in 2004.
• 11:00 PM - Serious contractions are going on.

FRIDAY

• 3:00 AM - All systems go. Active pushing begins. Contractions are about 2, 2.5 mins apart lasting for ~1 minute.
• 5:15 AM - stopped actively pushing, Dr. Goyal advised we needed to do a c-section.
• 6:15 AM - Allison is born.
• 7:20 AM - Jen comes out of OR. That was a long wait.