A Baby!

My sister Carrie is very pregnant, and last week her baby was already over 8 lbs! Yesterday she went in for her appointment, and the doctors decided to induce her labor. She spent most of the day yesterday at Mercy hospital in Des Moines, had some contractions, but didn't really begin to dialate. My mom and I decided to come spend the night in Des Moines, so we had a nice dinner together, hung out in the hospital room with Tim and Carrie, then went to our hotel and went to bed.

They took her off the pitosin (the inducing drug iv) overnight, and inserted these little pills inside her that are supposed to help soften up the cervix and prepare it for birth. This morning they started the pitosin again, and also magnesia (Carrie has preeclampsia, and this helps with that). The doctor broker her water around 9:30am, and she has started dialating and having some contractions! So, Mom and I are sitting in the waiting room doing work on our laptops while we wait. They will be checking her often, and if she doesn't continue to dialate about 1 cm per hour, they will probably do a c section later today.

Tim seems a little nervous when he comes out to update us, and we haven't seen Carrie yet today. They did give her an epidural a bit ago, so she's probably feeling a little better now. :) We're hoping that baby comes soon! Tim is looking forward to running out into the waiting room with his hands in the air and yelling, "It's a _____!" (we don't know the gener yet). I'll be sure to post the news and some pictures after she has the baby, and after Tim and Carrie have a chance to spread the good news themselves.