Well, we just got back from labor and delivery - with no baby.

I started having contractions at 3pm or so after I took a dose of blue cohosh. I kept an eye on the contractions and continued to have them through 8pm. They were both dull and sharp and at one point they were only 3 minutes apart and lasted a good one minute or so.

So I called the midwife and she said to come in to the hospital and she’d check me out.

Margot and me were going to head out while Alex and Dom stayed home with Graem but Grammy got so upset we were leaving and we figured the whole gang could come along for the field trip.

So they took a seperate car and we took the van to the hospital.

When we got there they hooked us up to monitors and it appeared that my contractions had pretty much died down. Throughout the three hours I was hooked up it looked like I was having one good contraction every ten minutes.

Not enough for them to declare labor.

So, the midwife came into the room and did an internal. Wasn’t too bad and I’m thankful this a small fingered midwife! She came back with 70% effaced and a finger tip dilated. Not too shabby - however, I realize this could go on for another week or so and possibly beyond.

We talked about big babies and small pelvises. It sounds like I’m not going to get much sympathy from her on that front and I just hope she doesn’t hold back on the good drugs when I ask for them!

Now we’re back home and ready to go to bed.

Too much fun for one night.