We have arrived.

We just got checked into the hospital and are settling into our room now. Haven't spoken with anyone but the nurse yet but I am sure that will change very soon.

The original plan was to be in by 7am this morning to start the induction process but I think baby is thinking differently. I have a doctor's appointment yesterday afternoon with my doctor and despite lots of contractions over the last few weeks, I haven't progressed very far. Usually with an induction they try to "prime" your cervix so once they start the drugs things really get going. However, because of the previous c-section, my doctor does not want to use any of those drugs because they increase risk for uterine rupture. Instead she tried some tricks that use mechanical dilation to try to get the cervix ready to go. So the plan was to go home and to be seen this morning to start induction. Well, baby thought that maybe he/she didn't want to be told what to do and instead starting giving me contractions at 3:30 this morning. Despite the sleeping pill I took last night the contractions still have had me up since 3:30am. They started out 8 minutes apart and when we got up at 5 to get ready to head to the hospital they got up to every 5 minutes. Right before we were ready to leave they jumped to 2-3 minutes apart... let's just say Ben moved a bit faster at that point. :) Once we were on our way though, they slowed back down to every 5 minutes so we had no trouble getting to the hospital on time. :)

Currently I am having my history taken and all the other check in procedures done. Hopefully soon we will know whether we can continue labor as is or if the doctor wants to continue with the induction process to keep things moving along. I hope a decision is made  quick cause I want to get moving around. I hate being stuck in these beds.

More to come....