So, Meredith did great last night! Doctor Tacktill administered two "doses" of gel to help facilitate the inducement process. She wasn't dialated at all throughout the early evening, although her contractions increased in strength and frequency to about one every three minutes or so. Note that in the attached picture Meredith IS blackberring in her hospital bed - she cracks me up!
The hospital is fantastic - really. We have wireless internet - cool. The room is huge, nicely decorated (Meredith would say "that's my gay husband talking"), and private. The staff is very attentive - Crystal and Ruth are Meredith's nurses. I am kicking back creating this log post, listening to some John Mayer, and eating a granola bar.
Unfortunately, the night didn't offer much opportunity to sleep. With the volume cranked up on the baby monitor we could hear every heartbeat from the girls. You might think that the rhythm would lull us to sleep. I guess that may have been the case, except for the occassional kick to the microphone monitor by the girls which would make this really loud "wherrppp" sound. Plus, whenever Meredith needed to use the bathroom the nurse would have to disconnect her from the IV she has going to keep her hydrated. I brought my camping "mattress" and just slept on the ground - a common place for a Marine to sleep - so it wasn't bad. We ate some tasty spinach, garlic, pepperoni, and cheese pizza from Atlantis, laied in bed together for a few minutes before trying to get some sleep.
This morning the doctor will administer Meredith potocin to really get this party started. I am predicting a delivery time around 3:30 for baby one. Meredith thinks they will come much later. If you want to get in touch with us, just give us a call at either 202 744-4146 or 571 234-3880.
David
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Enjoy the calm. once the storm comes, there's no turning back. Thinking of you guys- can't wait to hear the big news later today!
(I was also blackberrying from my hospital bed!)
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