Baby Update #6 - Smooooooooooth

Ok, time to be serious. The epidural is in, and now it's just a matter of waiting. Ideally, the most painful part is over, which is outstanding. The new shift of nurses is in, and the midwife should be here between 8 or 9 AM. At that point, they'll determine dilation and then hopefully we'll have a more solid ETA. If she's around 4cm dilated, it averages about 1cm per hour after that, with 10 being the magic number I believe. So I'm hoping noonish or two in the afternoon at the latest. I'm pretty sure we might even see ourselves overnight again, so I'm not getting my hopes up too much in terms of being home again. The good news is that post delivery, the stream of family/friends should be constant enough to make this room warm and inviting. And she'll have someone to keep her company so I don't miss my Las Cruces Symphony rehearsal tonight.

I tell ya, any more delays and this will be game five of the World Series.