Congrats Sunny, and great name choice. Hope you're not too exhausted after that marathon!
Congrats pink bear on getting dp home too.
And good luck all those in progress.
I'm being discharged this morning so hoping dh is feeling full of energy ready to distract ds so I can get some sleep. Hospital is lovely but they will keep waking you up to check on me and dd. Room is lovely and quiet though and nurses even took dd away to the nursery for a couple of hours over night so I could rest. That've not been too pushy on feeding her every x hours so I guess that means she's doing OK.
So to update you more...Mon at 9am had my 38 wk checkup. Dr gave me an internal and I was 3cm dilated and 70% effaced. That must have got things going as my Bh all day seemed a bit more intense but were quite variable ranging from 4-10 mins. As I've had lots of BH for months I couldn't decide if they were true contractions as they didn t seem to build. Did all my errands, got my pedicure, made dinner and put ds down to bed. By about 9pm I decided they were hurting more so we should go to hospital. In the time it took for dh to finish his emails
and take a shower they hurt so I had to go on all 4s to relieve the pain. Dropped ds off at friends, cue me getting through contraction by going on all 4s on side of street. Got to hospital at 10:30 ish, porter ran with me in wheelchair to delivery room, I was already 9cm. Painful contractions but too late for pain relief. My OB arrived and checked me again and waters broke with a comedy 'pop'. I think I started pushing then and within 10 minutes she was out, so within 45 mins of getting to hospital I think. It was quick! And she's gorgeous.
Name is Evie Melelani (eve on birth cert.). Yes I know Evie is now most common name in the world or something but we chose it before we got married, when we didn't even want kids 10 years ago, and still like it.
Phew, must rest after that epic post!