Happy Birthday Marcus!

Today is finally the day! Michelle's contractions got closer and stronger yesterday, so we came to the hospital late last night. We got here around 11pm. Her labor is progressing slowly, but we are told that this is typical of a first baby. After a long, long night and 8 grueling hours, she only progressed to 3cm. So she got her epidural, took a long nap, and occasionally wakes up to look at how big her contractions are on the monitor. She is happy to have passed Cinco De Mayo.

More to come as the labor progresses and the baby arrives. Well, its 3 in the afternoon, and her labor is progressing very slowly. The last pelvic exam showed her at 5cm. Not a whole lot to update at this time. Michelle is hungry for a steak, but they will only give her ice chips. How long is this going to last?

Latest update; around 4:20, the midwife was checking Michelle, and her water broke. At 7cm, she should start moving along quickly now. The epidural seemed to have worn off, so Michelle got another epidural around 7pm. She was 9cm dialated then. After 1 hour 45 minutes of pushing, Marcus was born at 9:20pm. He was 9lb 2.5 oz and 22 inches long. Let the photo taking begin...