A Scary Time.. 7:27pm

Julie has been doing very well throughout labor. But, at about 6:30pm we were told that because Julie hadn't progressed in the last two hours, and her heart rate had been running high, a c-section would be needed. Scary! Immediately we began to pray her cervix would open up. 10 minutes latter, the Dr. said she'd gone from 5 to 7cm. Julie was also able to bring her heart rate down, even under these stressful circumstances, through unbelievable focus and determination. She is incredible!

2:20 Update

It's 2:30 and Julie is 80% effaced and 4 cm. dialated. She is not in any pain since she got the epidural about 1:00. Since she only got a couple of hours sleep last night we're going to try to let her rest before things really pick up. Both sets of grandparents are here in the waiting room and both of her sisters and Jessica's husband Brandon. Dan's brother and sister will be here soon. Pray Baby Ethan could be born safely and fairly soon. Thanks!

LABOR DAY!!

It is Friday just after noon. We are at UNC! We checked in last night around 8:30pm after one last stop to Bed Bath and Beyond for some final feel-good items for Julie. There was a lot of action here last night - but not in our room. Seems like a few other women went into labor unexpectedly last night causing Julie's induction procedure to take place at 1am! We were surprised to see that she was already having contractions! Pitocin was started at 5:00am. They had a hard time finding her vein and once they did, it hurt her pretty bad.

I took a shower and flooded the entire room! That was unexpected. At 12:30 they gave her the epidural. I didn't pass out! Julie did awesome. Everyone said so. I was so proud of her. She didn't start feeling the contractions until about 11am although they'd been coming strong every 1-3 minutes. Kristin, Julie's RN, just said to me again "She's doing awesome!"

We'll know in about an hour how much more progressed she is. I'll keep you all in the loop.
Thanks for your prayers!