May All Your Drugs Be As Good As Mine

Its currently 10:30pm and the Cervadil has been in for about two and a half hours. These were definitely two and a half of the most uncomfortable hours of my life. I'm sure only more are to follow.

The hospital called while we were driving in to see where we were. They had us scheduled for a 5:30pm "check-in" (doesn't that just sound like we are on a fabulous holiday vacation?) and our paperwork said 7pm. I must say I'm super happy we weren't here at 5:30pm as that would have meant another hour and a half of nurses searching for my Amazingly High Cervix. Seriously. It seems my Cervix (for some damn reason) is located in the vicinity of my left lung. And let me tell you, I feel every inch of that groping. I swear, I think the nurse almost got angry at me for having the gall to have a cervix so high and mighty.

So far the schedule meant the Cervadil was put in and I had to lay flat on my back for two hours. Ben and I watched "My Bloody Valentine 3D". I found it appropriate for the time being. There is one girl that runs around completely butt nekkid for at least twenty minutes in the movie. This made me feel better about just my butt hanging out when Ben had to help me, my IV pole, and my fetal monitor all pee. After peeing, where I "blotted-not wiped" for fear of losing my Cervadil string, I sat back in bed and was allowed to take two Ambien and actually raise the bed to a level that no longer makes me feel like this baby is slowly strangling me.

The one cool part of the evening? The fetal monitor allows us to fall asleep to the sound of Park's heart beat.

Oh, and I got to sign her name as her "Mother" for the first time tonight. Writing it out was surreal.

Ben saw some five pound twins in the nursery. They looked HUGE. She's going to be the size of both of them together. This might make my cervix completely slam shut in protest.

I'm assuming I'll be seeing the sweet, sweet white lights of the Ambien Gods calling soon. The day starts early at 5:30am when they take out the Cervadil and allow me a shower before starting the Pitocin.

I'm going to try to sleep at least a little before all this begins.