Tara Jane was born at 8:04 pm, at 9 lbs 5 oz and 19.5 inches. She and mom are healthy and happy. There were no complications

9 lbs 5 oz

It’s showtime!

He says he’ll wait another half hour before checking again, then probably have Jen start pushing the baby down.

Amazingly, Jennifer is at 9.5 cm, and will be pushing in probably another half hour. Iz, please direct everyone to the blog.

Since we didn’t really go through labor the first time, I was pretty nervous about what to expect with this whole labor thing. By the time I returned from getting everything set up at home, Jennifer was having very painful contractions, and that was only the beginning. it didn’t take long to decided to get the epidural sooner rather than later. Now we are relaxing with the lights down and the soothing patter of the baby’s heartbeat in the background. I’m curious to know how much further Jen is dilated. She got to 5cm pretty quickly, so this is actually the partwhere things should begin to progress more quickly. Jen says this is the most comfortable she has been in months.

She can have a baby in her sleep. She’s napping now while she has the chance. For her next trick she’ll nurse no-handed.

We love epidurals!

The epidural is in, everybody is feeling well. Jen may nap, blessing the name of whoever invented the epidural.

The water has broken, so the baby will be delivered today. they’re going to induce soon, we’re tying up loose ends until thn