The anaesthesiologist just left.  With the Pitosin drip at 6ml/hr, Toby progressed to 3 cm.  Since her medical team is so accomodating, she was able to get her epidural a little bit early.  After that, the Foley catheter was inserted, so now Toby is bedridden.  Dr. Green will come by a little later for the ‘rupture’.

Although she had some small contractions last night when we arrived, contractions have been pretty non-existent today.  So it was good news that when the nurse came in to up Toby’s Pitosin (she is at 4 now), Toby was able to tell her that the contractions had started on a more forceful and frequent basis.

Rather than another round of Cervadil, Dr. Green started Toby on Pitosin.  This is an IV drug that will start contractions.  The drip is started at .5 ml/hour and every 1/2 hour, the dosage is increased until there is some effect.  Toby was just increased to 1.0 ml/hour.

After the check, the nurse declared that Toby has plenty of time for lunch.  She thinks that Dr. Green will go for another dose of Cervadil rather than the ‘rupture’.  This nurse rated Toby at 2 cm and 80%.  Since it is a totally subjective test, this is basically unchanged from when we arrived.

Baby ETA : hopefully within the next 12 hours, but I am not betting on it.

I made it back from geocaching (didn’t find it, I’ll have plenty of time to try again, I’m sure) right on time.  Toby was sleeping when I got back to the room (she woke up when I dropped something).  We are waiting for the nurse to come in to give the check.