Hospital Update #1

So I think I'm actually having a contraction right now....to be perfectly honest it just feels like severe and sudden period cramps that only last a couple seconds.  We checked in around 830 last night after going to Cheesecake Factory for dinner with Mom and Dad.  Last night when Diane, my nurse, measured me I was at a 2 and 70% and now with the medicine this morning I'm at a 3 and 80%.  There are two other mommas-to-be doing the exact same thing with the same doctor today.  They both already had their epidurals!!!  I have an imaginary goal of waiting until I'm at at 5 but realistically I'm just going to go as long as I can.  It kinda scares me that they both got it already....like am I doing something wrong?  Are they further along then me already?  The nurse said they both came in having contractions so maybe that has something to do with it.  Ahhh,  I think I'm having another contraction right now and my belly is really hard on top....I take it back, not as painful as it was before.

So I guess Dr. Katz will come in around 7ish and give me the gel to speed up the process.  I'll try to write again after that but I'm sure at some point soon I won't want to be near a computer.  Right now John is just sleeping and I can't sleep with the cramping so it's pretty much just a waiting game.