50 Hours and Counting

No body mentioned that labor can go on for days. I checked all the liturature and books I was given and they only mention slow start labor as taking 12-13 hours to get to active labor. No where does it mention days... yet my doctor tells me this isn't that unusual. Is this a conspiracy? Is there anything else I need to know that has been obviously "not mentioned"?

Ok so after my parents went back home after driving from the other side of the state thinking I was going to have a baby (because that's what happens when people go in to labor, right?). I really started to have strong contractions - this is about 3 pm. They kept up and were getting seemingly closer together. So about 8 pm last night, Aaron packed up the car and we headed to the hospital. They checked me out in Triage to find out that I am still only fingertip dialated - same as I was at 1:30 when I saw my ob/gyn!! The good news is that I am 90% effaced and the baby's head is engaged. So all I need to do now is dialate. Peanut's knocking and telling me to open the door!! I have the option of having them give me meds to dialate me but I am still hanging on to letting this happen naturally. But I'm not so sure I will be so determined if this goes on another day.

As you can imagine sleeping is a little difficult when you are having contractions every 5 minutes or so. They do seem to slow down during the night which is a blessing. Aaron is getting restless. He may go to work today just to get out of the house. If I let him. If my contractions are as strong as yesturday I may need his moral support. It's been rainy and nasty outside for the last couple of days and I think we are both feeling a little couped up. Well that's all the news I have to report. Hopefully the next entry will be more exciting - like about the little pea's arrival :)