This might take a while

Cait was in the hospital til 3am, with pretty consistent contractions coming every 2-3 minutes with slowly increasing pressure. They checked her early on and she was 4cm dilated. So we settled in for a long night and Cait tried to stay in a good place. Cait's mom and sister came, which was nice. They are a lot better at demanding things from doctors than I am.

They put Cait in a room, but when the attending finally came to see us, 5 hours after we checked in, she was still at 4cm. The doctor said she could stay or go home for a while until her water broke or the contractions upped up (upped up? seriously?) some. So after a bit of discussion we decided to come home. We all got some sleep, even Cait. And now, we are, once again, hanging out. Cait's contractions are still as consistent, or as close. But they are less painful, which might just be a psychological effect of being out of the hospital or, more likely, things are slowing down a bit. Her sister Lauren was in semi-labor like this with her last child for a week. We're hoping it doesn't take that long with Cait.

Can I just say that Cait has been a freaking awesome birther so far? She is super prepared, and nothing that the doctor says seems to surprise her. She has maintained throughout a real positive and robust outlook. I'm very proud of her and couldn't ask for a better birther for our son. Air high five to her.