Ashley is hooked up to a birthing monitor system, which simultaneously monitors the baby's heartbeat, Ashley's uterine contractions, and takes her blood pressure.
This device also beeps mercilessly.
Everytime the device skips a contraction, detects an odd beat, or takes the blood pressure of the hospital bed while Ash is in the restroom, the thing starts up like a German U-Boat diving away from Allied depth charges.
We're into shift #3 now, still no real concrete labor process. The nurse, Julie now, is upping the concentration of Pitocin every 15 minutes, so hopefully things will be opening up soon!
3 weeks ago
