1 Day Old

Things have settled down around here now, with baby and momma almost having a routine. Hannah is eating voraciously at times, then sleeping deeply at others. She's a joy, she's probably only cried for about 5 minutes total in the last 24 hours.
Ashley is doing very well. Her stomach hurts from the uterus contracting down in size, and the ankle booties (which prevent clots) are a little constricting, but most of the time there is too much excitement in the room to focus on those things.

Bleeping machine of doom

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!

Contraction Junction

They're about 3-4 minutes apart! 30 seconds or so long! Perfect uterine form!