I got to my wife early in the morning. After 13 or so hours she was dilated to 1 centimeter. It's developing slowly. They followed up with Pitocin to let the contractions open up her cervix. After a few hours of the drug doing it's work they noticed no change in her cervix.
Her OB broke her water and discovered meconium in the amniotic fluid, which is bad news since any introduction into the baby's system can be dangerous. After speaking with the OB we felt it was better for the baby to perform a cesarean section than to have the baby exposed to the meconium for another 13 or so hours.
I was surprised by how quickly everything went from that point forward. After deciding on the c-section we were in the operating room within 5 minutes. Ten or fifteen minutes later our son was born.
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