Hurry up and wait....

Quick status update here...yes, we're at the hospital. We're actually in the recovery room right now. No, that doesn't mean that we're done...it's also the staging room prior to the c-section. We got to the hospital right at 6 am and started the check-in process. They've got all the baby monitors on Melissa, have her IV in, and all of that stuff. After the shift change at 7 am, our new nurse (Kristin) let us know that we've been bumped back an hour because of another c-section. No details, but obviously it was more urgent than ours, so we're now just hanging out waiting. The original plan was to go back to the OR between 7:30 and 8:00 am, so now we're looking at going back between 8:30 and 9:00 am. Start to finish, they say about an hour in the OR, and then an hour to an hour and a half back in recovery before being moved upstairs to the postpartum room.

Other than some general anxiety, Melissa is doing well. The good news is that we have our own TV in here, so we're watching Mike & Mike (can you believe Federer lost in straight sets?) which helps Melissa relax a little. Dr Strauss also came by and chatted with us...we love Dr Strauss. He has a way of just calming you down by his demeanor. He's doing the c-section before ours as well, so he said he'll come through here (the recovery room where we are) after that one to give us a heads up that we're up soon. Until then, we're just playing the waiting game.

Stay tuned...