You Can Now Watch a Birth Happen in Real Time . . . on Instagram

There are contractions now but they still aren't regular. Mom has been standing or sitting on the exercise ball since she arrived at the hospital but she finally decided to lay down and rest a bit. The nurse [put] what is called a "peanut" between her legs to open up her hips some more to hopefully encourage the cervix to drop a little more which would thus bring baby down, too. It's been fun swapping stories of photography and hearing about their other two births... But now it's time to rest before things pick up.