16 Hours of L&D......and still no Baby!

Well that is right, we just got home form 16 hours in Labor and Delivery, adn we still are a long way from baby! You would think with my 3rd baby that I would have her in less than 16 hours!!! Basically here is the story. I went in to my regular Dr appt yesterday and he said I was a fingertip dialated and was having some minor contractions that felt like cramping to me. I went home afterwards, and the cramping continued and turned into hard/close contractions. After 2 hours of 3 min apart contractions we called our sitter and headed out the door for the hour drive to the hospital. When we got there at 8:00 last night my contractions were pretty strong and 2 minutes apart. They said since I was 35 weeks it is standard to have me drink fluids and get a shot of brethine. Well besides the fact that I had an AWEFUL reaction to the brethine, my contractions did stop. She checked me an hour later and I had progressed to 3 cm even without the contractions! So they admitted me. They started an IV and said they would let me labor through the night and the Dr would be in in the morning. Well after a LONG night of no sleep for me and little for Nathan and both of our moms, the Dr showed up at 8 am. He siad that there had been no change through the night and the contractions had pretty much faded away. So he told me to walk for the next 2 hours and they would check me again. So we did just that, at 11:00am they checked again and I was still just 3 cm and 50 % effaced. So we went home!!!! Yeah, we are all zapped and of course I am frustrated as can be that we went through all of that and still have to do it all again for her to come! Let's just say I'm sore, tired, and she can probably see the sunlight from how low she is! So I guess I will just have to keep everyone posted! As of yet, no baby Caroline!