Air

Julia's iv machine started beeping at us like crazy and the led
monitor said air. Leah told us that it was no big deal and quickly
fixed the problem

First contraction

Julia had her first big contraction since the pitocin drip. The
contractions are still somewhat minor but the intensity should
continue to accelerate. We have a new nurse, Leah, she seems Nice
enough. Julia's spirits are still high but she is a little drowsy.

Pitocin

The pitocin was administered at 6:10 pm. Dr. Mills, our obgyn decided
to induce because julia's blood preassure was a little high and the
baby is larger than average and Julia is smaller than average.

IV time

Julia gets her iv which will supply her with the potosin as well as
fluids. Rina got the vein on the first time

Informed consent

Julia's nurse Rina having Julia sign the requisite informed consents

It's time

We checked into the hospital around 5 today. Julia is nervous but
spirits are high

What Happen to those Chickens??

Since we have been approaching our due date I noticed that the past few blog post have been centered around how far along I was, how baby was doing, when I thought this little girl was going to grace us with her presence, etc. However, I think focusing SO much on the progress of the pregnancy it has made me nuts! All I can think about is..."Oh could she be coming tonight??", "Maybe I should take another shower...just in case I wake up and I am in labor!", "Let's have a huge delicious meal just in case this is the last one for a little while". So I'm going to shift the attention from our baby girl to something else, at least to keep my mind off of the arrival for the amount of time it takes me to write this post.

On Saturday this past weekend Jason and I decided to finally introduce our two smallest chickens (who I call the "babies") to the four others in the flock. For the past few weeks the babies have been sectioned off in the coop so that the larger chickens wouldn't pick on them. The babies are still quite small and will never get to the size of Toula, Latika, or Nala. Satine is our bantam chicken (which we suspect may be a rooster, but there hasn't been a crow yet), so she is relatively small in comparison to most chickens her age. Although, she is one of the more aggressive out of the 6 and is always trying to keep all the chickens "in line" (one reason the rooster suspension started).

The introduction has gone pretty smoothly. I don't think chickens have the greatest vision or senses because at night it seems like the 4 don't even notice the two babies. Although during the day they have definitely taken notice to the newcomers. There is the expected amount of pecking going on in the coop. The two babies being so much smaller has Jason a little worried for their safely against the elders. I figure they have to learn how to protect themselves at some point! Hopefully the transition will be over soon and the 6 chickens will be flocking together before we know it.

Here is a video of the chickens hanging out on Saturday afternoon. Nala and Latika were playing in a mud bath Jason had made for them.