Labor is progressing "quickly" (I quote quickly because we realize that it may be many more hours).  However Sarah was contracting harder and has opted for an epidural.  The doctor who performs the procedure was going to have a busy day so we decided to get it done sooner rather than later and possibly having it put in too late and therefore ineffective.

Dr. Stein was just here and put the epidural in.  It was a relatively quick procedure, 10 minutes or so from start to finish.  It went in with only a bit of pain but Sarah was more than willing to trade the pain of a needle in order to minimize the pain of the contractions.

I want to reiterate again how great the staff has been.  Our nurse Cathy is wonderful.

Tim