Little sister in early labor - I hope

My sister started her 40th week today. Since the middle of the night she's been having contractions (it's about 1pm here now, so that's at least 9 hours). Her contractions are now 7 minutes apart and she's at my parent's house waiting to see what happens.

This is my only sister and this is her first :-)

I'll keep you posted...

***Edits***
5pm (local time): Contractions are getting longer and stronger - somewhere around 6 minutes apart. I am so excited that I periodically get all teary...

5:30pm: Contractions are 4 minutes apart and they're going to pick up Yaakov (the dad-to-be) and then to the hospital... I'm so excited I can't stop crying... I forgot to mention - they don't know if it's a boy or girl. I'm guessing girl...

8:55pm: At the hospital they said she was 2.5cm & 70% effaced. They kept her for a while and then sent her to take a walk for an hour. At 8, when she came back, she was at 4cm. Unfortunately, the hospital is swamped with women in labor, so they can't move her into a labor room until 2 more women give birth. She wants the epidural NOW!
Uh oh! 8:55... that means I have to go to a meeting (va'ad bayit - a meeting to do with the communal areas of our building)... yuck! At least I can take my cellphone & my mom can call to update in the middle.

11pm: About an hour ago she was at 5cm and in a lot of pain. She's still waiting for the epidural :-( Funny thing was I got to tell all my brothers that she's in labor...

at 11:55pm, Leah & Yaakov's princess was born :-)