Sept 5th - Induction Day

I went to sleep Friday night the 4th with alot of anxiety. Anxiety for having to be induced and good excited anxiety knowing that I would meet my little girl tomorrow.

Lucas and I woke up early because we needed to be to the hospital a little before 7am. We woke the kids up to say goodbye to them and then headed to the hospital. When we arrived it was sooo quiet. They had had several deliveries the night before, but I was the only one on the L&D floor that morning.

We settled in to our room and I think we were both excited and ready for the process to begin. We were old hands at this, right?

My nurse started the Pitocin around 8am, my mom brought the kids up around 9am and my brothers Dallas and Dylan and Dylan's fiance Danae came to visit too. Around 10 am the Pitocin really started to create some strong contractions so everyone left. My midwife broke my water shortly after and then I was in labor. Long story short - it was a difficult labor with really strong contractions but I was not progressing (dilating) like I should have been. Although my hope was for a non-medicated delivery like I had experienced with both Emma and Nathan , I finally decided to have an epidural around 3 pm because I could feel my body fighting the contractions instead of working with them - and I knew my body was too tense to progress. Although it was a very hard decision, I now know it was the right one because as soon as the epidural started to work and my body relaxed, dilation progressed.