We went into the hospital Sunday at 4 to start an induction process because my blood pressure had gotten a bit high. We settled in and started Cervidil (a cervical ripining thingy) at 6pm. That lasted overnight and was possibly the worst part of the whole induction. I had basically one big cramp all night long and didn't sleep a wink. We started pitocin at 6am on Monday morning and waited for things to kick in. I had contractions all day, but nothing terribly painful and nothing at all productive. By 6pm on Monday, I had only progressed to 2 cm so we stopped the pitocin and let me rest a bit. We did Cervidil again overnight, but this time I took an Ambien so I slept through the night. It was the first sleep that I had had since Saturday night so this was lovely. The next morning (Tuesday) I still hadn't done much so we tried another treatment (Miso) and when that was over broke my water. That happened at about 12 and by 1 I was having very strong, very regular contractions. I had an epidural (heavenly) at about 4pm and found out that I had progressed to 7cm! Awesome! Things were looking great. I was checked again a few hours later and was at 8...and then I stopped. I stayed at 8 until about midnight when we decided to go ahead with a C-section. At that point, I had been in labor since basically Sunday night and I was ready to have this kid out of me. Keith was great throughout the C-section and everything went great! Here's a pic of my new family right after....and I realize I look like shit but I just had surgery after a 2 day labor...deal.
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