Okay as you all I know, I was to be induced on Sunday the 17th, I went to the hospital on the 16th the start the whole process. Anyway at like 4 am I started to have contactions but they weren't strong enough to dilate me. They did the next step which was the poticion (sp?), I started to feel a lot of pain, so they gave me some med that went into the iv, (which hurt like hell btw) and she said the room with start spinning and well it kicked in pretty good that was at about 6am. I crashed out, apparently I been sleeping threw the contactions cuz the doctor woke me up around 9:20am to check me and I was at 2cm and 70% effaced. The doctor said I could have the Epi anytime I want after that, I waited a little bit and then got it, I got checked around 11 and I was 3 cm and that's where my labor stalled, I kept having contractions, in a patter of 2 and then change so it was interesting. I guess when they kept moving the bed, my epi came out. And wouldn't work, even though my legs were still numb but I felt every contraction to the point I was doing nothing but crying, I didn't do the breathing hell I didn't want to be touched by Aaron or anyone for that matter. But the doctor for the epi came back and had to redo it. In the middle of contractions it hurt like hell. Anyway, that finally kicked in and I got some sleep, I was dilated to 4 cm around 3pm. Probably around 5pm, I was dilated to 5cm and stayed that way untill about 6pm. About 9pm I was at 7cm. At 11:15pm they checked me again, and I was fully dilated, I slept most the last part of my labor. The doctor had me wait for an hour so that the baby could drop more, and cut down on pushing time. Around 12-12:30 I started pushing, I pushed a total of 6 times and Miss Arianna was born at 12:41am on August 18th she was 6 lbs and 11 ½ oz and 21 inches long. I was in labor for a total of 20 hours and 41 mins. Fun eh? Lol

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