I think Zoey had decided that she wasn't going to come out and greet us until we gave her a little push. I had been having Braxton Hicks contractions off and on for 2 weeks. Zoey was due on August 2nd. On Monday (July 27th), I was at 3 cm dialated and 80 % effaced, Friday I was at 4 cm and 90% effaced. I was very uncomfortable. Walking was hard! Friday night I started having contractions and they got as close as 4 minutes apart for an hour then just went away.

At my Dr. appointment on Monday I was 5 cm dialated and 90% effaced. Dr. Hardin decided that if Zoey didn't come on her own then Wednesday morning we were going to induce. Everyone was convinced though that we wouldn't make it until Wednesday. Zoey decided to prove us wrong

On Wednesday my brother came over to our house to watch Nathan and we checked into the hospital at 6:00am. I was still at 5 cm, very close to 6 the nurse said. We filled out all of the paper work and sat around in the hospital for about an hour. Then they came in with pitocin. My doctor told me that if I wanted an epidural I should get it then. Greg and I had been talking about it. I knew that the pitocin would make the contractions very hard so decided to go for it. I had already had my "natural/unmedicated" experience and decided to go for comfort this time. This was at 7:30am

My mom had brought us a book and the newspaper to read, but we ended up watching Talk shows. Boy, was it odd not feeling much below my waist. I knew when I was having contractions because of a slight pressure, but that was it. Ah was this the life. At about 8:30am I was already 7cm and they decided to break my water. At 9:15 my mom went to our house to check on Nathan, my sister and my brother. We wanted to make sure someone would fix breakfast for him... hehe.