Labor and Delivery

Well where to begin... I went to my last appt on Monday April 2nd to check on Peyton and go over last minute instructions for our induction on Thursday. On April 4th I got a call from St. Vincent's saying that they did not have any rooms available for my scheduled induction. I was heart broken not knowing what was going on. We were told we would be put on stand by and to call in the morning when we woke up to check on the status.  John and I walked around our neighborhood twice just talking about how our life was fixing to change forever =)  Well as you can imagine we didn't sleep that much and I got up and called the nurse around 6 am.  She said it didn't look good but took my number and would call to update me through out the day as to when we could come in. John and I decided to make the most our of the day and ran errands, and enjoyed the day together before we got the phone call. The nurse called around 2 and told us to come in at 8 that night and we would have a room and start the process :). John and I ate dinner and ran by his dads house. We got to St. Vincent's a lil before 8 and got a huge birthing suite, which made me very happy!! I had to get in my gown and jump in the bed. Our 1st nurse was so sweet, she had a hard time getting my IV in though =(  She tried to get the IV in my right arm but blew 2 veins.  This was pretty painful!! Luckily the left arm worked like a charm :). I slept off and on through out the night, just nervous about what was to come. They came in at midnight and started a low dose of pitocin. Once they started it I wasn't allowed to get out of the bed :(. Dr. Estes came in at 6:30 and broke my water and uped the pitocin. Dr. P came in to check on me around 7:30. My contractions started up and the nurse said it was time for my epidural.  I thought it was a lil early for my epidural and the nurse asked me if I could see my contractions on the screen.  I said I couldnt see them but they were tolerable which made her and John laugh.  I kept telling them I had a high tolerance for pain little did they know I was telling the truth ;)  I was scared to get the epidural but it was actually not that bad.  Dr. P came in around 10:30 am and said was time to push.  John said now!!  We were both shocked at how quickly things were moving, but 9 pushes later Peyton was born.  It was the easiest delivery ever!  I never knew how much I could love this lil girl who had just entered my life but it is a feeling you cant even describe.  She is healthy, happy, and we fall more in love with her daily!