On September 16th I had my 39 week checkup. I was 6 cm dilated at that point and still not in labor! At that point I was freaking out a little that if I did start to go into labor it would go so quickly that I would not make it to the hospital...so I chose to be induced. Even typing that makes me cringe. I never thought I would chose to be induced, and I feel selfish for doing so, but I made the decision and thankfully we were blessed with a healthy baby boy. We went into the hospital at 2 PM that day to begin the induction and there was no turning back, we were so ready to meet out Kason! I received an epidural (which didn't completely work) and waited for the doctor to come in and break my water. When it was time to break my water, the doctor was about to begin and apparently my water broke on its own at that exact moment...at least that part was natural! From there it was just a waiting game for the baby to get in position and arrive. I was rolled onto my left side to help encourage baby to drop, and soon after that the intense labor pains arrived. It started small on the bottom part of my stomach but quickly spread to the rest of my stomach then to my back. HOLY COW...back labor is HORRIBLE! And yes, I did say earlier that I had an epidural...we later found out that the way it was directed most of it ended up in my legs from my knees down (they tried to make me walk before I was ready and I nearly wiped out, the nurse barely caught me!). I told the nurses how much pain I was in, so they checked me and sure enough the baby was already crowning!! The doctor was there soon after that and the pushing began. I don't remember how long exactly that lasted, but it wasn't long at all, maybe 4 or 5 contractions and at 6:57 PM Kason Joseph had arrived!! Here is our beautiful little boy!
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