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After a few weeks of trying to persuade my doctor to induce me, he finally agreed. Fortunately, that is not how things worked out in the long run. In every step of the way to meet the new life I had created, it was worth it. The pain, irritation, mood swings, throwing up, the whole nine really. It was all worth it. I am so happy I had both of my children and my husband John right beside me throughout everything. The process of labor is harder than what people might think, but it can also be an enlightening experience. My due date on the 21st of May had come and gone. I was 41 weeks pregnant, begging my doctor to induce me at my doctor’s appointment. He finally agreed to do an induction that following Monday on the 30th of May. Of …show more content…

I remember praying a lot in the silent moments when I was not talking a lot. I needed God to just make this pain go away. Through all the excruciating pain, elevated breathing, and sky-rocketing blood pressure, we finally made the entrance to White County Medical Center. They started wheeling me off to the labor and delivery ward. As soon as the sliding doors opened, the chilling air and sterile clean smell hit me like ton bricks. We finally made it to the nurse’s station where they were waiting to ask many questions. “When is your due date?” “Do you have your driver’s license and insurance card?” It seemed as if the questions lasted forever. The interrogation was finally over and I was headed to triage. I was hooked up to a heartbeat monitor, contraction monitor, and vital monitor. I was relieved as soon as the loud thump of Annas heartbeat reached my ears. They checked me for dilation and effacement. About 30 minutes later, a nurse came to triage to inform us that it was, in fact, active labor. It was go time! The nurse took me to my own personal labor suite with all the fanciest medical equipment. I was getting settled in the not so comfortable hospital bed when I looked over to see the contractions were off the chart. I did not know how to cope with all the pain I was enduring. Eventually, the anesthesiologist finally made his appearance to give me what they call the epidural (An anesthetic injected into the epidural space surrounding the fluid-filled sac

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