The Waiting Game--September 2

It's Sunday morning and my hospital room is filled with family. Nick and I have only gotten a few hours of sleep. His was uncomfortable as he was trying to stretch out on a very small couch, bench type thingy. I was at least in a bed....but nurses and doctors were in every 30 minutes to check my blood pressure, contractions, baby heart beat, or progress. Needless to say...we were running on adrenaline and Schulers donuts.

Unfortunately, the pitocin wasn't working as much as we had all hoped. Contractions were starting to get stronger but still not painful. I was getting very anxious and tired....but still so excited and convinced we were going to meet our daughter sooner than later!!

My nurses were amazing!! Megan and Charissa were the sweetest, most attentive women I could have wanted there to care for me. I was so lucky!!

Finally around midnight, the doctors suggested we really think about a c-section. It has been 24 hours since my water broke and I was only 4cm dilated. Baby girl was not descending and all the "tricks" the doctors and nurses knew to try weren't working.

The surgery prep started and we were in the operating room by 1am....