My Labor

April 27th-28th was definitely a blur. We got to the hospital around 4:45 PM after receiving some medicine around lunchtime that day to help start labor. By the time we ran some errands and got some lunch I was starting to feel the effects! The nurse said to expect some discomfort, but these sensations were happening every 5-8 minutes and lasting for a minute or so. Once we got home, I did some things to distract myself like reading, playing spider solitaire, looking on facebook and talking with Will. Throughout the afternoon I started breathing through what only could be described as contractions that had increased to every five minutes and were also increasing in intensity. We timed them for awhile and they were consistently 2-3 minutes apart and some of them I could barely stand up through. We called the doctor and were off to the hospital! Once we were checked in and a nurse examined me we were told I was at 3cm. I guess those drugs to kick start labor worked!
The rest of that day, night and entire next day is pretty blurry. I know Tara arrived at some point to help, I'm told my parents were there briefly to see me and I remember seeing a lot of nurses coming and going, doing important things to equipment next to my bed. I know Tara & Will didn't get any sleep and barely had time in the morning to run to the cafeteria for breakfast because one nurse said they had an hour before I'd need them and another nurse said maybe things would get more intense within 10 minutes.
After being in active labor most of the morning I saw my OB doctor who asked me to make the decision between continuing to push another hour or to go ahead with a C-Section because there was an opening in surgery at noon. I remember looking at Will, seeing the same exhaustion reflected in his eyes and agreed to the surgery.
Oddly enough, through out this whole pregnancy I always thought I'd end up with a C-Section, even before that if I had ever envisioned myself lucky enough to have a baby it'd be handed to me from over a blue cloth screen.