Amelia Rae arrived 3/23/17 Birth story

Amelia decided it was time to arrive a day before her induction date. I was 40 + 2 weeks and I had my 40 week appointment the morning labor started. I had my bloody show and was contracting 6-8 minutes apart at my doc apt at 8 am. The doc said I was at 3.5 cm and in early labor which could last days. I went on my way to a hair appointment and kept noticing the contractions getting stronger and more frequent. After my appointment around 3:00 pm at home, I was having painful contractions 3-4 minutes apart. I tried taking a bath to ease the pain and nothing helped. I told my husband that we better go to the hospital. We arrived and I was found to be dilated to 4.5. They admitted me and I begged for the epidural after the contractions intensified. Around 6:00 pm they broke my water. I was dilated to 9 cm by 9:00 pm and the nurses said I would have the baby within the hour. But that did not happen. I was stuck at 9 until 7 am the next morning even after trying every position under the sun to further dialate. By 8 am I was fully there and ready to push. Pushed for a hour and a half before they called the doctor. I was exhausted and the doc said after his exam we will need to use foreceps or c section. We opted for the foreceps which the doctor used for three pushes and with two pushes on my own she was out. She ended up weighing 9 lbs 5 ounces which might be why I was stuck at 9 cm because she was stuck in the birth canal. She does have a squished nose that the doctors think will straighten out with time but she is still my perfect little angel. 💕🎀🌸