At 40 + 1 weeks, my doctor suggested induction. He checked the baby, he was engaged, 2 cm and 50% effaced. I went in the next day for my scheduled induction at 7am on May 24th. They hooked me up to the monitors, but the heartbeat was not being found in the right spot, she said she thought he was breech. So they wheeled in the sono machine and sure enough, that little stinker had flipped in 24 hours. My doctor said it was too late to flip him and the odds of him doing so on his own were about 5% since I was already past term. So in tears, I agreed to the c-section, I was going in for it at 12:30. At 12:00, the lost his heartbeat again on the monitor, she searched and would find it, and then lose it again. I jokingly said, maybe he flipped again. She perched her lips and moved the monitor low, and bam there was the heartbeat. So again, the wheeled knths machine. He was head down. Unfortunately, because he flipped, he was only a -5 station. So they started the pitocin at 12:15pm. At 3:30pm I was checked, he was a -4 station, but no other progression, so the doctor went ahead and broke my water. I had mild to strong, 2-3 min apart contractions for 12 hours, at 3 am I was checked again. Only 5cm, 70% effaced and -2 station. I was in a lot of pain, but had decided against the epidural. My nurse changes my mind, she said, if I had it, then she could munipulate my body in uncomfortable ways to get my labor going quicker. I agreed, it helped a lot, I got some sleep, peanut ball in between my legs. Pain and back, I could feel it past the Epi button. They checked me at 5:40, 8cm and 90% and 0 station. I called my mom, she showed up at 6:40am, I was then 9cm 100%. Finally at 8:30am I was ready to push. 7 contractions later, Bennett was born at 9:03am on May 25rh, he came out with a cone head from being in labor for 22 hours. It went away. He was 7.7lbs. Did I mention this is my third baby? It has been 13 years since my last, my body didn't remember how to do it. Lol. I am so in love!