Had first contraction by 11 am. They were picking up so we got.to hospital by 830pm, checked at 9, at 3 cm. I was asking for pain meds from the word go but they said I needed to get checked again at 11 pm before they could give me anything. By 1030 pm the contractions were right on top of each other and I didn't have so much as an IV, so I begged her to check me again because I couldn't handle it anymore and I was already a 7 and right then I knew my epidural wasn't happening. At least got one dose of fentanyl IV, which barely took the edge off. Literally minutes later I felt so much pressure and my body was pushing on its own so I sent my husband to get a nurse and literally two minutes later everyone came in, one big push later Elizabeth Juliet Israel was born.