So I got to triage, literally walked down the hall to The women's and children's section. I got there, got all hooked up and they checked my blood pressure again and again and it didn't seem to be going down. We're talking like 135/88 to 155/79 to 135/67...it was weird. 

So my OB Came in and told me that they were gonna keep me and induce me and I should call my hair place and tell them I won't make it. 

When I got to my room in L&D I was still only 1 cm but I was having contractions that I couldn't feel, like 2 or 3 mins apart. And since I was only 1 cm they didn't want to do pitocin for fear I wouldn't dilate as fast as the contractions were coming. So after about 2 hours of waiting (an hour of which was them trying to get an IV in because I was so "puffy" as they called it) I finally got some meds inserted vaginally. I forget what it's called now, but it's supposed to help Thin the cervix. 4 hours later it didn't work, but I was starting to feel my contractions. They decided to wait to see what would happen and 2 hours later my water broke in my sleep....it was a horrible contraction that then led to me leaking all over myself. 

I was then 3 cm dialated and starting to thin out a bit. I was put on pitocin and a pain Med and after about 4 hours I got my epidural. Epidural is not bad at all, it's the contractions that you have to control due in that are tough, but totally doable. 

My epidural wore off about 4 hours later, so they gave me more right in my back. Which wore off about 1.5 hours later but only on my left side at first...so 17 hours of labor, 1 hour 10 mins of pushing with no epidural left my baby boy was born. Meet Byron Jude. Born 1/16/17, 11:53 am. Weighing 8lbs 9oz and 22 inches long. 10 days early :). 

There's lots of details I left out at basically every stage so if y'all have any questions don't be afraid to ask!