Hazel is here!

On Friday, I felt perfectly fine, my contractions were gone. I headed to the zoo with my husband and my parents to try to encourage labor to start, and just to see some awesome animals! Within 30 mins of being there, I felt a gush of fluids. I went to the bathroom and was pretty sure that my water had broken. We left the zoo and headed for home. I changed, my husband packed up the hospital bags, and we left. When we got to the hospital, they confirmed my water had broken and admitted me around 1:30. Then they started pitocin as I was only 2cm dilated. I walked the halls, bounced on a ball, and did some stretches as my contractions increased. I did not want an epidural. My doctor showed up and check me around 4 and I was at 3cm. He broke my water the rest of the way. That's when the contractions got a lot stronger. He told me he would see me around 2 am with how labor was going. I labored through the strongest contractions until about 7. They checked me again and I was 4cm. I knew I couldn't keep laboring through the contractions for another 7 hours. I was already getting so tired. So I had an epidural. Within 30 mins, I was ready to push. Hazel was born at 8:42. She weighed 7 pounds, 14oz and was 20 inches long. She was perfect.