I was scheduled to be induced October 15th @10pm.. I came into the hospital that night I was 1cm dilated... they gave me a pill to start thinning my cervix (had no contractions.. some light Braxton hicks) 4 hours later I got my second dose of the pills... at 7am I was 1.5cm dilated so the pills hardly did anything to me. My OB came in at 8:40am to break my water (the second I seen him enter my room I cried.. I thought it was going to hurt!) he literally checked my cervix then it felt like I peed myself that’s all! So they start me on my pitocin right after that.. started at level 3... then 4... 6... 8... by 11 I was in a lot of pain.. contractions were rough...but it was manageable! The nurse came back in and told me she was putting it in 14 now.. I lost it.. I cried historically saying “I can’t do a 14.. I can’t do a 14!” So she asked me if I wanted the epidural or the iv pain meds.. I was trying to not have the epidural because i was scared of it.. so I got the iv pain meds... OMG that stuff makes you loopy instantly!! the room was spinning and I kept seeing weird things like my husband dancing or at one point I heard someone breathing hard so I opened my eyes and death glare my husband he said “what?” But I just said ..”nothing” (I DIDNT WANT TO LOOK STUPID) I also felt like I had 2 pringles as my lips...I knew this medicine would make me say silly things that would of been hilarious lol I tried MY HARDEST to keep my cool and think before I talked haha anyway @2:30pm my OB came back in to check me and I was at 3cm... he wasn’t to happy about my progression so he asked me if an epidural would be something I was interested in.. it would relax my body and get me dilated faster .. I at this point was okay with this.. knowing the iv pain meds wouldn’t last forever!! I was still a little loopy from the pain iv meds.. the epidural didn’t hurt and wasn’t scary AT ALL! and I could move my feet the entire time! I just couldn’t feel the pain. So my nurses told everyone they had to leave the room (besides my husband) so that we could rest and that I could dilate while sleeping... so I turned spongebob on tv because his voice makes me sleepy and I passed out! .. every once in awhile my nurse would come in and flip me and place what they called a peanut ball between my legs to help get her down my birth canal... @4pm they checked me and I was at 4cm.. then @5pm I was 5cm I thought I was doing great! But at 5:45pm my OB came back in and checked me .. told me I was 5cm still and if I don’t progress by 6:30pm he will talk about. C-section...it was kinda my fault because when the nurse left I always moved the peanut ball around to get comfortable so it probably wasn’t working... by this point they put me on oxygen for my breathing ...anyway so my nurse laid me as far on my belly as I could and placed the peanut ball between my legs again but this time I didn’t move it.. I also put pressure on the other some of my belly so all the baby could do was go down the birth canal.. all I could think of was that I had 45mins to dilate 5cm! If I didn’t want a c-section... my OB said that isn’t likey... at 6:15pm my husbands family came back and prayed for me and prayed the baby would go down the birth canal.. 5 Mins later @6:20pm I felt this urge to push (even with my epidural) I didn’t want to look stupid so I buzzed the nurse in the “flip me” and then mentioned to her that I felt like I needed to poop ... she checked me and I was 10cm!!!! GOD IS GREAT ABD PRAYER WORKS!! I was ready to go!! They got everything ready and the OB cake back in and I pushed for 5 mins and she was out! BEST LABOR AND DELIVERY I COULD OF ASKED FOR! 💕