After a couple of days of worrying about it, I finally got the feeling that if she was able to come on her own, and have us make it to the hospital, that she would arrive before the induction date. So I told my parents and they decided to come into town on Friday July 26th.
Sunday Morning, July 28th, I got up and got all showered and ready for church (we have 8:30AM church). It was LeGrand's weekend to work so he was at work. I started having a little cramping, not hard contractions, just cramping --I had felt this a little bit in the previous days so I didn't think much of it as I tried to get the kids ready for church. Then the cramping became more consistent and my mom said we should probably get on our way to the hospital. So I called LeGrand and told him he should probably come home. We were on the road by 8:30 ish, the drive was the most pleasant drive to the hospital, in labor I've ever had :), uncomfortable cramping but no hard contractions. We made it to the hospital and they checked me and I was still only a 3 and 40%, I was bummed, I totally thought I would've progressed and I didn't want this to be a false alarm, I'm just not one of those people who visits the hospital 5 times before they are actually in labor! They didn't admit me, after talking to the doctor on -call (who wasn't my doctor) LeGrand and I decided to go for a walk, grab a small breakfast in the cafeteria and then check me and see where I was at. We wandered for about 45 min. and the cramping turned into light contractions --I finally went back to get checked and I was at a 6 and 70% effaced! They officially admitted me at 10:40 AM and poked a hole in my water bag to help me progress. By 11:40 I was at a 9, I had three hard, I want to die, contractions, pushing on the last one and out she came, born at 11:56 AM! I'm officially 3 for 3 kids without an epidural! Yay!
After eating some lunch, I was STARVED! I walked from Delivery room to my recovery room --all of the nurses couldn't believe I was doing so well! I'm so grateful for a body that handles labor so well!
I had so many prayers answered in this labor! I was worried about having to drive an hour in the middle of the night while in labor (both Laex & Loa were middle of the night babies), she came at the perfect time of day! I was worried that if it did happen during the day that we would hit the dang road construction that is going on between here and Pocatello, she came on a Sunday so no road construction to deal with! I was worried that I would have to endure an hour drive with hard contractions, they started as cramping which I know was a huge blessing to make the drive more pleasant and to give us ample amount of warning to make it to the hospital. And all of this happened BEFORE the induction date so I didn't have to be induced, YAY!
While all of my labors have been quick and fairly easy, this was my easiest and I'm so grateful for the amazingly good experience it was!
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