our labor story

So let me just start off saying that i could not be any happier and in love with our little girl, Jocelyn

she is perfect and she is funny. she already gave me the middle finger while i was breatfeeding her this am. so yesterday our day started off with me somewhat getting my water broke. it was mostly the mucus plug in the am but with other fun pregnancy stuff that you don't really.know about :) went to the doc at noon and got hooked up to the monitors and sono. i was 4cm dilated and having very minor contractions that i didn't feel. during the exam, my water ended up breaking. at 2, i had more contractions that i could bear with. ended up going to hofstra to relax in my office bc if we went home i would come back in the height of rush hour. we walked around the campus as i would stop and breathe through contractions. zoned out a lot. got to the hospital at 5 and i was 5 cm dilated. didn't get the epidural until i was 7 cm. that was nice! however it slowed down contractions and within 2 hrs i went only up to 7.5. pitocin was ordered and i wasn't all that happy about it but i was already open so i figured it would just help with the progression. But lets just say that the epidural ends up wearing off. i had the option of getting another shot of epidural but instead of having the 2 meds battle each other i decided against it and besides when the doc checked me, i went from 7 1/2 to 9 within an hour slot. she also moved farther down so we were almost there. now i kept my cool with the help of Nelson and labor coach throughout the whole time. we had music and flameless candles for a great ambience. when it came time to push, it was 12 am. and at this point the epi was pretty much 75% warn off. i was fine with it bc i thought i can do a couple of pushes and she would be out . boy i was wrong. fast forward 2 hours later, i was at a point where i was asking the doctor where his forceps were. i wanted him to go in there and pull her out. her head was right there. nelson saw it and im proud that he pretty much watched the whole thing. God bless him for not fainting. it was the most exhausting experience I've ever had. i almost gave up. said "i can't" about 20 times and all in the room refused that and kept pushing me. awesome coaches but still it was so so so hard. labor with contractions is one thing but the delivery part, woo another. at 2:01am she came out. i did get an episiotomy but honestly i was thinking that i would need a section when i was "giving up." her head was all cone shaped and she was purple all over. and she's definitely a cryer/screamer. right now she's tucked in under my gown getting some z's. Daddy is napping too. gonna try to wake.her up for a feeding! thanks for all your support. we are so happy :)