I was 39 weeks and 1 day pregnant when I entered the hospital on the 27 September 2007 at 7 am for induction. I was given Pitocin around 8:45. I was checked by the nurse and I was dilated at 3 cm and 80% effaced. My Dr. also said that my baby's head was not engaged in the birth canal. She kept bouncing to the top of my uterus. My Dr. also told me that my baby was going to be big because I have gestational diabetes. Which kind of confused me because a week before I was induced the U/S said my baby weighed 7 lbs 5 oz's. And what also confused me was that if she's so big, how can she have room to bounce? As soon as the Pitocin started, I started to feel the first contractions and every hour the nurse up my dose. Around 12 pm the contractions started to get more intense and I requested for some pain meds. My Dr. decided to give me 50 mcg of Fentanyl to help ease the pain, but what I didn't like about Fentanyl is that it only last 1 hour. Once the first dose of Fentanyl wore off, I requested another dose at 3pm. This time they gave me 100 mcg of Fentanyl and it still only lasted 1 hour. Around 6 pm I was in so much pain and on the max dose of Pitocin. I did request for another dose of Fentanyl but the nurse told me that she was unable to give me anything to ease the pain. She wanted to wait until my Dr. came in to see me. That when I broke down in tears because I was in so much pain. Around 7 pm, my nurse checked me to see how far I progressed. When she checked me I was only 4 cm. And that's when I broke down again. I didn't expect to go through 11 hours of labor and only progress 1.5 cm. When I was in the middle of my brake down due to the pain, my Dr walked in and saw I was in distress. She checked me and said I was 4.5 cm dilated, but my baby's head was still not engaged in the birth canal. My doctor then told me to prepare myself for a c-section if I don't progress by the next morning. She also told me she didn't want to brake my water because there's a big chance the umbilical cord can come out first and the baby's head will cut off her oxygen supply. Around 7:30 pm I FINALLY got my epidural. My Dr. was so kind to give it to me so early. :-) Since the epidural started I was pain free. :D But the bad part about the epidural is that had to get my blood sugars checked every hour. So, didn't really sleep that much that night. But the good news is that my blood sugars were in range and I was not required to have a insulin drip. Around 9 am the next morning, my Dr came in and checked to see how far along I was and I was dilated to 5 cm and the baby's head was still not engaged. She was still bouncing. She then told me that she's going to wait until 3pm to see if I progressed any. If I didn't, I would be heading in for a c-section. Around 1:30 pm my water finally broke! YaY Around 2:30 I started to feel intense pressure, but I just blew it off as a intense contraction and pressed for more meds from my epidural. lol Well at 3pm my nurse came in to check me and she was shock to find out that my baby was half way down the birth canal. She then proceed to run out the room and call my doctor. My doctor arrived in the room around 3:20pm and that's when I started to push. And at 3:40 my little Adriana was born. She didn't cry when they laid her on my chest, she was so calm. As she laid there, I kept thanking the good Lord for bringing her into my life. She's such a blessing