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Okay, so here is my birthstory finally! November 15 I went for a sonogram like I had been doing every week for the last month because of high blood pressure and gestational diabetes. My amniotic fluid was very low and so I went to the hospital for a non-stress test. The hospital told me that everything was fine, but they didn't communicate everything with my doctor. She called me Friday (November 16) morning and told me that we were being induced that day. I was terrified because my body was just not working. She said that the baby was fine, but that I was advancing toward preeclampsia much faster than she would like and it would be best to deliver because the baby was full term.

I was really afraid of being induced, but I was more afraid of something happening to the baby. We got to the hospital at about 9:00am and they started the Cervadel by 11:00. I started having contractions during the second dose and by the third dose they said that my cervix was finally ready and that they could either start the pitocin that night (it was 11:00pm) or they could give me something to help me sleep and they could start the pitocin early the next morning. I chose to sleep and they came in the next morning and started the pitocin by 5:30am. I was still having contractions from the cervadel and they only got stronger when they started the pitocin. It was really difficult though because they couldn't get a good read on how strong my contractions were and the baby's heart beat kept dropping. By 3:30 in the afternoon I was only dialated to 1 1/2 because they kept having to turn down the pitocin because of the baby's heartbeat dropping. My doctor came in and said that she would would break my water, but I should be prepared to have to do a C section. As soon as she broke my water I started having much stronger contractions with no break in between them! I had wanted to go without an epidural but th contractions were so strong that I finally had to have one by about 6:45. They barely got the epidural done and were still making adjustments to the pain meds when I started needing to push. The baby's heartbeat was dropping so low, but by 7:44pm we had a healthy baby boy that weighed 6lbs 8oz and was 19 inches long. He is absolutely the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen. I was so glad that none of my problems affected Gabriel at all. He is perfect and I would not trade him for anything. Aside from him sleeping all day and waking up during the night we are doing just fine. We couldn't be happier!