Sunday at 7:30pm we left for the hospital so that labor could be induced. That morning I awoke at 5:30am from anxiety. Uncle Jon stayed at the apartment to watch Berkeley and Apollo. At this point it had not hit me yet that the next time I came home it would be with Lily June. It took us a while to check in. They put us in a small room used to monitor. By 9:30pm the nurse was giving me an IV. She tried two times but couldn’t get a vain. She tried once between my wrist and elbow of my right arm and once on my right hand. Another nurse was called in to try. She tried on my arm and then right hand. She was able to get an IV started on my right hand. At this point it was just a heparin lock in case of an emergency. At 10:00pm the nurse gave me the first dose of Cyotec tablet. This is a tiny white pill that they put next to the cervix which helps it to efface and soften. It was not uncomfortable at all. Then we just waited. I was to get 3 doses of this table, one every 4 hours.

Around 1:00am I began having cramping and a few contractions. Since this method required continuous fetal monitoring we were able to see Lily’s heart beat and the contractions on the computer screen. At first the cramps felt mild and similar to the ones I had before. The second dose came at 2:00am. By this time I had made a small amount of progress. I was also getting hungry so Stan ran out and got breakfast burritos (Little did I know this was a bad idea but more on that later.) We ate these around 2:30am. Between the second and third dose contractions started to get stronger. The monitoring system was picking them up and I couldn’t help but watch each one on the screen. This ended up keeping me awake most of the night. I was fascinated with it (Another bad idea). These contractions started to become painful and I even had to breath through a few. Stan tried to his best to get some sleep in the reclining chair but it was difficult. I managed to sleep two hours at that point. 6:00am was the next dose. The nurse was had was named Dana and she was amazing. She was really nice and helpful. She made every effort to make us comfortable.