A Year Ago Today....Part 3

Dear AC,
A Year ago today we were still waiting for your arrival.  The cervidil did not work so they removed it in the morning.  The dr. came and broke my water.  Nothing came out until I stood up to use the bathroom.  There was very little fluid and it was bloody tinged.  Daddy was gone when they broke my water because he went home to shower.  He wasn't gone long though.  I was able to get a shower in before they started pitocin.  We were transfered to the labor and delivery room.  After I ate a yogurt parfait I was hooked up.  We were very anxious.  The nurse said today was the day, we hoped.  Your grandma, aunts, uncle, and cousins came to visit us.  They were very anxious to meet you too.  I didn't want to lay in bed, so I decided to sit in the rocking chair.  When I went to sit in the rocking your little heart rate lowered.  It scared us.  The nurse had me lay back down and then your heart rate returned to normal.  She said not to worry about it and that it may have been because of the way I was sitting.  The rest of the day we watched TV and talked.  We just wanted for everything to kick into gear so we could meet you.  The pitocin took a while to work and had to be increased.  At around 9:00pm my contractions were getting stronger.  I sat in the rocking chair as we watched "Big Brother".  Between 10-11:00pm we discussed our options for pain control. I decided to get an epidural, which I was very nervous about.  My cervix was at about a 3 when I got the epidural.  The nurse came into increase my fluids before getting the epidural and I noticed my arm starting to swell.  The IV was releasing fluid into my skin.  They had to start a new IV, which took 3 tries...ouch.  After my epidural I could still feel a lot of pain from the contractions, but I couldn't receive anymore medicine because I was already at the max dose. 
Those are the events that happened on Sunday this time last year.  We were very excited that things were progressing quickly, but we had no idea that what was supposed to be the happiest day of our life was about to be the worst day of our lives.

Love you forever and ever and always! Your in my thoughts always.
Mommy