Well, after i posted this, i wasn't feeling well and went and got in the shower, when i got out, my water broke!! I guess the baby wasn't going to wait till wed. I went to the hospital, and was only dilated at 4cm. At 2 in the morning i was still only 4 cm but my contractions were getting really strong. I wanted to hold off with getting the epidural as long as i could, but i was to tense to dilate. They gave me the epidural, which didn't hurt at all. I went to sleep till about 4:15 when the nurse woke me to check and see if anything changed and she said she needed to call the doctor i was 9 and a half cm. the doctor came, talked to me a little bit and a little after 4:30am i started to push. The baby was already really low and it went really fast. She was born at 4:58am. I was actually crowning when the doctor went to change into his scrubs. She only weighed 5lbs 4oz and was 18 inches, but very healthy. Labor ended up not being as bad as i thought. the contractions before the epidural hurt really bad, but the pushing wasn't so bad, it probably would have been if i didn't get the epidural. The doctor said that i was pushing really hard because the baby came so fast. He said that if everyone did that, most of the births wouldn't take as long and be as painful. I focused all the pain and discomfort i felt on getting to meet and hold my baby girl. Thanks for all the support and good luck to all of you.
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