Ayla's planned inducement was because of my gestational diabetes, Zara's planned inducement was because... Well I like to plan (and so does my Dr).
Thursday morning 8/8 I had contractions about 10 mins apart but they subsided and I went about my day. We even went to (maybe our last for summer) Music in the Park.


We knew we had to check in to the hospital at 7:30 AM.
So we went to bed at 10:30-11 for our last good night of sleep for a while... Right? Wrong. 2:30AM I woke up from contraction pains. I tried to ignore them and sleep it off. At 3:00 I decide to start timing. At 4:00 they were 7 mins apart on the dot and by 5:30 some 5 to 6 mins apart. I called hospital and they said to just stay home until the 7:30 appointment.
We came in and they hooked up the monitor and saw Zara had a beautiful contraction pattern. My doctor decided to come by and break my water at 9 instead of administering the pitocin. Once the water broke my own hormones kicked in even more. I went from 3-6 cm in 1 hour. I received my epidural about 10:30 and at noon my dr came by and said oh! You're at 10cm and her head is ready- let's have the baby! Zara Rose was born within 2 contractions about ~7mins at 12:29 PM. 6 lbs 10 oz. (7 more ounces than Ayla - that is 7 more ounces of cupcakes, cookies and ice cream that I couldn't have with Ayla's pregnancy)



Daddy did a MUCH better job cutting the cord and actually the whole process was SO much smoother than the first - Mainly because they actually believed I was in labor this time without having the Pitocin.
Speaking of which, when we checked in that morning I got to see the nurse who saved my life 3 years ago - I said, "are you Elizabeth?" When she said yes, I told her how amazing she was and that when she came on shift 3 years ago she was the only one who believed me, called the dr immediately and told the other nurses that I was going to have the baby within 30 mins!! Gotta love great nurses xo.
Pregnancy summary I gained 30 lbs on the dot, 4 more pounds than with Ayla. Time to start using the new Bob stroller!
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