It was Sunday July 2nd, and we had a scheduled induction because you, little lady, did not want to come out. I was 41 weeks & 3 days pregnant. Your dad and I pulled into Madigan Hospital at Fort Lewis, Washington, smiling and so happy and excited to meet you. In fact, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep the entire night before. We got into a room at 9:45am. They checked my cervix to see where I was and I was only 1cm dilated. They began induction at 11am with a foley bulb. Contractions began immediately after they put it in so I was happy about that! It took 7 ½ hours for it to fall out (6:30pm). The next step was pitocin and that began at 7:30pm. My midwife told me I would be on pitocin for 6 hours, get checked and then she would break my water. At around 11 that night, I was really struggling with the pain and contractions from the pitocin so I asked my nurse to hook me up to the wifi monitors so I could get up and move around and take a hot shower. Eventually I started to feel completely exhausted from lack of sleep. This is when I asked for something to help me sleep. My midwife checked me and I was 5cm dilated and 70% effaced at midnight. At 1am they broke my water and then left. This is when things got real! Your daddy went to sleep during this time because I kept telling him I would need him later for pushing, plus it was late and I knew he was tired. An hour later they checked my cervix again and I was only 6cm. You just weren’t wanting to come out. Haha! She said she expected me to be at LEAST another 4-6 hours. Because I wasn’t dilating fast, I was getting discouraged and decided to get the epidural. By the time I got it, I was 7cm dilated. It was 3:30am and I was excited because I thought I would be able to get some sleep. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. Your heart started to descend a lot. It went from being in the 150s-170s to the 90s-120s. So they cut off all the pitocin and did an amniotic fusion for you.l. This meant no sleep for mom! They were coming in every 30min to reposition me to try and get your heart beat back up. Finally at 5:30am they put me back on pitocin slowly because you were doing better. I finally ended up getting an hour and a half of sleep and woke up at 7am to excruciating back labor. This was not fun! Our new midwife came in (she delivered you) and I thought she would check me but she told me I hadn’t been having any contractions during the night so she was gonna wait 2 hours. I thought she was wrong because I knew I was having contractions. Shortly after, I began throwing up. My nurse told me I was going to have a baby soon! She went and got the midwife and she checked me at 9:40am – I was 9cm & 100% effaced. She told me I would probably be pushing in the next hour. She was right. I started pushing at 10:40am. Once you were close to coming, the midwife asked if I wanted a mirror to see you and I said yes. I could see your head and your dark hair!!! It gave me so much motivation. I kept telling your dad and your grandma “she’s right there. She is almost here!” I was so close to meeting my baby girl ! After 90min of pushing, you my perfect angel, Everlee Diamond, was born at 12:15pm on July 3rd (41weeks 4days). They gave you right to me and you didn’t leave my chest for over an hour. Your daddy and I were bawling our eyes out because you were so perfect. So unbelievably perfect. You were 8lbs 7oz, 19 1/2in long. Dark brown hair. Long toes and feet. Chubbiest cheeks and cutest button nose. You looked just like me, but so so beautiful. It’s all I kept saying to you and to everyone who would list. And I will keep saying it forever. By far, the best day of my life sweet girl.