I FOUND OUT I WAS HAVING A BABY WHEN I WAS 3 MONTHS PREGNANT..WE WERE THRILLED BUT SCARED BECAUSE WE WERE BOTH YOUNG.SHE WAS ONE WEEK PAST DUE AND SO I WAS THEN INDUCED. THE HOSPITAL THAT I WAS SCHEDULED AT WASNT KNOWN FOR BEING A WELL KEPT PLACE,BUT THATS WERE I WAS SENT BY MY DOCTOR.I ARRIVED AT 8 AM SATURDAY AND WAITED.AT AROUND 9:40 I WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE PREP ROOM.THERE I WAS GIVEN AN IV.THE DOCTOR CAME IN AT AROUND 1 PM AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS HARDLY ANY AMNIOTIC FLUID WERE THE BABY WAS AT.AT 2PM I WAS GIVEN A LITTLE BLUE PILL AND MY CONTRACTIONS BEGAN.I WAS TRYING TO GO ALL THE WAY WITHOUT AN EPIDURAL(I KNOW CRAZY HUH?).AT ABOUT 1 CM THE DOCTOR CAME IN AND BROKE MY WATER SOON AFTER THAT MY CONTRACTIONS CAME STRONGER AND FASTER.AT 5CM I WAS MOVED INTO THE LABOR AND DELIVERY ROOM.IT FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY.IT WAS AS IF THOUGH I WAS IN A DREAM.I HADNT ATE OR SLEPT IN 12 HOURS AND THE PAIN WAS ALL THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT.WITH MY HUSBAND AT MY SIDE TILL THE END.AT AROUND 6 CM I HAD ASKED FOR AN EPIDURAL..I HAD TRIED NOT TO ASK FOR ONE BUT THE PAIN WAS AWFUL.THE NURSE CAME IN AND GAVE ME AN IV.SHE SAID ONCE I HAD FINISHED IT THEY WOULD CALL IN THE ANESTICIOLOGIST.AN HOUR LATER I HAD FINISHED THE IV AND I WAS 9 CM DILATED.TO LATE FOR THE EPIDURAL!! I WAS GIVEN THE OKAY TO PUSH AND PUSHED ABOUT 5 TIMES.THE DOCTOR WAS CALLED IN AND I PUSHED WITH ALL MY LIFE FOR ABOUT 4 TIMES AND HER HEAD WAS OUT."ONE LAST PUSH" THEY SAID AND THERE SHE WAS ON MY CHEST AND LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME.SHE WAS A HEALTHY BABY GIRL.WITH A FULL SET OF HAIR AND WEIGHING 6 LBS 15 OZ.SHE WAS GIVEN TO ME RIGHT AWAY AND WE WERE RELEASED 2 DAYS LATER.I THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING MY PREGNANCY AND LABOR TO BE AS SMOOTH AS IT WAS.15 HOURS IN LABOR..15 HOURS IN PAIN..WAS WORTH WHAT I HAVE NOW..MY BABY GIRL.THAT WAS 7 MONTHS AGO AND I JUST FOUND OUT THAT I AM 3 WEEKS PREGNANT.I FIRST ASKED WHY WOULD WOMEN DO THIS AGAIN..AND LOOKING AT MY DAUGHTER NOW I KNOW WHY.BECAUSE SHE IS MY LIFE .