Here we are before they gave me the final dose of pitocin that put me over the top. The doctor had broken my water at 2 pm and still little had changed. The nurse decided to up the pitocin 5 points (she had only been doing 1 point at a time) and boy did things change. I was in pain before but now I was in PAIN. I waited until the doctor did my check up at 5 and told me that I was only 3-4 cm dilated. I finally gave in and requested an epidural. Unfortunately, the anesthesiologist had gone home. So about 6 pm I finally got relief. So much for the hopes of an unmedicated birth. Oh well, maybe next time?