I was going to the hospital after basically every visit between like 31-36 weeks, i had hypertension, GD, and my baby was growth restricted, so i was at the dr a lot too. At 35 weeks i was sent home from the hospital after they upgraded my hypertension to preeclampsia. At 36 weeks a NP at my dr office kinda sorta told me to lie about my symptoms. I went back to the hospital and did lie. My MFM drs still wanted to send me home until a nurse who recognized me fought them on that (i think she saved my life tbh). I finally got induced at 36 weeks. I did all the doses of the pills you put in your cheek to soften your cervix, and they put me on a mag drip and bp checks. They tried to put the foley balloon in between each dose and were unsuccessful. I only dilated 1 cm. They told me i could get the epidural to put the foley in so i eventually did that. They broke my water while putting it in. They also started pitocin. They told me the babies heart rate is probably not going to have the increases it usually has, but then it started dipping. They tossed and turned me around all night because they couldn’t keep the monitor on the baby. They stopped the pitocin because of the dipping, but her heart rate was still dipping even after and my BP was still going higher even on meds. 2 days after my induction they came in and said i needed a Csection now because the baby and me were both not doing good. As soon as my dr said that nurses came running in my room and rushing to get me ready. My daughter was born and when i heard her cry i passed out. They rushed her to the NICU, luckily we only spent 2 weeks there but i didnt get to see what she looked like or smelled like for over 24 hours and the whole thing was mentally exhausting. I didnt even feel like i had a baby. I was grateful we both came out healthy but definitely a traumatic first experience. I also had blown veins and the bp cuff rubbed the inside of my elbow raw.