As with my previous births, I tried not to have any expectations. I knew I wanted to avoid forceps and suction, I knew I wanted to “catch” him like I did my others, and I wanted to wait on the epidural as long as possible. But other than those requests, my plan was to go with the flow, try to be as patient as possible and soak up my 3rd and final labor and delivery. My other hope was that my darling son would come on his own but after two weeks of prodromal labor, I stalled a