Nicole and Ben Veum had been waiting and waiting for their baby to arrive. Nicole’s due date came and went. Her doctor called her in to the hospital — Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital — to induce labor. That was Friday.
“So we were very excited at that point,” she said. “And then day after day after day, with not a whole lot of progress.”
They tried three different ways of inducing labor. Then, on the third day, with the third attempt, it started working.
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