Failure to progress and several episodes of non-reassuring fetal heart tracings led to an urgent C-section. In the sitting position, 12 mg of hyperbaric bupivacaine and 15 mcg of fentanyl were injected into the subarachnoid space with a desired level of T4. After one minute, she complained that she could not breathe. She was breathing but lost proprioception of her chest. A stuffy nose and apnea followed. She became unconscious.