Hey Ladies, I wanted to share my labor story with you. At my appointment on the 12th, i was told…

Hey Ladies, I wanted to share my labor story with you. At my appointment on the 12th, i was told that I probably wouldn't last another week. I went walking around the mall 2 days in a row to try to get him out but all that did was make my feet hurt. No contractions or cramps, nothing. on valentines day I woke up and lost part of my mucous plug and was super nauseous to where I threw up. After walking that day I was ready for baby to be here! Around 6 that night I took some castor oil, that didn't seem to do anything either. Around 12ish that night I got my first contraction but none followed so I went to sleep. I woke up around 3 to go pee and was laying back down. At 3:44 I got this super weird feeling that felt like the baby was flopping around or something and realized that it was my water!! I called the midwife on call and told her and she told me to wait a few hours to go to the hospital since it was snowing and -1 outside. within an hour of my water breaking my contractions were about 3 minutes apart and about a minute long, is going to the hospital there was no way I could wait 4 hours! When I got there I was about 6cm dilated. I took some pain meds through the iv which made the in between so much more relaxing and the next couple hours a bit of a blur. At 11:35 I started pushing and at 1:05pm McKinley James McCreary was born weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces and 20.5 inches long. :) I'm so glad I went without having an epidural or a c section, I did it as natural as I could and I'm very happy with my birth experience!!