Labor Story (Sorry so Long): On Feb 24th I had a Dr appt and I was 1 cm and 50%, my midwife did a cervical sweep. I woke up at 1:45 am on Feb 25th having contractions. At the time I wasn't 100% sure if that is what I was feeling at about 11 I still wasn't a 100% sure and I just had to know so I went to the hospital to get checked out. When I got there I was only 2 cm and 70%. They told me to go walk around the hospital for an hour and come back. After that I was only 3cm and 70%. Well another walk around the hospital for an hour. After that walk I wasn't having any improvement so they gave me some pain meds and sent me home. It was about 8pm on the 25th. Got home sat in a bath for an hour and then laid down. After laying down for 20 minutes I was in tears and decided it was time to go back to the hospital. Got to the hospital they rechecked me and I was 4cm and 80% they asked if I wanted to walk for an hour and this time I told them no. My contractions were only 2-3 mins apart lasting about 90 secs. Well they finally admitted me and I was given an epidural within 30 minutes. This was a life savor by this time I had been awake for over 26 hours. I was able to fall asleep. at 10:30 they checked me again and my water had broke on its own (I couldn't even tell) I was told I was 8 cm and 100%. At 3:45 I was checked and finally was at 10 cm. The nurse wanted me to labor down for a little bit so I didn't start pushing until 3:15. I had my bundle of joy at 3:35. While pushing everyone in the room was singing songs from lion king and then talking about our nails. It was excellent. After having Ryker the nurse informed me that I was actually 10 cm when she checked me at 10:30. She saw in my birth plan that I wanted to labor down and was trying to wait until I felt like I needed to push. Also baby was sunny side up so I ended up having a 3rd degree ripe :(