I had a membrane sweep on Wednesday 1/4/17 at my 39 weeks appointment. I lost my mucus plug over night.

Starting on Thursday 1/5/17 morning my contractions started becoming regular. They reached 2-4 minutes apart.

I then decided to take a shower.

After my shower they slowed to 7-10 minutes apart. I called the on call doctor and they told me not to come in until they picked up again. I went through the whole night having contractions and finally fell sleep at 2am.

When I woke up on Friday 1/6/17 at 8 my contractions were 5-6 minutes apart. We called my doctors and they told us to come in.

My cervix had not changed at was still at 1 cm at 12 noon. My doctor told me to go home and relax because that's when my contractions picked up more.

Tristian drove me to Medford in the truck because I had to get my paycheck from work. We then drove back to Grants Pass, stopped by Big Lots for a few things and ate some lunch at Asian Express. After that we went home, I put things away, and then I put conditioner in my hair because we all know a dry scalp is awful. I was letting it soak in so I covered my head and laid down on our bed.

As soon as I laid down my contractions picked up a lot! We timed them for 2 hours with my contractions being between 2-4 minutes apart and extremely painful. I had very sharp pains on my cervix and in my back.

Tristian rushed me into the shower to wash out the conditioner, went to warm up the truck, grabbed my parents, and came to get me out of the shower. He helped get me dressed and walk out the door.

We tried calling the on call doctors. TWICE. With no answer or call back, we just went straight up to labor and delivery at the hospital.

I had a cervical check done by the most gentle and caring nurse I've ever had! Christine, my nurse, delightfully told me I was 5 cm dilated and that I was to be emitted!!

I had horrible back labor and decided to get an epidural.

The epidural only worked on half of my body so I had to lay on my left side to evenly distribute the medication to that side.

A little after 6 am I was checked again and Tristian and I were told I was fully dilated!

I pushed through 5 contractions. At 7:12am on 1/7/17, my son was born!

He's rare because he was born INSIDE his amniotic sack. In otherwords, his amniotic sack did not rupture during birth. The doctor broke Tylan's amniotic sack right before Tristian handed him to me. I got pictures of it all too!!

I barely tore and only need 2 stitches.

His measurements:

6 lbs .06 oz (not even an oz)

18 1/4 inches long

13 inch head circumference

Oh! And Tylan has a birth mark on his left hand's middle finger 😍

Tristian has been the most amazing partner and father to Tylan.

I couldn't be more blessed to have a healthy pregnancy, delivery, and son! I'm beyond thankful!