👑💖 Birth Story👑💖

Monday(11/13) I went to my weekly ob appointment where I had my last ultrasound and my last cervical check..my cervix was only dilated 1cm 😏 I talked with my doctor and we agreed that I would come into the hospital Sunday night(11/19) at midnight(so technically 11/20) to be induced. Fast Foward⏩Wednesday started out as any other day..I felt no different. My son and I played all day, I talked on the phone for a while to my friend, did some laundry, fixed dinner, and then ended the day watching The blacklist on the couch with my honey💛 completely normal day. We went to bed around 10 or so, and at about 12:30 I woke up with stomach cramps. I didnt think much of it because they seriously just felt like shit pains lol..so I get up go to the bathroom, do the deed(tmi, sorry!) Felt better and headed back to bed. Well, about an hour later I started having the same pains, so again I got up and went to the bathroom, but this time when I was walking back to the bedroom I had to stop and take a break on the couch because I had a pain that took my breath away. While on the couch I resort to Google 😂 now before y'all go judging just keep in mind I have never had contractions before so I had no idea what was happening..I was induced with my son and by the time I had a contraction that I could feel, I had the epidural..I was a complete chicken lol. Anyway, Google said to time my contractions so I did..they were inconsistent..some were 10 minutes apart and some were as close as 7 so I thought they were Braxton hicks. I decided that maybe if I took a shower I would feel better. I got out of the shower and it was around 2:30 at this point and it was time for my hubby to get up for work so I went in to wake him up. He wakes up and looks at me with the towel still on my head and says "wth are you doing taking a shower at 2:00 in the morning?" I told him about my contractions and he told me to call the hospital, so I did. The nurse in L&D told me that I was just in early labour and to wait until my contractions were 3 to 5 minutes apart. So with my contractions still being 7-8 minutes apart I told my hubby to go ahead and go to work and I would call if anything changed. I got a glass of water and layed down in bed. Hubby was gone maybe 30 minutes and I called him to turn around, I couldnt take it anymore. He got home around 4:45 and his mom got here shortly after to watch our son. We arrived at the hospital and got upstairs at around 5:50. They did the usual routine of having me go the bathroom and pee and get undressed, meanwhile they were calling my doctor to let him know I was there. I lay down and she puts the bands on my stomach and checks my cervix and I was 8 cm dilated! 😮 they call my doctor back to tell him to get there asap! By this point, the contractions were pretty much unbearable and I'm pretty sure I had cut off all circulation to my hubbys hand I was squeezing so hard lol. They couldnt get me an epidural because there wasnt enough time to get bloodwork done and back in time, and I couldn't have any pain medicine because it would have made the baby too groggy. Needless to say, I was scared shirtless by this point! I mean I woke up thinking I had to use the bathroom and now here I am a couple of hours later having a baby all natural! My doctor gets there and checks me, I was 9cm so he went ahead and broke my water. He stood outside the door while they got everything ready..before they could finish I told them I needed to push! This one nurse insisted I was wrong and told me to just breathe! Well, another nurse comes over and checks me and sure enough it was time! 😁 My doctor comes in and the next contraction that came I pushed. 3 pushes and Ainsley Grace made her arrival at 6:35. She was 7 lbs 4oz and 21 inches long. I was 38 weeks and 4 days 😊 It was such a crazy experience but a beautiful one! We are so in love with our little girl and her big brother is too, even though he's still adjusting! 😊