Birth story time! It’s kind of long so bare with me. Roughly 3 weeks ago I went to triage because of contractions. They checked me monitored my contractions and I was 1 cm but cervix was still high and not effaced. 2 weeks later, I lost my mucus plug at 32 weeks. Kept having some contractions but inconsistent. And started getting some lightening crotch frequently. Fast forward to Thursday the 7th. I went to bed and my water broke. Packed a bag. Went to triage. Was definitely amniotic fluid. They decided not to check me due to risk of infection. I wasn’t having contractions, wasn’t in any pain. But had to be admitted and put on bed rest. Started having slight contractions as I lost more fluid. Contractions stopped around 10 am on Friday morning. As well as leaking fluid. Continued bed rest the entire day. Went to bed around 1030. Woke up at 1145 with strong contractions again. Called my nurse. Got me hooked up to monitors. Contractions got stronger. Closer together. Got checked was 3.5 cm and 80%. The dr made the call to move me to l&d at 2 am. I was having a lot of pressure. Didn’t get the epidural in time for it to kick in. Was fighting pushing while getting the epidural. Got it in. Laid down. And started pushing. Couldn’t wait for the drs to be ready. 2 pushes and she was out at 4:45 am. A little after 5 the epidural kicked in. As she was taken to NICU. Born at 33 weeks 4 days. She’s a fighter. Doing fantastic!