#babypost

I was actually still on the work schedule last thursday. I took myself off when I found out we were supposed to induce on thursday going into friday at midnight and I wanted one more day with my husband as just us. Maybe spend the day playing video games and banking my last few hours of sleep as I hear Ill never get sleep ever again.

I woke up around 3am to pee on thursday night with some cramp like sensations but went back to bed. Woke up again around 5 or 6am and was still crampy but was able to ignore it. They were kind of like menstrual cramps Id have as a teen. Uncomfortable but still functional. I managed to do work stuff on the computer, I managed to do chores, shower and while my cramps would eventually stop me in place while they were happening I didnt possibly think those could be labor pains. I couldnt be in labor. I legit just thought these were finally those practice contractions your body goes through because Id never had them before. My husband however was getting a little bit worried and was wanting to count them. He even asked me if I wanted to call the triage line and see if I needed to be seen. But I just knew Id go in and they'd check me and tell me it wasnt labor and to go home. I didnt want to go through that if I was supposed to be there at midnight for induction anyway.

But around 330 in the afternoon Id gotten up to use the bathroom and had the intention of returning to the couch for a nap. As I rolled onto my side on the couch, I felt, what felt like the entire babies body move in my stomach (which is normal) but followed but a huge balloon like POP and a gush..and I knew instantly that was my water breaking. That was so obviously my water breaking that it caught me off guard I screamed and jumped off the couch.

queue us frantically trying to get to the hospital. My husband had been sneaking our luggage down near the front door all day since he figured out Id been having bad cramps. Luckily we live 5 mins up the road from the hospital. So we got there around 4pm after calling and telling them we were on the way. I went straight to triage and came up 4cm dilated and 90% effaced? at this point, I think the contractions were still as strong as they were at home but it was a combination of "this is real" adrenaline and fluid gushing out with every contraction that it just made everything 10x worse.

everything happened so quickly. I was rushed to a room, got labs drawn and was being hunched over for an epidural. I thought Id have time to take a great nap before they were instructing me to push. Little guy was born at 7:01pm. Didnt need no induction. Cant believe I labored at home all day wtf me.