I was due May 17th. Had absolutely no signs of labor coming. The 19th at 2am I woke up having contractions. They were 5-7 minutes apart. My doctor told me to hold out going to labor and delivery until they were 2-3 minutes apart and I couldn't walk or talk. They lasted all day at about the same duration. Finally at 8:30 pm they became 4 minutes apart and I went to the hospital. To my surprise when I got there they said I was 8 cm dilated. I got there at 9 pm they broke my water at 9:45 when I was 9 and a half cm dilated. I couldn't get any pain meds through an IV or the epidural. Had to go all natural. I pushed for 30 minutes and our beautiful boy entered the world completely healthy. Only bad thing is I pushed too much with my face and ruptured something in my left eye. It is swollen shut and the size or a tennis ball. I have to see a neurologist soon.