My birth story (and miracle!)
Saturday (the 17th) 10:30 PM I had been pumping because I had read that pumping can induce contractions and lead to labor. Well! 10:30 my water broke! Crazy! It was seriously so stereotypical, burst and all. I thought I would be able to keep my cool but I was seriously so flustered. I took a shower and put my hair up and my SO got the car ready and we were at the hospital by 12. 
Contractions didn't start until 11:30 ish and they were pretty low and completely bearable. But by 12:30 they already started picking up. I was only dialated to a 2 and was starting to worry about the pain.
2:15 rolls around and the contractions are strong in my thighs, I really couldn't catch my breath. I waited until 3 to finally decide to get an epidural (literally one of the best decisions ever made). BTW getting it placed sucked so bad though but it was entirely worth it. I numbed out nearly right away, and never had to get up to pee because of the catheter!
Anyway, I slept in about 3-5 minute intervals until about 7:30am, not feeling contractions so I figured I wasn't having any,. I asked and I had been! My nurse checked me again and I was only at a 3, she pushed me open a little more (a 4 maybe) and I started to feel a little pressure inside my vagina.
A couple hours later I was dialated to a 6, the nurse said that it should be about 4 more hours. Okay fast forward to 1:30 I had been feeling lots and lots of pain and pressure in my vagina and finally had to call the nurse. 9.5 ish. I had dialated to a so fast! She said I could start pushing! Totally not mentally prepared, but no one tells you that pushing feels better (I said better, not less painful) than not pushing. So I pushed for a second and she made me wait to get the dr and stuff and prepare for delivery.
Absolute.
Hell.
Sitting there having to push but having to wait! So stressful. Anyway, they were ready and at that point so was I! I pushed for 17 minutes!
17 minutes! And baby was out. But man no one could ever explain the intense pain of pushing a baby out, an explanation could never do justice.
Everything else was just a blur. Babys on my chest and I have never felt love and exhaustion until that moment.
I was so exhausted that I didn't find out until about 5 minutes later that baby had a knot in his cord AND his cord was wrapped around his neck THREE times.
He never showed any signs of distress. My little champion. My little miracle! I tore pretty bad and have stitched but my baby Sebastian is so wonderful.
He loves being swaddled, he only cries when he's hungry and loves being rocked and latches/breastfeeds so well. No NICU time at all! And we're home now!
I spent the entire pregnancy worried about him and he is so healthy and beautiful. (I had gone into preterm labor at 30 weeks and since day 1 all the Drs said I would deliver early due to tons of complications).
I delivered him at 39 weeks exactly, 20in, 6lb 10oz! 11:52pm! Clearly I have someone watching over me and my baby.
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