3/17/17 St. Pattys day baby

Here is a brief story about my labor and delivery! Santiago was due April 4, but made his debut on St. Patrick's day. On the 14th, I went to my 37 week doctor appointment. When in my non-stress test the nurse asked me if I was feeling my contractions bc they were coming every 2-4 minutes. I said no, but as soon as she left I started feeling them because I was praying more attention to my body. They kept me for a while to see if they would stop on their own, but they didn't. They sent me home and that night I hardly slept bc the contractions became more frequent. I called into work and told them I was pretty sure I was in labor because my contractions were about 5 mins apart. I got ready and took a hot shower. After that my contractions had calmed down. They never stopped but they became irregular and less painful. So I didn't go to the hospital I was waiting to see if it would come back or not. They didn't, so I went to Walmart and walked around to see if it would pick up and they didn't so I was thinking maybe I was having false labor. Thursday was the same. My contractions were still there but never grew or anything so I laid in bed and watched movies and around 4pm I got up to take a bath. I turned on the faucet and when I did that my water broke (high leak). I called my husband and told him we had to go to the hospital. We arrived at the hospital around 6pm. I still wasn't having any really painful contractions or anything. My mom drove 3 hours up and as soon as she got there my contractions did pick up. I didn't have pitocin at all. I progressed naturally. Around 5-6 cm I asked for an  epidural. They put it in but only my left side went numb. They then had to try and re-do it and it still did not take. I was shaking so bad from the pain that the anestisiologist was trying to help me out. He put a spinal block/epidural combo in and it finally took!! 7cm my second water bag broke. My labor didn't slow down any and around 12:45 I pushed 9 times and my son was out!  By 12:57pm! I am a first time mommy and I am so in love! I cried and cried when I saw my sweet boy! That was the hardest thing in my life, but i am so in love that it doesn't even matter. Good luck out there mommas! God bless!