Well on the 24th of may I stood up out of bed and had water running down my leg oops it crossed my mind that it coUld be my waters but again I'm a big girl and have had many children so more than likely an over full bladder 

I go about my day and about 12ish I get a pain so I'm like ok carry on text my partner so he can be ready to come home ( it's a 3 hour drive ) 45 minutes later I get another pain which is if class as hard but bearable and these carry on til 3ish then I go and collect my other children from school get home and the pains get closer together dramatically so they go from every 45 minutes to every 5 to 6 apart I'm thinking ok but they are not really patterned some are 5 mins apart and lasting 20 sec and other are 6 mins apart lasting 50 sec etc etc but I keep getting pins and needles in my arm so I phone l&d talk to them tell them what's happening they ask me to go in be checked out

My partner arrives home at 4:30ish and we go straight to be checked out I'm thinking they might send us home as it's still early we arrive at the hosiptal the midwife think same as me still early yet so no rush but my contractions are coming all over the place some are 2 min apart some are 6 some are 4 but midwife checks me because of the water running down my leg in the morning only to discover I was 8/9 cm so we were to get ready and sure enough 6:45 baby Harrison was born with three pushes and 3 minutes he was out I was in total shock xx