The morning of June 9th, I went to my 40 week doctors appointment. At that point I was 40 weeks 2 days and having contractions roughly every 5/10 minutes. After meeting with my doctor and begging to get the baby out right then, we discovered I was 3 cm dilated and my cervix was over half way thinned out. It was also noted that my blood pressure was high and after they checked it a second time it was still rising. So they decided to go ahead and send me over to labor and delivery. After leaving the clinic I went home, grabbed my bags, contracted more, grabbed some Subway (yes I was in subway breathing through contractions getting my $5 footlong 😋) and made my way to the hospital. When we got there we were sent over to the triage to monitor the baby and my blood pressure. They began to notice that my blood pressure was high because of the contractions that were getting stronger and stronger, but it was nothing to worry about (at that time). So the nurse checked me and told me I was 3 1/2 cm dilated and gave me an hour to walk and if I stayed the same I would be released. So, after walking laps around the hospital, feeling like I had to poop and being checked and being told I was "basically at 4 cm" 🙄.. and walking some more to turn around and be told we didn't make much progress but with luck they admitted me anyway.