Preterm labor started at 22 weeks, held on until 35 WEEKS! BABY BOY IS HERE WITH ONLY A 20 MIN LABOR... DEAR GOD!

So, yeah.. title pretty much sums it up but here's the details a few funny parts as well as a very scary beginning..

Wednesday morning we had apts at the post office for passports.. felt really tired, more so than usual. Didn't think much about it until an he passed by and I didn't feel my baby move like he does every day.. I ate breakfast, coffee, plus extra fruit for sugar to see if it would make him move.. two hours passed, not even a small kick. I start to panic.

I feel a contraction and a lot of cramping. I try to do a kegel and I can't close my vagina.. I know I'm dilating. I'm already at a 4-5 since 23 weeks. I call my husband and I tell him I need to go to the hospital now. By the time he gets home I have everything ready... lucky me I packed my hospital bag 2 days before this!!! We head out and the 15 min dive feels like hours, it feel like everyone is moving super slow and I'm pushing on my belly and still he's not moving...

My husband drops me off at the front of the hospital and as I'm crying headed up to labor and delivery I feel more cramps and contractions. I get there and theres no nurses anywhere! I was about to just storm into the labor and delivery floor but as soon as I was about to someone heads over. I cannot speak the words "I can't feel my baby move" but I muster them and she starts to check me in fast. As soon as I'm in the room they lift my shirt to look for his heartbeat.. It's there! But it's very fast 180-190 that's too high for my little man..

The doctor comes is and she checks me, I'm at a 6 and she can feel his head almost there. I get admitted and I get taken to the room. My husband and 2 year old son are on their way up to the room when the doctor comes in to check me again and tells me we need to get him out fast since they think I have a uterine infection and it's starting to affect him. When she checks me again she notices my water is broken but she needs to open it more to let some water out to "clear out any small amount of infection there might be" I feel the gush of warm fluid and it hits me.. I'm going to meet my little man very soon. I wasn't aware it was going to be this soon though..

The doctor leaves and I start having a normal conversation with the nurse we're laughing since I know her she was one of the 14 nurses I met and got to know while being 5 weeks in the hospital. She said the other nurses were jealous she had me since they all got to know me and felt like I was one of them ( I got good at using some hospital equipment and sometimes would just put the sensors on and turn them on before the nurse would come in, they called me "easy patient" lol I did some of their work for them) Two minutes of talking and she goes to get some paper I have the very first painful contraction. I look at the clock: 250pm.. I'm moaning and squeezing the bed rail.. yes I said no to the epidural, she comes in and starts to rub my back my husband comes in after her. Puts my son on the couch in the room and turns on the iPad for him, he's content and I'm in pain... another contraction.

I feel my hips open, I'm on my hands and knees and I'm not super loud but I'm moaning. My son comes over and hold my hands and says "you hurt Mimi? Hug? " and I smile for him. I turn to the nurse and we laugh, we're joking about my first birth with her and my husband immediately another contraction but this time it's his head!! I yell at the nurse "HES COMING ALEX!!" And she calmly says "okay do you feel pressure?" and I yell again "NO, LIKE HES COMING!!" And I turn on my side and open my legs and yells "DONT PUSH!!" And runs out of the room I fucking push! I yell back at her "I can't help it!! " there's two doctors and the charge nurse in my face telling me I can do it and of course I say no I can't.. immediately after I say this I do a huge push and his head pops out... then the rest of him.." I look at the clock: 312pm... 5lbs3oz 19inch

NICU Team is in there and they start working on him since he's 5 weeks early and it was too fast for him he's a little stunned. Doesn't do huge breathes and cries a small little cry. He's purple and soon turns pink. He's breathing and he's fine but they still need to take him to the NICU.

My two year old turned to the doctor and the nurses and kept telling everyone "Mimi poop baby out" he's still repeating it now. I guess I did poop a baby out lol

It's been three days and he's doing great. I'm pumping for him and making around 25mls every time I pump. I feel lucky my milk came in so fast for him. I will update as soon as he reaches other milestones but we're both doing good.

WERE HOME!! After two weeks in the NICU!