Back story: My boyfriend (baby's father) lives in Australia and I live in America. I went to visit him from October to January and ended up pregnant after 2 weeks. When I came home, I moved back in with my parents because my roommate was toxic. I was planning a natural birth at a midwifery center and they ask that you come in once your contractions are 3mins for an hour.

Saturday the 18th, I felt a bit crampy from 1pm on. No contractions so I figured it was just normal end of pregnancy discomfort. I decided to go to bed early that night because I felt crummy. I jokingly texted my boyfriend saying that perhaps I'd wake up in labor. I woke up around midnight feeling a bit worse. Had contractions but they were every 7mins so I decided to just go back to sleep. After a bit of time, I kept waking up with every contraction, but they were still 7mins apart so I figured it wouldn't be anytime soon. Woke my mom at 2am and asked her to come lay down with me and that I felt like crap. At 2:20am, I thought I felt baby kick me hard.. until I felt the gush of fluid. I jumped up and shouted that my water broke. By the time I got to the bathroom, the contractions were coming fast and hard. My mom called my sister because she was my doula. She told mom to start timing and she'd be there in 20. Mom timed the contractions but they weren't regular. Some were 4mins apart, some 1min, then back to 3mins.. and so on. When my sister came, the had me bent over a chair applying pressure to my lower back while I listened to music, but it wasn't helping me at all so I asked to get in the shower. I was in my bikini on my hands and knees while my sister sprayed warm water over my back. Mom called the midwife and they asked to talk to me to see if I was ready to come in. I was still able to talk just fine between contractions and the midwife asked if I thought I should come in. I told her I wanted to but wasn't sure if I was ready. She asked my mom the same question and she said that I should come in, so I got out of the shower and put my night dress back on over my swim suit because I figured I'd use the birth tub in the midwifery center. My sister and dad were packing the hospital bags and I was bent over the couch. I told my mom that I felt like I had to poop and she shouted to my sister that it was time to go now and that the baby was coming. Mom and dad got in the front seat and I was on my knees on the floor in the back with my sister behind me applying pressure. I kept feeling more and more pressure and started freaking out that baby would be born in the car so dad was driving at almost 80mph down the highway with the emergency lights on. A state police car passed us and didn't stop us. When we got to our exit, it was stopped by a train so everyone screamed for my dad to turn around and take the back roads. I felt like vomiting it hurt so bad. I could feel baby coming and started to take my bikini bottoms off, but stopped as another contraction hit. Mom called the Emergency room below the midwifery center and told them we were 2mins away and that the baby was coming in the car. When we got there, they helped me out of the car and tried to put me in a wheelchair, but I wasn't bale to sit so I sorta half stood on it. They were going to wheel me upstairs until I screamed that the baby was coming now and they brought me to the first available room and helped me on the bed. The ER staff were so excited to see a birth so I was surrounded by 10-12 different nurses. A male doctor went to check me and told my sister that I was already crowning. My mom and dad were trying to register me but I started asking for mom so someone went to get her. They told me it couldn't push until the midwife came downstairs but by then I didn't have control over it. Thankfully she arrived just just a moment after my mom did. The worst part was the head coming out. Ring of fire is no joke! They made me stop pushing after the head because the cord was wrapped really tight around his neck. The rest of his body seemed to just slide out. It was a really weird feeling.

Kylar Edward was born on August 19th at 4:38am after just 5 pushes. He was 8lbs 1oz and 21in long. Labored just over 2hrs.