Monday night (11/12), around 9 pm, my water broke at 39+4. We arrived at the hospital just after 10pm and I was having contractions about 5 minutes apart. I was checked and was at 4cm and 80% effaced. Hubs and I started walking the halls and I was having awful back labor. Attempted to use nitrous for pain management and then Nubain. Neither were effective against the contractions in my back. I decided to go for an epidural and was 7-8cm at that time. Once the epidural was in, they had me turn side to side to finish thinning my cervix and just after 5 am, I was complete and ready to push. After about 35 minutes of pushing, my sweet little man was born. 8lbs 2oz and 20 inches long.

It was such a fantastic experience and I’m so grateful to have gotten to opportunity to deliver vaginally! I did have a 2nd degree tear but other than that, my recovery is already so much nicer than after my c section!