So I just went to the hospital because I thought I was starting labor. Was having what I thought were contractions. My water hadn’t broken but the mucus plug had come out. They checked me and said I was only 1cm dilated ugh and my cervix was still high up. I was like really? So I came home whatever right. So I’m here timing them still because they hurt! Doc said it was only cramps and they are normal but my god are they painful. They start in the front and go all the way to my back. They have gotten more intense since coming home from hospital. They have me shaking now but they only last about 40 seconds or less but it’s very often. Ahhh!!!! Being a FTM this can get scary!

Update: Heres my story. It goes off based of what i had written above. Recap: I went to the hospital at about 3 am on May 11. I had what I thought were contractions. Went in and doctor told me they were cramps. All normal. The baby was still too high up (she hadn’t dropped) and I was only 1cm dilated. She said I had a looong way to go. The way she said was like if It would be days if not a week or 2. She said contractions would have to be less than 5 mins apart and lasting 1 minute. That I would KNOW when it was time. I was just like seriously?? Ahhhh. Okay. As I’m walking around the hospital to leave they are getting worse but I just try to ignore them. I didn’t want to be the girl that complains and is seen as a sissy. I just sucked It up and didn’t say anything to my sister who was with me. They had said it was cramps and normal and who was I to question that. It was my first pregnancy so going off of what the doctor said was kinda all I had. In my head though I just felt like it wasn’t normal. To me it seemed like more than just cramps but again who was I to question it. I Get home at about 5am and decide to take a Bath to see if that helps. Nope. I tried going to bed but it was impossible. It was hurting. They were every 3-5 minutes still but still lasting only 40 seconds the longest. I walked around my living room because that felt better than to sit or lay down. I kept timing them but still they are about 3-5 min and still only lasting about 40 secs if that. Most were lasting about 30 secs. At around 8am I finally was able to close my eyes on the couch and fell asleep.....for about 15 min. At 8:15am i get up thinking I have to poop but nope. I hear and feel a pop and then a gush of water. I was wearing a huge pad because i had had discharge but now I know that discharge was actually my mucus plug. I thought is that my water or did I pee. I call my sister and she rushes over. She starts getting my bags (my husband started work at 5am and was 45 min away) ready. I tell her I want to wait a bit because what if we leave and they say I’m only at about 4cm. Again I thought, I don’t want to be that sissy that goes and then they are all talking about because I can’t take it and I’m only at a 4. So I wait. And wait. By 9:15am i tell my sister that we can go. I can’t anymore and if they think I’m a sissy oh well. So we leave. I arrive at the hospital at 9:30am. My sister tells them that we had been there this morning and that I was at 1 cm at about 4:30am. The doctor says okay well let’s check. So she checks me...........IM AT 9CM guys! She goes yup you’re at 9cm. It’s time. Things start moving fast. I turn to my sister and tell her to call my husband. When I get to the delivery room the doctor tells me it’s too late for an epidural and if I got it it would take longer and it wouldn’t help. Also the baby would get here before it would kick in. I’m freaking out! No epidural! Guys my heart was set on an epidural! I was sure I wasn’t gonna be able to handle the pain. Then, I have to push. So doc has me pushing because my baby hasn’t dropped and she was still high up. After we got her in place I have to stop pushing. The delivery doctor is in another room with a c section. And the doctor in my room is also trying to get my husband to make it. So I try not to push. My husband makes it 20 min before the delivery doctor gets there! So now he’s telling me to push and I’m pushing. I start tearing from the inside.(now I know that was also why the doctor in the room had me stop pushing because I was tearing and she needed the delivery doctor to be there for that) so delivery doctor cuts me a little to get her out. My daughter was born May 11, at

10:52am. Weighing 6lbs 8oz 19in long. A little over 2 hrs after my water broke. I still can’t believe how fast it was. She pooped inside so they did have to take care of that but luckily she didn’t breathe it in. She was on me in no time and I couldn’t believe that I made this little creature.