Birth of a Preemie

On July 8th of 2019 I was 35 weeks pregnant and I had what nurses believed was Braxton hicks and was at 0.5cm. They sent me home. The next day I had horrible contractions and went to my ob doctor due to the pain. The clinic laughed at me because I was still not full term and because they thought it was just Braxton hicks. Found out that i was at 3cm with a bulging water sac.At the hospital there was no change and was sent home. I stayed at 3cm for a good 2-3 days. On July 12 I went to my regular scheduled doctor's appointment and found out I was 5cm. I went to the hospital and attempted an epidural. Too painful so I went drug free. Shortly after I was 8cm with a broken water. Being 36 weeks pregnant I was very scared. As the nurses rushed in they prepped me. I started pushing and screaming. Which I was told not to do either of those. As I screamed at several nurses 23 minutes after my water had broken my 4lb 11oz 1 month early baby son was born. The nurse hovered him over me and was not able to really get a good look at him and I really just wanted to hold him which I did not get to do until 2 hours later. He stayed in the NICU for what felt like a very long week.