On 4/11/2021 I woke up at my 7am with light contractions about ten minutes apart. I stayed laying in bed timing and living my contractions for about an hour just to make sure they were legit contractions not Braxton Hicks haha. After about an hour I decided to get up and lay in the hot tub and relax. After laying in there my contractions went from 10 to five minutes apart, so I text my mother in law and other family letting them know today will be the day Rowan meets the world! So I gather the bags and pick up the house as best as I could until I could barely stand because of the pain of the contractions plus they got closer together 3 minutes apart. I told my fiancé we need to go to the hospital and me get check to see if I can be admitted or not, he said okay let’s go. We get there I get all checked in and I’m dilated 4.5CM. They decided to admit me because on Thursday I was 1CM dilated and it’s not Sunday and I rapidly dilated to 4.5CM, I was dilated to 6 and finally got my epidural (thank god for that thing) then I layed around awhile eating a lot of ice chips and trying to sleep a little here and there. Still feeling the contractions slightly some were so strong. I didn’t need pitocin to help speed anything up we just played the waiting game. Finally around 9pm they told me it was time I pushed! I pushed for a fricken hour before this child came out !!! I pushed laying on my sides etc because being on my back for some reason made me so sick puking and pushing was zero fun! Finally that last push and he was here, no rips just a small cut inside so here I am still slightly bleeding a week and two days later. My lower area is so sore and my belly button area is sore! But I’m doing better each day just thankful to have a healthy baby 8lbs 20 3/4 inches king!