4hr 1/2 hour labor ☺️how it went

I lost my mucus plug Saturday with bloody show and I continued losing more and more brown mucus up until yesterday , last night I did “Activate labor stretch” on YouTube because I was having inconsistent contractions and drunk raspberry leaf tea, But before I did anything my body felt “Off” I was nauseous and I kept getting this achy crampy feeling in my abdomen and it was not painful just achy! So I decided to drink the tea before bed and I feel asleep (SN) I have been having contractions since 34 weeks they just never progressed and I was also 2 cm dilated at 36 weeks , so I drink the tea before bed and finally got in bed and fell asleep I woke up at 12 with consistent contractions that has cramping with it

after they were over and I moved in every position but the cramping nor contractions went away but for sure I thought it was prodromal labor ….around 1 the contractions didn’t stop coming and things continued to progress but it wasn’t pain I hadn’t felt before I then experienced 1 big long strong contractions and right after I felt two big not kidding pops and I knew my water just broke! I sat up and a gush followed by uncontrollably gushing happened and I knew I was in labor ! My contractions instantly got stronger and by the time I got to the hospital around 2 I got checked I was 5cm dilated and finally admitted at got checked again at 3 I was 7cm (yes I got my epidural ) by 4 I was 9 and at 5 he was born

I will say this bloody show and losing my mucus plug did indeed tell me labor was near ☺️