I showed up to the hospital at around two thirty am because my contractions were pretty close together and I had a little bit of blood when I wiped and a drop in the toilet. I wanted to wait a little longer, but my husband refused. I was admitted right away because although I was only half a cm dilated my contractions were close together and steady and there were a few dips in the baby's heart rate during a few of them. Within 9hrs I was dilated to 7cm and fully effaced. Just waiting it out a few more hours...6 hrs later I was still 7cm and my cervix was inflamed. My baby was stuck sideways and the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, making his heart rate drop every time they turned me to try to fix him. There was no other choice but a csection- which was definitely not what I wanted! The whole experience after that was terrible. The medicine they gave me had me shaking uncontrollably , so I couldn't really focus on the pressure I was feeling or what was going on on the other side of the curtain. I threw up twice in the or and all I could see was my husbands panic stricken face. I heard the baby cry and almost cried with him, but it was so surreal, it didn't feel like I was the one experiencing it. It was totally scary and not what I hoped for or expected. However, the minute they put my son in my arms EVERY single part of it was worth it. He was born at 9:43pm weighing 6lbs 15oz and measuring 20inchss long. He is the most beautiful thing I have every seen and the love I have for him is incomparable to anything i have ever felt before. Jonas Emery, you are my everything!