I delivered my baby boy at 1150pm on may 20th. I wasnt in labor very long. A few hours. My water broke on it's own in the dovey room. Afraid that he would be big and the pain would get worse, i asked for epidural. 5 minutes after receiving it, the baby was here. So i really didn't need it. The epidural kicked in after everything was over. I realized it because after he was born, i felt nothing and tried too get up and go to bathroom and almost fell. The nurse was there too stop me just in time.