After having irregular contractions that increased with intensity (but not regulation) over the course of several days, my water broke at home suddenly (12am) while I was laying on the couch timing contractions. I made it to the hospital by 1am and was admitted. At this point I was 5cm and the contractions had rapidly gotten far more intense than I had experienced throughout the week. They rushed me through triage and got me set up in a room. The contractions had at this point gotten so intense I could not speak or move. An hour and a half later after back to back to back contractions that were incredibly intense, I insisted to the nurse that I had to make a bowel movement immediately. She insisted that she needed to check me first because it could be the baby. At this point I couldn't even turn on my back for them to check me. They checked me on my side and both stared at each other in shock. I had already progressed to 10cm and was ready to push! 30 min later I had my sweet boy in my arms!