I’m considering starting a first time mom / random blog and I want to document my birth story before I forget it. It’s probably gonna be long, I’ll space it out just skip past the first two or three paragraphs and that’ll be the actual birth story.

My baby boy was due August 19, 2017. He was born a day after Sunday, August 20, 2017

The week prior to giving birth was the absolute worst. Monday thru Thursday my boyfriend was making me walk EVERYWHERE so I could dilate. That whole week I felt a little more fatigued than normal. (Of course I read that you’re extremely tired right before you give birth) But something just wasn’t right. As the week progressed my throat was starting to hurt and I had a little cough. I’m thinking to myself oh lord I hope I don’t have strep.

Thursday night me and Dad went on a late Walmart run my cough started to get worse and it kinda felt like I had a slight fever. I told dad I think I may be getting strep. Friday rolls around and I slept off and on the WHOLE day woke up around 5:15. After I woke up I felt TERRIBLE I couldn’t even drink water. I went outside for the first time in 12hrs and Dad took some HORRIBLE pictures of me in fun. I was miserable. Then finally we attempted to go get something to eat. The whole trip I started to feel worse and worse. We stopped at a Mexican restaurant and as I’m walking towards the restaurant I just start throwing up outside. I think I embarrassed dad! While waiting for our to go order we stopped at a near by McDonald’s to get a sprit to soothe my stomach. That didn’t work. Finally we pick up the food and headed home. I started to feel like I had chills. When we got home, I came to my room and laid down eventually fell asleep. My mom and boyfriend kept checking on me. I was whining and acting like an over grown baby. So much so my boyfriend got frustrated w/me and my mom made me go the urgent care the next day.

Saturday I woke up out my sleep to wet panties. I just KNEW it was time! My mom made an appointment at the urgent care and I found out I had strep. I was casually talking to the dr about I thought my water broke. She was in disbelief that I was sitting there talking to her and not at the OB Triage. So she called told them I have strep and explained that I thought my water may have broke. I went on the OB Triage they did some test and determined that it didn’t break and sent me home. The nurse said, “be glad you’re not delivering today because you have strep. You need to rest up.” Once she said that I was like, “you’re right!!” But I knew since she said that I was gone have that baby while I was still sick. They sent me home. I was so disappointed. Later that evening My boyfriend and I went to go see Annabell at the movies, kinda like a date.

When I got back home we prepared to go the sleep. I couldn’t slept I was tossing and turning the whole time and I felt really anxious it was really weird. I went down stairs on the couch at around 4:45am. I laid on the couch of like 15 minutes and felt a weird pop. And I stood up and blood and the fluids were just gushing out.

I told my mom I thought my water broke for real this time and we went to the bathroom and I used it and she saw it. She was like yeah your water definitely broke.

I came in my room and told my boyfriend my water broke he looked me dead in my face and rolled over (he wasn’t really listening) then I said it again and he hopped up right up.

FINALLY, we went to the hospital I got checked in at 6am. I was in the Triage for like a hour and a half. Then I went down the hall to labor and delivery. I was so nervous! I was in labor for 12 hours and my beautiful baby boy was born at 6:47pm. August 20th was the best day of my life.