My doctor recommended me to eat Taco Bell, walk and have sex yesterday at my appointment, I was 2cm dilated and I was getting really soft she said, and well I did (except walking I did some squats and some labor inducing exercises from YouTube lol in my room since it was too dark and cold outside)

Almost right after having sex I started cramping but it went away enough for me to fall asleep through them. Then I woke up feeling the need to poop and really gassy..I usually wake up at the same time (midnight) to pee or I’m always in some type of pain but this time it HURTS!! It feels exactly like my periods except it’s more intense! (I literally can’t even type this when a contraction comes.) it’s 3:40am and I’ve been in pain since midnight. They feel about the same if not stronger. They are about 2-5 min apart only lasting 30 seconds to 45 seconds.

I plan on calling my dr office if by the time my SO wakes up, they don’t leave.

I’ve had lots of BH for he past 3 weeks, this is definitely different!

For being in pain all I really want is food and a hug 😞😞😞

I’ll update in a couple hours on how things turn out. I hope it’s baby time!!! My due date is in 3 days sooo maybe.. I’m a FTM!

I’d love to hear your ladies early labor stories while I’m here just waiting for them to get longer lol and fingers crossed don’t go away!

UPDATE; it’s real! Went 11 hrs without epidural and finally got it! 5cm dilated. 11:20am

UPDATE: everyone was talking to me but did have a chance to update on y’all!!

1:15pm I was at 6cm

2pm I was at 9cm and although epidural was working I kept feeling like I needed to push!

I was dilated all the way an hour later when they checked. They said let’s try to wait til I feel the urge that I HAVE to push like there was no other way lol so I was ok with that, otherwise it would have lasted longer

At 3:30pm I was like ok I NEED to push! Started pushing 10 min later and had him at 4:45 the last 3 contractions where he crowned I FELT completely the epidural ran out and I didn’t have time or a mindset to even press the button!

I had 2nd degree tear which doesn’t really bother me much!

But my baby is here n healthy ❤️❤️❤️❤️💙💙💙💙💙

How much weight did you gain?