40 + 6

My baby finally arrived...those last two weeks were tough! I was upset at my last dr appt on 40+5 when the doctor said I was still at 2 cms. I had been up almost every night with contractions and they hadn’t done anything!! I left the doctor and just cried. That evening right after we ate dinner I started having some contractions and needing to poop like crazy! I went to the bathroom for about two hours... At some point during this I thought I lost my plug but wasn’t sure because it was bloody? It’s my first baby so I wasn’t sure. Then I tried to take a bath but kept having to get out with the urge to poop!

So I got in bed and tried to go to sleep... I was bleeding so I told my husband not to get excited but to make sure he had everything packed just in case. I slept for about two hours and then started timing my contractions...still not regular so I took another bath to try to get back to sleep. I still couldn’t sleep but by 3 am they five minutes apart! Go time!

We get to the hospital and I’m still only 2 cm but my contractions are every 4 min. How?! They have me walk for an hour and then they check again and I’m at 4cm. FINALLY! The doctor broke my water at 7 am. I had thought I was going to go without the epidural but that lasted like an hour. I was so tired from not sleeping and the contractions were shooting pains through my hips. I wasn’t progressing as fast as they wanted but the baby’s heart rate dropped when I moved to increase the contractions so they didn’t want to give me pitocin. 9 hours later I was at 10 cm and it was time to push! All those pelvic floor exercises and squats paid off...less than two hours of pushing and my baby was delivered❤️