I was supposed to have him at a birthing center.. my April fools baby!

April 1st 2019 I welcomed my April fools baby boy Ashkii Micah Newman born at 38 weeks 5days. I woke up at 5:44am to mild contraction that I was some how breathing through in my sleep so I woke up my boyfriend and texted my midwife that I think he will be here soon she told me to get some rest and eat well because it’ll be a long night or day “tomorrow” and that she assumed I was in pre/early labor so I went about my morning ate breakfast and breathed through my contractions I planned on having a water birth at a birthing center so I also planned on laboring most of the time at home my contraction were in my back and occasionally in my uterus and were any where from 4 mins to 11 mins apart so definitely not consistent noon rolls around the corner and they start picking up a little more and that’s when I really realized woah I’m having a baby soon I don’t think my boyfriend really realized I was in labor till noon and starting having to get on all fours and breath through them I then asked my friend to bring me over a birth ball to bounce on and made myself some red leaf raspberry tea an hour later I was in even more pain and the contractions where about 5 mins apart consistently so a little later I called my midwife and asked if I could come get checked and she said “sure just bring yourself not the bags in an hour” I said ok and hung up as soon as I hung up my contractions started coming 3 mins apart and I started crying and yelling through them which then made my boyfriend cry and worry so he put me in the shower and was trying to help me but I couldn’t take the pain so he called my midwife and was like WE NEED TO COME NOW we drive over there (thank god we took our bags) where I labored in the car in agony crying and squirming around got to the center and labored all the way up to the door and in to the room it took her about 10 mins to check me because I was in so much pain and couldn’t sit still I was only at 3cm but confirmed I was in active labor (from 5:44am to 2:23pm I was in early labor about 8hr) so she asks if I would like to stay or continue laboring at home that she assumed I would be in active labor for about 10hrs so I thought about it and was like “I wanna fucking stay I’m in pain and terrified” so I labored for about 2hrs at the center screaming and yelling and bleeding and puking and crying while my sweet boyfriend/dad/family all tried to soothe me I felt like a circus animal being watched by my whole family and even a family friend while I labored I get checked again at about 4:30pm and went up to 5cm so we assumed I’d be there a while about 30 mins later Im like “I’m fucking done I want drugs I’m not doing this all “natural” everyone tried to convince me to stay at the center but I was done so she sends all my info over to the hospital and told me she’d meet us there in an hour so we drive over there at this point I’m wearing a t-shirt and a diaper and some slippers a nurse sees that I’m in labor and gets a wheel chair for me and a man starts rolling me to admission I let my mom do all the talking as I’m being rolled I jump out of the chair in my diaper and t-shirt and just start waking around the hospital laboring in pain and yelling probably looking INSANE we get to my room is probably about 5:15 at this point I get into the room and the nurse try’s putting the monitor on me but I was in to much pain and kept jumping up yelling walking into the bathroom to hide but she finally gets it on and then checks to see how far I am I was now at an 8cm begging for drugs a doctor come in and is like you made it just in time I’ll go get the epidural right now and we will give you something to calm you down he walks out and next thing you know I start screaming I need to push and the nurse checks and starts yelling “baby’s coming baby’s coming” even asking my boyfriend to go get a doctor at this point I’m screaming and pushing and pooping while my boyfriend is freaking out and crying but being amazing I wouldn’t have been able to get through my labor and birth with out him he was truly my rock anyways a few pushes later at 5:44pm with zero tears!! My baby boy was put on my chest oh and I didn’t get the drugs so I was like it all worked out and I was only in active labor for 3hrs!! My midwife walks in 2mins after he was born and was like well Jesus Sierra you should’ve just stayed and I just started cracking up I love my birth story but one thing I got to say is don’t hold on to your plan with dear life because things change and go south but it’s all worth it when you see that precious baby’s face now 9 days later and sleep deprived and in pain from breastfeeding I’m still in awe in what we made and what our bodies are capable of. Sorry this was so long hear are some pics!!!❤️❤️❤️