Another Due Date Baby!
So happy to share that my son arrived, and on his due date of June 27 no less! (My daughter, who is almost 2, was born all of 21 minutes past her due date; apparently my kids like punctuality!)
Like most birth stories, this one has its own bit of craziness.
I had been having pretty strong contractions all day, but they were 20-30 minutes apart, not getting any closer. so I only had one at my OB appointment that day, which was at 4pm. My OB did a cervical check and I was only dilated to a 2, the same as the week before. On the drive from my appointment to home the contractions started picking up and I had 3 in the 20 minute drive. And the whole time I was thinking, “how the heck am I only at a 2? These hurt so much!” And they stayed that way, about 3-5 minutes apart once I got home.
Then I lost my mucus plug while going to the bathroom as soon as I got home, which never happened with my first and it was really weird and gross. My water broke basically with the next contraction after loosing the plug. By the time we got to the hospital at about 6:20 I’d bet my contractions were less then a minute apart, and I was dilated to a 6. 😬
The nurses called in my doc who couldn’t believe that I was that far into my labor already. By the time the doc got there I was dilated to an 8! Things were going way too fast for me to get the epidural I wanted and by 7pm I was fully dilated. 11 minutes of pushing and Owen Ludwig was born, weighing 8lbs and 3 ounces.
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