Anyone have stories of their births this month that were not induced??

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I feel like every single birth story in this group starts with being induced! I'm a FTM with NO idea how labor is when it starts naturally but I know it varies for everyone. 
I'm so curious. 
Tell me your stories ladies!! 🤍 (I also need the entertainment while I'm full-term with no signs she's coming anytime soon 😂)

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My second came naturally and born at home. I didn’t have any idea she was coming because I had no braxton hicks or contractions. She was overdue and I though for sure she would be induced. I knew something was happening because I lost my mucus plug and had bloody show and I couldn’t sleep. I was so energetic and my husband and first were fast asleep. I kept getting the urge to just walk. I started feeling contractions and four hours later she was born.

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Oh man, my first was crazy. 40w 5d my water broke but not the way one would think. My ex and I were driving to toys r us to pick up a board game, half way there I hear and feel a tiny pop. It was weird, like I peed a tiny bit… so we pull over to the nearest restroom and i honestly thought I just peed myself…. Again……. Going on with our trip out we shop and get groceries even stopped for dinner and went to a friends house. The next day nothing was abnormal not a drop of “pee” to be seen lol but damn was every tiny thing pissing me off. By 3pm that day the contractions started but I shook it off as braxon hicks and went on with my day. At 6pm my ex has some friends over and I couldn’t handle it. At this point I knew something was up. By 11pm packed my bag and headed to the hospital, my ex insisted on driving and playing my FAVORITE music at the time System of a Down lol when I tell you EVERYTHING PISSED ME OFF I mean it. The rest of the trip was silent. Got to the hospital they confirmed my water broke, contractions were strong (I didn’t feel them) and baby should be here within the hour and this was my only time to get an epidural. I said fuck it and got it anyways. I was so relaxed and chill, I fell asleep soon after and baby didn’t come until 4:46pm that day. It was not what I was expecting labor to be. This time around I’m getting induced xD

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I didn’t start by being induced my water broke but I had to be induced because it broke before I was dilated. It is kinda interesting though. Before I was pregnant I always thought you could only get induced if you had diabetes etc. i would never shame anyone for doing it without that though.

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I just had my baby yesterday.
On Saturday around 2am I woke up with some lower back pain and I could feel small contractions starting. Just like period cramps, there is just some tightening in the belly for a few seconds and then it goes away. When they were happening early they were not consistent and I was able to slip on and out of sleep, but not well.
Around 7am they were stronger and more consistent and this was about when I started seeing the "bloody show". Again, for me it was still just the back pain and cramping in the abdomen. I ended up going to the hospital around 9 because I thought there was more blood throughout the morning that I didn't remember with my son. For some reason I was a lot more anxious this pregnancy than I was my first. 🤷 My water never broke, they ended up doing it manually at the hospital.
That's what happened when it started. I was at the hospital all day and she was born at 1136pm. I did end up getting a small dose of pitocin because I was stalled at 7cm and my contractions were getting farther apart instead of closer but that did the trick for me.

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I’m 38 +3 with my second and have had a few signs of things starting like tons of Braxton Hicks, increased discharge (but no bloody show yet), and diarrhea ugh..but it’s been going on for days. I’m just ready to deliver!  
But with my first I had 0 signs of impending labor until the moment it started. No Braxton Hicks/ no nothing. Then at 39+4 I was JUST getting in bed for the night and I had my first contraction at 11pm. It was like a weird tightening in my belly that didn’t hurt and oddly felt good, like since it was compressing my uterus I felt like I could breath for a minute!! Lol. From 11pm on I had non painful contractions like that consistently every 5-7 minutes until 3 am when they actually started to take my breath away a bit and were a little painful. That’s when I woke my hubby and told him time to get ready to go. 
As I’m freaking out because it’s my first my husband lets me know he has to shave and pack a back 😂 wonderful.. I was so mad that he hadn’t considered doing this before I was damn near 40 weeks but whatever. Got to hospital around 330/4. They put me on the monitor and made me sit in triage for 2 more hours without meds to make sure I was actually in true labor (I was because I was 3cm when I arrived and 4 cm when they checked me 2 hours later). Finally get admitted, immediately ask for epidural. Epidural was awesome. Took away all pain. My water never broke, doctor broke it when I was 6cm dilated. Rested until it was time to push when they checked me and I was 10 cm dilated around 230pm. 3 pushes and my little love as out! With epidural no pain at all, just lots of pressure. I don’t even remember placenta coming out because they put baby right on my chest and I was up and walking pain free once the epidural wore off. Really wasn’t bad at all 🙂

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With my first my water broke on its own at 39w6 days, but then had to be induced as I wasnt having contractions. 
With this pregnancy I am now at 40W 6 days and still waiting. I'm scheduled to be induced tomorrow at 41 weeks (as long as the hospital isn't too busy). I'm hoping I'll still go into labour on my own today, but other than very inconsistent mild contractions I haven't had much. Had 2 membrane sweeps, which resulted in loosing my mucus plug, but didn't start labour. I'd rather not be induced, but hitting 41 weeks is the point where it starts to become more risky and I'll err on the side of caution and my doctor's recommendation.

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I will be a 4th time mom this month, not scheduled for inducement, 39w, 1d and waiting around for labor to start any day now 😜 I don’t have this Oct baby story yet, but with my other 3 births labor started naturally 🤗

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I’m 38+3 with no plans of induction or intervention baring emergency! I’ll let you know how that goes!

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1 day before my 38wk mark with my first and second baby my water broke and I had them the next day. 1st baby no signs of labor until that point he was also born in meconium since I wasn't dilated at all they inserted a pill in my vagina to soften my cervix to get things moving water broke at 2pm he was born 9am the next morning. My second was different for a week I had lost my mucus plug, spotting and had on and of uncomfortable contractions. The day before my water broke contractions were more intense but not continuous and so my husband and I had sex that night. All the next day I had contractions ,still not continuous, woke up from a nap about 3:30pm with my water broke. Went to hospital got there around 6pm I wasn't progressing ,I was at a 3, so I had to have pitocin  baby was born at 4:53am.

Anyone have stories of their births this month that were not induced??

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