Born at 30+5. Super traumatic birth story (long read)

Little man decided he wanted to be born in July instead! Water broke at 28+4 but contractions were easily stopped and then I was told I had to stay in the hospital until 34 weeks to get induced or until he comes on his own. 15 days of going crazy trapped in the the hospital later At 3:35am on July 3rd I was woken up by nurses running down the hall for the lady next door whose baby was flying out of her and I immediately felt pain in my lower back. Tried to get comfortable but just couldn't fall back asleep. About 30 minutes later I felt contractions starting and they were 2-4 minutes apart. They weren't super painful and I was able to just kinda relax in bed for a few hours. They slowly got more painful to the point where I was deep breathing but still able to talk through them. The doctor on call and the nurses figured I was just dehydrated so they put me on fluids and the contractions slowed down to 9 minutes apart and no longer painful. They had me hooked up to the monitors until they slowed down and they came to unhook me saying it looks like it was stopping and I could get up and go to the bathroom so that's what I did. When I came back my contractions immediately went back to 5 minutes apart and more painful then they had been so far. They refused to check my cervix because the duration of my contractions said I wasn't in labor and with my water being broken they didn't want to risk infection. Finally at 3:30pm they decided to check me since the contractions were so painful and I was crying and shaking through them. To my surprise I was COMPLETELY CLOSED! so they refused to give me anything to stop my contractions and also refused to give me pain meds because they thought maybe it was an infection and didn't want to mask a fever if I ended up having one. They told me to just try showering to help the pain because "sorry but you aren't even in labor" So at 4:30 I hopped in the shower and it wasn't helping at all but they were so painful I was basically stuck in there because I couldn't fathom getting out and having to dry off and get dressed. I finally got out about an hour later and was just crying the whole time while getting dressed because i was scared to have another contraction. I was trying to button my shirt when I had 1 huge contraction and immediately felt like I needed to poop (I should've known better 😅) I sat on the toilet and pushed really softly and it honestly felt like poop was coming out so i didnt think anything of it. My nurse came to check on me and in that moment suddenly the pain got so intense I started screaming. She knew something was up and checked me and I could tell by the look on her face that something was up. She immediately starting calling every nurse she could and said he's coming right now and he's breech. So with my pants still down and my shirt still not buttoned they threw me in a wheelchair and tossed a blanket over me and I was surrounded by nurses hauling ass with me down the hallway to the OR. They threw me on the table and I had nurses doing 10 different things to me at once. They tied my legs down right when I was having a contraction and I was just screaming at them because now I couldn't move. They finally knocked me out and baby was out within 10 minutes of me screaming in the bathroom. Come to find out his umbilical cord had a true knot and had I kept pushing thinking I was pooping he could've died. Poor daddy wasn't allowed to come with and he told me he just started crying when they took me because of how frantic everyone was he was so worried about us. But baby is doing amazing ❤️ he should be able to switch to cpap later today since they were already able to bring his o2 down to the same percentage as room air. He just has the tube for now to save his energy. Boy was I happy to rub it in that doctors face who just let me sit here in pain for 16 hours and refused to do a damn thing about it. I looked right at her and said "but it's ok because I wasn't in labor"

Mama's, always trust your gut. I knew this baby was coming today and it took him almost dying and an emergency c section for them to actually believe me 😡

Cooper Michael Paul

3lbs 13oz

15 3/4 inches