January 9th turned December 19th: I had my son!!!!

He came 4am on December 19th at 37 weeks and 1 day. I was 3cm dilated at my appointment on the 17th so I knew he was coming soon. The day of the 18th I started feeling contractions with no pain but they were regular. After they stalled at 67 minutes apart for three hours I did a workout I saw on YouTube and the miles circuit. Contractions reached 3 minutes apart around 9pm but they still weren’t painful at all so I thought it was prodromal labor. My mom spent two hours begging me to go to the hospital and I finally agreed out of frustration (it’s a good thing I listened😭) got to the hospital at 1am on the 19th and didn’t make too much change after two hours (“slightly more than what I was when I came” is what the nurse said) so they said I could go home or stay for another hour. I stayed. 45 minutes later I started feeling pain with the contractions and they HURT!!!!! I was groaning. Couldn’t laugh and joke any more or anything. I guess the midwife heard all the commotion I was making because she came back instead of the nurse. She checked me and I was only at a 6 which did not match the pain I was feeling so I knew things were happening REALLY fast. My water broke and then all hell came immediately after😂they got me in a labor room at 3:40am and my son was born at 4am😭needless to say there was no time for any pain medicine so I had my second unmedicated delivery. It was HARD but he is perfect. I’m so in love. Praying for safe delivers for all the January moms!!! Get those bags packed!!!😂