The due date was 12/25. That came and went. My contractions started Wed 12/30 around 10pm. They were mild and were about 20 minutes apart. Throughout the night they went down to about 10 minutes apart, then spaced out again in the morning to as far as 30 minutes apart. My doctors office said to wait it out to see if they picked up again. I continued having contractions the entire day of New Years Eve ranging anywhere from 10-30 minutes apart. Overnight the intensity picked up and they got to a pretty steady 10 minutes apart. By this point I was miserable. I hadn't slept more than a 15 minute stretch in 2 nights, I was in pain (my contractions were mostly in my back), and frustrated.
At 5:30am (30 hours into all this!) on New Years Day I called the doctor and asked if I should just go to the hospital anyway because I was starting to get concerned whether the baby was handling all this ok. He agreed that I should go in and be evaluated. We arrived at the hospital around 7:30am and I was admitted. We quickly found out I was 7 cm. I got an epidural (praise the Lord!) and finally was able to relax a bit. It took the rest of the day to make it the other 3cm and then after 1 hour 15 minutes of pushing we met our newest son, just after 8:30pm.
Possibly the longest 2 days of my life, but soooo worth it. I'm very thankful that I was able to have this experience. I'm beyond thrilled that it all worked out and I avoided surgery. The hospital was great, our nurses were WONDERFUL, and we have the sweetest new addition to our family.
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