My babies don't like their "due" months.

jwthoms1 · September 2013

DS was due 3/13 and came 5 weeks early on 2/8. Today DD Vivian Kate came 9/18 and she was due 10/5. She was 37w3d.

She is perfect and healthy. 6lb9.9oz and 20 inches. I was 1 cm on Thursday at my first check. Yesterday I was having contractions from about 11am on and they ranged from 3-8 minutes apart. I had an appt at 3:00 anyway so I didn't call. She checked and I was 4cm and told me to go to the hospital later that night. Contractions got worse more intense from 4pm on. We got to triage at about 8:30pm and I was still a 4 but they saw how intense the contractions were and kept me.
Contractions stayed about 5 minutes but were intense and long. At midnight I couldn't take it anymore. I was still at 4 but was miserable. So I got the epidural and they started pitocin. Doc checked me at 3:15 and I was complete and my water broke all over her lap. So 30 minutes of pushing later and Vivian Kate was born.