So the day started about 5:30am when I woke up to Logan leaving for work so I decided to get up and eat breakfast. At that point I thought I had wet myself (you lose some control when pregnant, usually towards the end). So I thought nothing of it and after eating breakfast decided to just lay on the couch for a bit. I woke up about 6:45am and went to the bathroom to get ready and again I lost some control and wet myself again. So I was feeling fine but called Logan to see if he thought I should call the doctor. Well I packed a towel and my urine sample in the car that I needed to go drop off. When I go to the Elkhart exit I felt something wet and knew it was not from me so I pulled off and called my friend Shelly Cory. She told me to take the sample to the hospital and they could test it and then at that time just get checked to see if it was urine or my water.
I got to the hospital about 8am and the minute I got out of my car my water broke completely and I knew I needed to get checked out. About 8:30am the doctor came to check me and I was 100% efaced and dilated to a 3. There was no stopping my labor they said because I was too far along - 32 weeks and 5 days - due date : October 31st. So I called Logan who was at work about 1 1/2 hours away and my parents. I got into room 611 about 9:45am - my parents arrived about 10am with my bags - Logan arrived about 10:15am. By that time I was starting to have contractions and they were starting to get more and more intense. There were a lot of women in for delivery that day so I was put on a waiting list for an epidural...lets just say you better hope you never have to be on a waiting list. I got my epidural about 11:10am - was checked when it was done and was at an 8 - too far along for the epidural to do anything! $1000 wasted :) I was then checked again a few minutes later and was at a 10 and ready to push. The contractions were so powerful - nothing at all what I thought they would be, but also didn't think I would feel much either!! Started pushing at 11:28am. About 5 contractions later I gave birth to Tate Allan Lippincott - 11:38am - 4lbs 13.6oz and 18 1/4 long. I have to say I delivered my precious baby boy 99% natural - I might have had 1% of medicine in - very proud of myself.
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