Brooklyn decided to grace us with her presences 13 days before her due date and we are sure grateful that she did. On Thursday the 21st I went to my 38 week doctor appointment and was dialated to a 3 and 75% effaced. My doctor had continually said she didn't think I would make it to my due date. I had told her that Craig had spring break the following week and it would sure be nice if the baby came early. The doctor told me she would be more than happy to strip my membranes, she couldn't guarentee it would bring on labor but she would be more than happy to try. I told her to go for it. That afternoon my back started to really hurt, but I didn't think it was labor because it was a continual pain. By the time Craig got home from school that evening my Braxton Hicks contractions had started to get a little more regular, although still far apart. At 11:00pm I sent Craig to bed but at midnight I woke him up because my contractions were about 5 minutes apart and I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep unless we went to the hospital to make sure I wasn't actually in labor.
When we arrived at the hospital I was sure they would send us home because my contractions still weren't painful. They got me back at about 12:30 a.m. and asked me all their questions and got me all hooked up to their monitors and instantly my contractions became painful and about 3 minutes apart. They monitored me for about an hour before they called my doctor who told them to go ahead and admit me. We were then taken to a labor and delivery room where I received an epidural at about 4:30 a.m. The epidural was amazing and totally worth the spinal headache that I got and I would recommend it to anyone.
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