Thanks everyone! Turns out it was just because the baby dropped *phew*.
The sonographer said the baby is completely average haha. She said it is currently 8 lb 2 oz +/- 1.5 lb (Though I have heard that can be off so we will see when it's born). She based it off the abdomen measurement which was measuring around 40 w 3 days. The rest of the measurements looked smaller, more like 37 weeks (so perhaps I have a chubby baby with a smallish head? I'd be okay with that lol).

Hey everyone!

I have been meaning to write a post about everything so I shall do it now while my little guy is eating. I don't know why but my new Android phone doesnt give me a post a photo option. I will come back and post some.

So here is my little story:

My last day of work was Friday June 16. Every Friday I meet up with Chris (husband) for lunch. So we met up for lunch that Friday too. We ate at a small place and then went for a walk/sit near some fountains in a small downtown part. While sitting at the fountain I was like "my back is really stiff, can you run it?" And Chris did.

As inwas doing my final pack up at work around 4:00, I started thinking it was weird my stiff back kept kind of tightening on and off... so by 4:30 i decided to start timing the twinges. Interesting interesting, they came and went in 5 minute intervals.

At 430 I left work to meet some friends and Chris for a last day dinner. As we headed there, I told Chris that my back seemed to be having small contractions so I was going to keep an eye on them. We planned to leave on the last bus at 6:20.

Dinner went well and only one friend (the only mom) noticed anything lol. Shevwas tactful enough not to say anything but you should have seen her smile lol. When we got home Chris installed the carseat lol!

Through the night, the contractions got stronger. But very confusing! Ended up phoning my midwife to ask her because my contractions were 3-4 mins apart but only about 30 seconds long and all in my back. Youre supposed to go to the hospital when they are 5 mins apart, last for 45-60 seconds and continues that pattern for an hour. She said it was early labour and to try a bath. Which did nothing by the way lol.

I laboured all night and for no sleep. At 6:00 am on the 17th I hopped in the shower hoping to soothe my muscles a bit. Annnnnnddd it made my contractions stop lol.

So we went for breakfast for Father's Day with my parents and brother's family at 10:00 lol. Good thing we celebrated a day eatly. I had all of 3 contractions from about 7:00 am to 5:00 pm.

After that they got stronger and stronger until we finally called the midwife at 9:00 pm because my contractions (still all in my back) had me in tears. She arrived at 9:30 and calmed me down and that actually helped them feel better. She did a check and I was 4 cm dialated. At that point we could have gone to the hospital but we decided it would be more comfortable to labour longer at home. Chris and my midwife spent every contraction pressing on my lower back and hips which helped so much with the pain.

We headed to the hospital at 1:30 am and arrived at about 2:00 am. Labouring in a car isn't fun by the way. I was 6 or 7 cm dialated.

I basically was just contracting and sucking gas for the next few hours. After I asked the midwife for phentonel (so?) about 4 times and Chris like 7, I finally yelled at the midwife saying it wasn't her decision if I got drugs or not and that she was to go get them for me end of discussion lol. My midwife was awesome but they really push natural pain management. I also have vague recollections of Chris laughing at the noises I was making lol.

So around 5:30 am on the 18th I'm 9.5 cm dialated. My midwife offered to break my water saying it would clear out the rest of the cervix. So of course I was like YES since I was already begging to push but wasn't allowed to yet. And as soon as it was broken I was allowed to push. Which for the record feels AMAZING after all that crappy labouring. The only sensation I didn't like was the stinging/burning right at the skin when his head was sitting there but I still needed a few contractions to get him out.

Chris got to see the baby's head come out. I was laying on my side so he got to see not just the head but the eyes and ears coming out which seems so weird to me (he also go a nice view of me pooping it would seem too).

And at 6:31 am on June 18 (Father's Day) out baby few out of me like a... well like a dead fish if I'm being honest.. and then in a split second he was on my abdomen and I was saying how lovely he was and that I could do it again. I didn't know for like a solid 5 mins if the baby was a boy or girl. Chris saw right away as the baby's body shot out lol.

So now we have little baby Keith Michael

Who has pooped and needs a change. More later.