For about one week before she was born I was having pre labour signs small bleeds, contractions and a lot of BH. On Saturday the 16th of August and 2 days over due I looked up at the sky at around 6pm and saw a full moon and thought to myself yep I'm going tonight I even sent the MIL a message saying listen out for the phone.
At 1:30am I woke up for no reason then all of a sudden felt a small gush I laid down wide eyed thinking maybe it was just extra CM (another pre labour sign) then I had another small gush I jumped up out of bed and ran to the bathroom and had a look it was clear but had no smell, while I was on the toilet I had a contraction and some waters came out during the contraction. I went back to bed and kept getting small contractions every 10 mins.
At 2am I rang the hospital I was told as I had a four hour labour with my first not to try and wait too long going into hospital. So I woke DF and told him to ring FIL to come and get Cadence and I rang mum as she was going to attend the birth. When both mum and FIL arrived I appologised as I wasn't sure I was in labour the contractions were there but not very painful.

At 3am they became stronger (but not the holy crap I'm in labour type) and every 5 mins I decided to go into the hospital as I didn't like the idea of an unplanned home birth but still wasn't 100% sure if I was in labour.Any way in the car off to hospital. DF and I had a running joke that he wanted to be pulled over for speeding while I was in labour as he had an excuse for speeding, well he missed his chance I was in mum's car and he was following (not speeding) and of course we passed a cop car .

We arrived at hospital and I jumped straight in the bath, at 4am contractions became stronger and I needed the gas, at around 6am I felt like I started to get the urge to push so they checked to see how far dialated I was.Turned out only 5cm I was completely shattered. I then jumped into the shower and the contractions became really nasty and very painful in my back the gas did nothing and the hot water was doing nothing I was almost crying saying I couldn't handle the pain and was really ready to give in and go for something stronger. DF was fantastic in supporting me, He kept telling me I didn't need anything stronger, I could do it, I was doing a great job and he was proud of me.

At 7:30 am the contractions became even worse and I had sucked the small bottle of gas dry so they brought in this massive cylinder which looked like it would be taller then me! I had to laugh. I jumped back in the bath and as I did my mid wife that has been looking after me through out my pregnancy came in I was soooo happy to see her I wanted her to be there and so did she.

At 8am I had an even stronger urge to push so they let me go up on the bed and start pushing but nothing happend so they check me (very ouchy on my back) and I was only 7 cm and my cervix was still hard on one side and not dialating properly. For the next hour I had to breath through the contractions and try not to push even though the urge became stronger and stronger I have never experienced pain like that in my life. As I was on all fours I could see blood coming down my belly I was told that if I pushed my cervix would tear and thats what was causing the bleeding, If my cervix tore then I would have been rushed up to theater to be repaired and stop the bleeding. Then just before 9am I really really couldn't hold on and told them I had to push now! Allegra was coming down on her own now. I was allowed to push now, her head was born then I had to stop again as the cord was wrapped around her shoulders the cord was moved and I was allowed to continue. I remember what the burning was like with Cadence but this time around it was sooooo much worse!
Allegra was born at 9:04am she was very blue and not moving so the mid wives rubbed her to get her screaming took a bit but she got there she had a APGAR score of 8 then 9 which surprised me but I'm not complaining.

She was a big bubba 8lb 7oz 52cm long and head of 35cm labour was 7 1/2 hours long which is pretty good especially when she was back on back.
I am only a short girl and was told with my first born that 7lb 2oz was big enough for me so you can imagine everyones reaction when they hear how big she was.
I now feel like I can do anything after birthing such a big baby with just the gas and no stitches
Thank you for taking the time to read my birth story