I didn’t know that I was in labour because I had so much Braxton Hicks from 20 weeks on that it didn’t really occur to me that the contractions were actual contractions. And my early labour became active labour pretty instantly. Like there was nothing and then suddenly I had contractions two minutes apart. I was…

I’ve had two babies and my water broke both times. The second time, it was a huge gush, JUST like the movies. So, it does happen.

You’re right, “not all but some” and I was that “some” seven weeks ago. I took all the hospital classes, studied the Bradley method, watched several different birth stories, etc and it still did not prepare me for how everything went down at all. And shit went down fast. Three days before my due date I went to bed at…