I never thought the day would come! 6 days late and many wimpy contractions later, I finally went into labor yesterday! I had contractions all day and around 2:00am when they were 5 minutes apart we headed to the hospital. By the time we got there, they were definantly closer but I was only 2cm dialated so they wouldn't admit me! All I wanted was my epidural but apparently you can't have that until 4cm....I was not happy as you can imagine! So the plan was to make me walk around for an hour once the baby monitor was doing whatever they wanted it to. 15 minutes later and still not admitted and sitting in a bed in the waiting area room I told them...well yelled really...that I needed drugs right then, it felt like I had peed myself and I was pushing him out. Haha. That got their attention...they checked and I was aall the way dialated and the baby was coming out! 2cm-10cm in 15 minutes! They were shocked! Unfortunately they can't give any drugs once you're that far! Not what I wanted to hear!! They wheeled me to a real room, with me pushing the whole way! My midwife showed up just in time....3 pushes and he was out! 3:27am May 12. We had been at the hospital less than an hour and still weren't admitted! I can't believe how fast it went!! All I have to say is I will never willingly do this without drugs again!!!! Haha. Samuel is absolutely perfect! Nathaniel doesn't quite get it but seemed happy to see a baby....wait until he realizes we're keeping him! I told him to kiss Sammy and he kissed my belly. Haha. We put tons of pictures on our website www.portfam.com Enjoy!