My Labor and Delivery Story (Part 1)

It was 1:00 AM on April 29 that I woke up to pee. I had some bloody show again but my water bag was still intact. I was already at 40 weeks and 3 days by this time.

I couldn't get back to sleep as I felt uncomfortable due to abdominal pains.
I felt some mild contractions that were still irregular.
I used my contraction timer app to check the interval. I was still in denial at this point that I did not woke G up. I did not sleep, instead I just checked my hospital bag, prepared our pocket money for the hospital bill, ate some snacks and just waited for the time.

By 6:00 AM G woke up. I told him I was having contractions but not yet strong enough for us to go to the hospital. I told him that we can wait for my ob's clinic to open (I had false labor a week ago which costed almost 2k for the prelabor room so I wanted to be sure already). At this point I was actually uncomfortable already. I tried to do some breathing techniques to manage the pain and it did work on some point but sometimes I needed to stop still and just wait for it to pass.

We arrived at The Medical City around 7:00 AM and decided to have breakfast first at Pancake House since Dra Rivera's clinic starts at 9:00 AM

The Pancake House. Excited for our little girl

Upon arrival at my ob's clinic, she performed an IE and said I was already at 2cm and 70% effaced. She confirmed that I was already in labor (yey!). We immediately went to the pre labor room. I was asked to change to a hospital gown. Remove all my clothes, jewelry and glasses. The resident ob monitored my contractions then informed my ob. When my ob gave the go signal the midwife gave the enema (hate this part). After a few minutes I felt stomach pains like I had a bad case of diarrhea. I really hated this part! Aside from the discomfort, I felt so ashamed that it wasn't discreet. I think everyone outside the restroom heard my ordeal hehe.
When I was done I was then escorted to the labor room. Time check: 10:30 AM

Last selfie before meeting Isabelly