Morning ladies, quick update, I went into MAU on mon night around 9pm as tightenings/ cramps had really racked up a notch. When they checked my I was 3cm dilated & BP was up, so they admitted me straight to delivery suite. I was on constant monitoring due to being a VBAC, by 4am had only gotten to 3/4 cm dilated so they decided to break my waters, after that contractions ramped up to about 3/4 in 10 min & got very intense, at 10am I was 6/7cm dilated. Around 11:30/12 noon I was finding that the contractions were really coming on top of one another & I was finding it difficult to deal with the pain, also getting the urge to push with each one, so MW said she would check before we decided what pain medication to opt for. I was 9.5/10cm & cervix was thin. MW said usually at that point recommended leaving contractions go for an hour before beginning to push, baby likely to arrive 2hrs after that! I almost cried could not last another 3hrs. Told her was finding it difficult not to push! Then she changed her mind & said push if u need to, so I started pushing with contractions, pain was truly horrendous but MW said she could see baby coming. So after roughly 1hr pushing Cillian Jones was born at 13:13pm, weighing 7lbs 11oz. I'm very bruised & needed quite a few stitches, but delighted with my VBAC on gas & air & delighted with our little man. X