my water broke on my 21st birthday at 8pm April 23,2015 went to the hospital by 10pm, dilated to 4cm by that time, 3/4am came I was at a 9, Waited for just a little, and my gorgeous little boy was here at 5:02 am April 24,2015 !!!!! This is my first baby & I pushed all of maybe 10/15 mins and no tears or rips !! I'm so blessed !! I had an amazing experience minus the contractions those are something else!!!! The epidural helped a lot SERIOUSLY, but I was up & moving the same day, feeling like myself. :-)