I’ve always gone into spontaneous labor. Thea at 40 weeks. Nathan at 41. Zoe at 41+4… (where one castor oil smoothie + membrane sweep sent me into transition and she was born in under 2 hours). So I assumed it would happen again. But with the twins? I was 38 weeks + 5 days and 7 cm dilated with no contractions. Just weeks of prodromal labor and a body that was clearly ready but not actually going. And because I wanted my home birth, I needed to help things along. So I tried everything: Castor oil smoothie → nothing Second smoothie → still nothing Membrane sweep → now 8 cm but still no active labor At that point, we made the call to break baby A’s waters. And ✨ finally ✨ my body kicked into gear. 5 hours later, both boys were in my arms. And fun fact? Dash was born in his bag of waters! #laboranddelivery #pregnantwithtwins #monoditwins #homebirth #homebirthmama