My family couldn't even find me in the water for about 5 minutes. It was 7 minutes before I got out.
To be clear, that wasn't holding my breath that long, I was churning in the water, so my head peaked up occasionally and I gasped, but I also swallowed a lot of water.
I really thought I was going to die drowning. I had a 1 year old daughter at home and hated myself for taking such an unnecessary risk.