Not quick enough
Well, I took too long. Emilee just woke up so I have some time now to fill you in on the experience.
This morning at 3 am, Tina's water broke, she wasn't sure her water had broken, so she went back to bed. (I am grateful for that!) I got up around 6:30 when Andrew got up, and I took him downstairs to allow Tina to get more sleep. I started making a big breakfast of hashbrowns, bacon, eggs, toast, ... Just then Tina came downstairs and said she had talked to the doctor and he suggested she come in to the hospital just to be checked.
Well, sure enough, her water had broke, so now we were stuck in the hospital for the long haul. (There went my breakfast.) The only problem was Tina hadn't had any contractions yet, and didn't think they would be starting anytime soon. Thank goodness for modern medication.
In a few hours she was having contractions, but things were progressing slowly. At 3:30 pm things looked like they were going slow, so I went home to make a few phone calls, and pick up a few things. A few minutes after I got home, Tina called, and said she was having the urge to push, and would like me to return to the hospital. Not even one minute later she called to see if I had left yet, and since I hadn't, she told me she felt like the baby was hanging out. So I jumped in the car, and high tailed it to the hospital.
I pulled into the parking lot at 4:22, and Emilee was born at 4:29. When I got to the room, the doctor, and nurses were all in the room just waiting for me to arrive.
Emilee and Tina are doing really well. Emilee has been sleeping, which has also given Tina the opportunity to get much needed rest. All of the nurses checks have been good, and Tina got to change her first new baby diaper. For those who don't know the first few diapers are full of a tar like substance, and I figured if I did those first few that should absolve me of changing stinky diapers later. It didn't work for Andrew or Maren, so I thought I would let Tina take this one if I was still going to have to change other stinky diapers.
This morning at 3 am, Tina's water broke, she wasn't sure her water had broken, so she went back to bed. (I am grateful for that!) I got up around 6:30 when Andrew got up, and I took him downstairs to allow Tina to get more sleep. I started making a big breakfast of hashbrowns, bacon, eggs, toast, ... Just then Tina came downstairs and said she had talked to the doctor and he suggested she come in to the hospital just to be checked.
Well, sure enough, her water had broke, so now we were stuck in the hospital for the long haul. (There went my breakfast.) The only problem was Tina hadn't had any contractions yet, and didn't think they would be starting anytime soon. Thank goodness for modern medication.
In a few hours she was having contractions, but things were progressing slowly. At 3:30 pm things looked like they were going slow, so I went home to make a few phone calls, and pick up a few things. A few minutes after I got home, Tina called, and said she was having the urge to push, and would like me to return to the hospital. Not even one minute later she called to see if I had left yet, and since I hadn't, she told me she felt like the baby was hanging out. So I jumped in the car, and high tailed it to the hospital.
I pulled into the parking lot at 4:22, and Emilee was born at 4:29. When I got to the room, the doctor, and nurses were all in the room just waiting for me to arrive.
Emilee and Tina are doing really well. Emilee has been sleeping, which has also given Tina the opportunity to get much needed rest. All of the nurses checks have been good, and Tina got to change her first new baby diaper. For those who don't know the first few diapers are full of a tar like substance, and I figured if I did those first few that should absolve me of changing stinky diapers later. It didn't work for Andrew or Maren, so I thought I would let Tina take this one if I was still going to have to change other stinky diapers.
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