Saturday, September 25, 2010

Ready or Not!

This is how my morning started four years ago:

4:30 am  Wake up and go to the bathroom.  Man I wish this kid would quit kicking my bladder.

4:45 am  Toss and turn.  Maybe I'll be more comfortable on this side.

4:50 am  No, it was more comfortable over on the other side.  Seriously, can my belly get any bigger?  Crap, did I just trickle a little? 

4:52 am  No, I don't think that was a trickle, I just emptied my bladder.

4:54 am  It's got to be a trickle,  I'm not even 36 weeks along yet.

4:55 am   Wake up Ronnie...  You may not want to go on that out and back today.  I may have peed myself, but I may not have.  No, we're not going to the hospital; I have an appointment at 8:30. 

5:00 am   Morning mom!   How do you know if your water broke?  No it wasn't a gush, it just felt like I peed my pants a little.  Okay, I'll go to the hospital.  No not right now, I'm going to get something to eat and take a shower. 

7:00 am   Wake up Holly, time to go to school.

7:30 am   Hey, I'm heading to the hospital, so my friends Jamie and/or Tonya may pick up Holly today.  No, I'm not in labor, but I may be later on.  We'll call you and let you know what's going on. 

9:30 am  Well, Ms. Oliver, I see what I think may be amniotic fluid, but it's not for sure.  Why don't you walk around the hospital a bit and come back when you think it's trickled again.  -- Okay doc, but after trying to get up, I think I just trickled.  -- Yep, that's what we're looking for.  Nurse, go ahead and admit her, we're going to have a baby today!

And after getting hooked up to the juice, we did just that.  Sarah Elizabeth came into this world at 2:40 pm.  She surprised us all by getting here so quickly; even my OB didn't get there in time and she just works a block away!  

Happy Birthday my sweet Sarah-lara!  We love you! 

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