9:00 Get call from her first dad (Dad B) who says she's having contraction after contraction and could we go over there... and oh yeah, her mom isn't there to care for the kids. We call my parents and ask to put them on standby to take X and C.
9:20 Get to her home, see that Mom J is definitely in labor, help get kids ready, call parents to have them meet us at hospital, get everyone in car, drive as fast as possible to the hospital... without getting in an accident or pulled over at least.
9:40 I drop her and my hubby off at the building, then call parents to see where they're at. They just left home so it'll be 20ish minutes till they get there. Rather than keep two little ones occupied in a parking lot, I drove over to McD's to get the kids some breakfast. Upon returning to the hospital, I met up with my parents, gave them X and C and a car seat, the few diapers we still had in the car from an earlier trip to the zoo and got up to Labor and Delivery as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, my hubby and Mom J had gotten checked in. They didn't think she really looked in labor until they checked her at 10... 6cm dilated... Yep, this was happening and in a hurry.
10:40 I arrived in her room and she was doing great. They checked her and she was around a 9. They decided to break her water and prepare for baby. Once her waters broke, she was definitely feeling much more pressure and was much more uncomfortable... and yet she hardly made a noise. The only way you really knew was by watching her face.
11:20 Mom J began to feel like she was about there. The midwife agreed and she was told she could start pushing. I remember looking at the clock wondering if she would give birth by 11:30 or if it would take longer. Unknown to me Mom J had it in her head that she wanted to give birth before noon.
11:42 after a short while of pushing, much encouraging, lots of pain, AJ was born. She was born face up and with a decent sized head... basically one of the harder ways to give birth. Mom J did amazingly! I'm not sure after watching her, and knowing that we are hoping I will get pregnant soon, that I want to go through all that like her. She did it relatively drug free, such a strong woman!
Around 3 we were moved upstairs to the Mother Baby unit. They were trying to get us a second room so Mom J had her own space and we had our own space. But as it turns out, God decided for it to be a busy day at the hospital... and it couldn't have worked out better had we tried! We spent the next 40+ hours sharing a room with Mom J, talking, laughing, sharing, enjoying the new baby, introducing family, watching movies, painting toenails, eating, talking more and sharing care of AJ.
It felt like a partnership, like a growing friendship, not like some awkward relationship only conceived because of the baby.
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