Here's my perspective:
Ada's due date (August 12) had come and gone. Since we knew most first babies come late and there was no way to know when Ada would make her appearance, I had been working like normal last week at Mosaic. I had worked some on emails and returning phone calls, and had coordinated with Don on all the things that needed to happen that day to keep getting ready for the weekend's grand opening of Mosaic's new building.
I was walking into Home Depot to rent a jam saw so that Tim Brosnan and I could work on some flooring when my phone began to vibrate in my pocket. I saw that it was Kim, and I tried to not get too excited. I had been excited every time she had called me for a week thinking that was the call, and it never was. "Hello," I answered. "Hey baby, I think my water just broke and they want to see me at the Dr's office right away." Somehow I navigated out of the Home Depot and the Home Depot parking lot, and was home in 2 or 3 minutes. I was still trying to keep my excitement in check, since we weren't sure whether Kim's water had broke or not and since we had started to think the baby would never come.
Once we arrived at the Dr's office, it felt like forever before they called us back. I remember thinking it was weird to make a couple who might be having a baby wait while other women there for routine checkups or in earlier stages of pregnancy kept getting called back. But I'd soon discover that nothing happens too fast with labor or delivery, and that everyone but us knew we had plenty of time. Once we made it back to see Dr. Hooi she quickly ascertained that yes, Kim's water had broken, and that she was one and a half centimeters dilated. She told us that she would call the hospital to let them know that we were coming, and that Kim would be treated by Dr. Cosentino - a man from her group that was on call for that day and night. Dr. Hooi told us that we would love him and that he was a great Dr. to have.
We'd find out real soon just how right she was.
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ahhhh....this is like a suspense novel :). i love hearing L&D stories, and it sounds like you and Kim have a great one to tell. Congrats again on the privilege of being parents to beautiful Ada. You're probably already doing this, but keep reminding Kim that she's doing a great job and is a wonderful mommy. I just remember I needed to hear that often in the midst of fumbling around in the land of exhausted new parenthood. Ada is blessed to have you both as her parents.
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