09/13/08 T+3Days

09.13.08
T +3 Days
6:00am

Got up early today to go into work to finish up all the stuff that I have to normally do on a Monday and prepare for the rest of the week since it looks like Monday is a real good possibility for us to start the delivery process. I am going to come home when I am finished and help LA clean. Everyone tells me to watch out for the LA nesting because when she starts nesting you are going to have a baby. I don’t think it applies to planned cleaning because you have a scheduled induction, so this won’t count. I am going to come home and help out – because I am nice like that. I will vacuum and mop the floors because I am anal about them anyway and whatever else LA wants me to do. LA is going shopping with Heather and Emmy today to buy Emmy pants. I am sure LA is going to bring something home. I am expecting she will come home with hands full but not knowing what we are having is playing on my side. I am calling it a spending limiter.
I haven't been able to post anything because the hospital did not have internet. I was shocked. I thought it was a given that a hospital would have internet access especially, if they could charge 10 times more that it cost. Here what happened:
8:15pm

Just got home from dinner with Tim, Arlette, and Jack at Yokoso’s Japanese steakhouse. LA says her stomach is not feeling well like she might have eaten too much. Read the earlier post about McCrady’s with Tim and Arlette. What is it about eating dinner with them that make’s LA not feel good? Anyway, I got a lesson on parenting while at dinner. The family sharing the table with us was interesting to say the least. Evidently, four letter words spoken in sentences directly to his son or used in normal conversations with the wife is acceptable. It is also evidently acceptable to drink multiple mixed drinks and be loud and to not buy the birthday cupcake and drums for the wife’s birthday because $6 could be used for another drink. I’ve got a lot to learn about this parenting thing.

8:45pm

We have changed into our comfy clothes and are just getting settled in for the rest of the evening watching the USC/ Ohio St game. LA thinks her water has broken but it didn’t come gushing out like some friends had told her. She asked me what I thought it was…I don’t know but I do know it’s not normal. Her stomach is really hard – must be contractions. It’s time to start counting and timing them. We decide there’s no need to be in a hurry, so LA got a shower. We will monitor the situation and call the doctor after the shower. I knew Dr. K would be on call but I wasn’t sure if LA did. Dr. K called and recommended that we head to the hospital. LA is having contractions every 3-4 minutes and they are lasting about 45 – 60 seconds.

I was in the middle of doing a Sunday school lesson. I called Jenn Williams and asked her to cover for me. She is awesome. Told her not to spread the word because this could be a water haul and us be back at the house in a few hours.

10:30pm

We’ve made it to the hospital – Summerville Med. I was nervous when I saw all the cars and people in the ER (which is where you check in after hours and on weekends). I didn’t want to get caught up in all that mess. We bypassed all that and were taken directly to the delivery floor and LA was connected to a machine to monitor contractions and the baby’s heartbeat. LA first exam had her at 3.5cm which is good…we’re making progress.

11:55pm

The nurse told us that we were not going home. It looks like we are going to be having a baby in the next 12 to 24 hours. It was time to call the support staff – Wesley(because he always finds out last, according to him) and the Grandparents. It looks like Wesley is going to be able to see the new baby after all – He is leaving to go out of town on Tuesday.