17:00
I was lying on the couch at home watching
mindless television in complete relaxation when I decided I want to get a
drink. I stood up and ‘peed my pants’ a little…how embarrassing, right? Well, I
was home alone so no one had to find out. I laid back down and when I got back
up 10 minutes later, it happened again. Either my bladder had COMPLETELY failed
me or my water had just broken. It being my first pregnancy and not at ALL like
the movies where a pool of liquid bursts to the floor, I wasn’t expecting to
really be going into labor a WHOLE MONTH EARLY (I was 35 + 6 weeks at this
point). Kyle was not answering his phone so I called the OB nurse who said it’d
be best to just go to the hospital to get checked even if the likelihood was
low. My TriCare referral for delivery had not yet been processed so she sent in
an emergency referral. Kyle called me back and after explaining the whole
situation, he suggested I just meet him at the hospital as he was already
halfway there…boys. I said it’d probably be best for him to come home and drive
together in the off chance that I in fact was about to go into labor.
18:30
We arrive at St. Josefs Medicum and go straight
to the labor and delivery ward. As I lay down for the exam I feel a little
silly for suggesting my water has broken so early and am ready for them to laugh
at me for peeing my pants. She checks my “mother mouth” (gross German translation for
cervix) and whoosh goes a gallon of
fluid. You’re welcome for that visual.
The midwife tells us to go downstairs and
register, because we’re havin’ a baby! So now this is the last picture I have
of me pregnant:
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| It's official! |
21:00
When we were all registered and ready to go, the
doctor on duty casually mentioned I was not legally allowed to deliver the baby
in the next 3 hours because he wasn’t yet 36 weeks and the Medicum did not have
a Kinder Klink (NICU). Thankfully he held out for another 42 hours…
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