Tim and I headed to Mesa late on Thursday, January 12th for an early maternity photo shoot on Friday morning, then pedicures and massages, then dinner with friends and a Suns game to celebrate Tim's upcoming 30th birthday. Saturday was my baby shower and Sunday was golf for Tim and breakfast with Julie for me.
However, at 5:00 am Friday, all of our plans would need to be cancelled and our lives would be forever changed!
I woke up and got out of bed to use the restroom. I made it three steps into the hallway, and noticed that my pants were wet. I couldn't figure out how I had wet myself, then noticed that both legs of my pants were completely soaked, as was the floor. I called for Tim... who promptly told me he didn't want to get up yet, then I told him I thought my water broke. He jumped out of bed, came into the hallway and saw all of the water, still gushing out of me. We waited a couple of minutes, I changed pants, then headed to the other end of the house to tell my parents we were headed to the hospital.
Tim lined the car seat with towels and we headed to the nearest hospital- Banner Gateway in Gilbert. Upon arrival, we were taken to triage where we were told that the "water" didn't test as amniotic fluid, even though the nurse was sure that is what it was (as was I!). They had to run the test four times before it finally came back positive and we were admitted at about 6:30 am.
I lasted about three hours before getting the epidural. Because my water broke, I had to be induced, and the pain was pretty bad! By 3:00 pm, I was only 3cm dialated. Then, I quickly went to four, then six, then eight, then nine and a half, then ten! By 4:40, it was time to start pushing!
52 minutes later Natalie was born!
