July 2
I was sitting on the couch watching cartoons with Arleigh, not feeling real great but not really being able to explain what was wrong. Then all of a sudden I knew something wasn't right so I went to wake Jeramie up to take me to the hospital, he had only been home from work for 2 hours. I didn't think I was going to have a baby that day but I needed to go get checked out. We left the house with nothing but ourselves. We dropped Arleigh off at 10:30 at my mom and dad's house and headed for the hospital. As we were on our way I began to feel some contractions about 5 minutes apart, not too bad. After the lady asked us way to many questions at the admissions desk (and I ruined her chair) we were put in a room to wait. They sent in a ultrasound tech to see what might be going on, I remember her saying to me "Are they going to let you go today?" She could so my contractions were getting closer and more intense. After she left I told my nurse these contractions are getting worse and are about three minutes apart. The nurse in a very patronizing tone, patted my arm and said "oh, I know." At about noon I told Jeramie to let my mom and dad know we still don't know what is going on. We hadn't seen a doctor and I don't think the nurse realized how fast my contractions were coming. At about 12:15 I had to call the nurse in 'cause I had to go to the bathroom and needed her help getting the monitors off and wheeling my IV stand. As she was helping walk I had yet another contrition! This time she just let me and ran out of the room. When she returned she said she called the doctor to get permission to check me. So when she finally checked me, I was at
9 1/2!!!
Now it was time to get to the labor room, looks like I was having a baby!! Let's just say everything happened very quickly after that!! Ashton was born at 1:00!! I don't think any of our family was able to make it to the hospital before he was born. Although 5 weeks early he was a very healthy little boy!
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