I have been all talk this whole year about "planned c section this" and "planned c section that" which was scheduled 10.06 (at 7:45 to be exact). With my first delivery being a long and difficult one, I was looking forward to skipping all the contractions and heading straight for the operating room.
Chris and Thea gave me a solo weekend for Labor Day weekend as that was probably going to be my last alone time for a while. They went up north and came back on Monday. So when I started having contractions every 8 minutes on Monday night, I was worried that something was wrong because I was only 35 weeks along. We went to the hospital where I was admitted overnight for observation and released at 8 that next morning. I was still having contractions but my cervix wasn't dialating so I was just supposed to rest.
It was about 4 o'clock when the contractions were stronger and about 5 minutes apart. Chris dropped my off at the hospital at 4:30 so he could pick up Thea from pre school. I get checked in, they see what my cervix is doing and tell me it is a "4" so I am off to have this baby. WHAT???? I call Chris and tell him and he makes it just in the nick of time to be in the operating room. He was able to arrange a cousin to come over to watch Thea, call all the family, etc in about 30 minutes. It was amazing! At 6:21 p.m. we welcomed Levi Christopher Quint into our family!
