What An Entrance!

People look at me funny when they ask to see a picture of the room where Zachary was born and I show them a photo of a bathroom.

At 4:00 AM on May 29th, Sarah started having contractions. At 4:30 she called her doctor to find out if she should head to the hospital or not. At 4:45 she woke me up to tell me that she was waiting to hear back from the doctor and that we might need to head to the hospital soon. So I got up and started getting ready, shaving, etc., while Sarah got her final things together. Around 5:15 we got in the car and began the 30 minute drive to the hospital, Sarah’s pain increasing more and more as we went. About 5:40 we arrived at the hospital, and I asked if we should park or if I should drop her off. “Drop me off!” she said with more urgency than I was anticipating. So I dropped her off and parked as quickly as possible. When I entered, to my relief I saw her being wheeled in a wheelchair. We finally made it to our room and Sarah used the restroom and then changed her clothes. Sarah answered the nurse’s three questions and added “I’d also like to have an epidural.” “No problem,” the nurse replied. The nurse left the room, leaving me and Sarah alone. Sarah used the restroom again and suddenly she yelled to me, with a panic I have never heard come out of her, “Husband, get someone, QUICK!!!!” Picking up that something might be wrong (and being dreadfully hijacked by my amygdala) I responded, “But Baby, I don’t want to leave you alone!” “GET SOMEONE NOWWWW!!!” she yelled. So I did. The nurses read the panic on my face and were right behind me rushing back into the restroom. One of them must have already had rubber gloves on, or she had superhuman glove-putting-on speed. A nurse and I helped Sarah up off of the toilet, attempting to get her to the bed. One problem: there was already a baby’s head showing! It was followed a second later by a baby’s whole head, and finally the whole body, dangling over the toilet in the hands of the nurse! That was 5:48 AM, less than ten minutes after we arrived at the hospital.

What an entrance you made, Zachary Drake, and what a mama you have to give birth like that!

Here is a video of me interviewing Joshua about his new baby brother:



You can see photos of Zack's first day here.