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Jon mentioned that I'd give a more detailed account of our morning. So, here's the slightly-longer-than-Jon's version of what happened. I woke up around 2 or so with contractions. I had three contractions before I decided to get up (I was hoping to slow down labor by lying down since it was really early and I didn't want to wake up our neighbor that early). When I got up Jon woke up and I told him I was having contractions. I hadn't timed them yet, so I wasn't sure if it was time to go to the hospital. I had two more contractions and they were two minutes apart, then my water broke. That's when I turned around and told Jon that we had to go to the hospital right away. (From experience, when my water breaks the baby is born within minutes.) So, I called our neighbor and Jon called Labor & Delivery. Then, we got in the car and when we got to the hospital I felt my first urge to push while I was changing. They got the ER doctor up to my room super quick and within three pushes she was born. Her head crowned on the second push, and then on the third her whole body just slipped out with her head (as opposed to waiting to push so they could suction out her nose and mouth) and totally surprised the doctor. Anyway, there's the story. We came home today ... I just have a hard time staying away from my family for too long; I was missing being at home around everyone. And, we're both doing really well. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers.(Oh, in case you're wondering ... our camera is currently being repaired, so all the pictures we have are stills that we've taken with our camcorder, so they are a little blurry. We'll get our camera back tomorrow so we'll take some "better" pictures of everyone with our new little addition and post them soon.)
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I'm glad you made it to the hospital!! That was close, you know! :) I'm especially glad that you and your baby are healthy and well.