Chapter Three - From Hotel Room to Hospital Room
Kim's discussion with the doctor established that her water had most likely broken, and that we should make our way to the nearest hospital in a swift, yet smooth manner. He didn't say it, but I think he meant like gazelles gracefully galloping across the serene savannas of Sub-Saharan Africa. He also added that we would want to find out if that hospital delivered babies. Did he think we would be asking about the other services they provided?
We decided that it would be good for someone to know that we had left to go to the hospital, but we were unsure whom we should tell. At this point, we were not sure if we were going to have the baby or if it was going to be your typical trip to the hospital in the middle of the night with a pregnant lady. We decided not to wake the bride from her beauty sleep on the night before her wedding, and Kim's parents were at an RV resort several miles away. So, we/I decided to call Kim's brother, Kevin. We had our nephew's booster seat in our room, and they would need it if they decided to go anywhere. So, the call served two purposes. He came out to meet us, and wished us luck as we headed off to the unknown.
The hospital was not very far away, maybe four point three miles, or so. I had been timing contractions1 since Kim got off the phone with the doctor. The first few came about five minutes apart, which according to our Preparing for Child Birth class means it is time to get to the hospital. The short drive to the hospital took enough time for about four contractions. They were coming anywhere from three to four minutes apart at this point, and the stoplights weren't helping.
So, we roll up in the Emergency Room at about 1:45 AM, an hour after Kim woke up "leaking". As we walk in, the young guy at the desk, who was on his cell phone, probably spittin' game to his lady, says something like, "Oh. Hold up. I've got to call you back." He asks Kim how far along she is, and upon her saying almost thirty-six weeks, he gives us this wide-eyed, you-can-not-be-here look, puts Kim in a wheelchair, and wheels us through some corridors to an unknown destination.
- back It's probably worth noting that at this point Kim and I were not completely sure that what she was experiencing were contractions. See, we have never had a baby, and everything you hear about labor is how excruciating the pain is. You see women on TV sweating, screaming, cussing at their husbands, and such. That was what we were waiting for. Kim was just experiencing, in her words, "bad menstrual cramps, but nothing horrible."
Labels: baby, birthStory, travel
posted by Shannon Smith @ 6/15/2007
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You are great with cliff hanger endings!
tease
aaahem...not finished yet.
I wonder how it ends...
Geez!
shannon, if you weren't such a good writer you wouldn't be having all this pressure! i think you should make a hard copy of these posts and keep it forever and ever.
unlike my husband, i know how the story ends... so i'll stop by comments there ;)
i bet it ends with a baby. i'm just throwing that out there though. i could be wrong personally i am hoping it ends with a puppy, but i'm not sure that's going to work out.
Why don't you just go ahead and finish the story? I mean, what's the hold-up? In the last chapter you said you'd finish the story! thanx a lot!
The comment before was from me, bethany, I guess I was so mad,I forgot
We're waiting Shannon...
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