Braden's birth story - pt. 5

The doctor left the room so that Sam and I could discuss whether we wanted to have her do that or not and when she came back in the room, she checked me again.  I told her I guess she could go ahead and strip the membranes and she looked up and said she already had.  I was like, "Oh...."  So, then we headed home and we fixed dinner.  By this time I wasn't feeling very well.  I ate maybe two bites of chicken.  After that, its a bit of a blur because I was sitting on the couch and all of a sudden my water broke....

I have to go off on a bit of a tangent here because there is some history about my water breaking.  Where I worked while I was in the Air Force there are always pregnant women.  Well, there had been a case or two of women going into labor while at work and this one, in particular, whose water broke and they had to dispose of the chair. Now usually there are two types of water breakage: gushers and seepers.  Well, I was just worried to death that that was going to happen to me!  All I could think of was that I would ruin a chair and then someone else would have to clean all of that yuck up!  I just nearly couldn't bear that thought.  I voiced my fear aloud to several ladies who had been pregnant before, some several times.  They assured me that when your water breaks its just kind of a gentle flow almost like you are going to the bathroom.  So, that calmed me down and I was fine for the most part.....

Ok, back to sitting on the couch.  I made it just in time to get to the bathtub before the deluge.  Yep, mine was a gusher!!!  Thank you, Lord, that you had me at home for that part! :)  So, thankfully, I didn't ruin a chair, but I did get one of the few preggo outfits I had super-duper wet.  (Also, it was right about time for doing a load of wash that I hadn't gotten to yet.)  After that, we knew, of course, we needed to get to the hospital.  Sam got some more clothes out for me and I changed and we got everything ready to go.  Sam loaded the Jeep up and we were just about to walk out the door when....  You guessed it.  Another deluge!!!  What?!  I thought once your water broke that was it and then you labored and out comes the baby....  Yeah, didn't know the water keeps coming even after the baby comes out! ;P  Silly me.  So, I made to the bathroom just in time again, but not to the tub.  Basically, it looked like a small flood in the bathroom.  The really bad part was that Sam had to come back later and clean it up.  What a wonderful guy!!!  So....