Due September 9, 2015, Harper Roan decided to come August 28th. That morning I awoke to feeling that I kind of had wet the bed. So I didn't really think anything about it because she had sat on my bladder the whole pregnancy and I'd had to go to the bathroom several times a night. So I just thought, great this is what the next couple weeks are going to be like. I mentioned it to Mat when he went back to bed and he asked if I was in labor and should we go to the hospital. I said no, I wasn't having any contractions so it wasn't labor. I had an appointment that morning anyway with my midwife so I went up to that with everyone and they said "oh yes, that is the amniotic fluid leaking. You are in labor. We need to monitor you and check on the baby. We can admit you to the hospital or you can do it here in the office." Since I'd spent so much time in the hospital for Gabriella's birth AFTER the contractions had started, I didn't want to go before I'd even felt any. So they monitored me and the baby was good.
So we went back home around 11 and by the time I was back in Naples, I was having contractions. Our friends came and picked up Brie early for her playdate to the beach. Mat and I walked around the block, I did a lot of yoga breathing and walking around the house in circles. The contractions were so painful that I decided I should have a shower. We should have gone to the hospital then. The shower was nice but the pain was so bad that I couldn't stand anymore. I kept putting off going to the hospital because I just didn't want to be there for a long time. But finally Mat told me the contractions were coming really close together and that we'd better leave now. It was a long drive back to Canandaigua. Didn't help that we got stuck behind a truck going really slow in a long no passing zone.
As Mat pulled into the hospital parking lot he asked if I could walk from a parking spot and I said no. So he pulled up in the ER drive up and we checked in. We hadn't been able to get a hold of our doctor's office so they weren't expecting us. They ER folks asked if I wanted a wheelchair. Mat said "no, Amie can walk" and I said "um, no, I'd really like the wheelchair." By the time we arrived in the labor and delivery unit to my room I pretty much undressed and put the gown on immediately because it seemed the right thing to do. As the labor nurse was getting some info from me, I was asking for an epidural but she said there wasn't time for it. Mat asked if he should go move the van and he was told that he'd better stick around or he'd miss the birth. The midwife on call, Jenn Orcott, showed up and Harper Roan was born about 15 minutes after that at 3:32 weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces.
Gabriella spent the night at her friend, Payton's and they all came the next day to meet Harper. She loved her at first sight and still does.
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