At 3:20 PM on August 4, 2010, Angie had a hard contraction and they were immediately about a minute apart. Todd loaded up the boys into the van, grabbed the cell phone and told Angie that she would eventually have to get into the van! After a couple minutes she made it in the side door. Todd drove through the beginning of rush hour traffic, trying to get to the General Hospital as quick as possible while calling the Dr. and parents, arranging for someone to meet us there to look after the kids, and listening to crying kids and a wife howling in pain. Arrived at the hospital at 3:40. Got strangers to help look after the kids, grabbed a wheelchair for Angie who was laying on the sidewalk outside the hospital, wheeled her up to the labour/birth area, looked after the kids, met Grandpa, and back to the delivery room just in time for the baby to come out at 3:59 PM! Third time's a charm...a little girl...Araya Hope.
Truan Just took 1 hour from water break to being out...Trustin Emmanuel was 3 hours. Araya Hope...40 minutes. Never thought the 1 hour record would be beat. Wow.
Dr. Miller indicated all went well for mom and baby, and we could head home that night if we wanted. We wanted. Discharged by 9:30 PM. We've got this down to a 6 hour science now (he he). But seriously, it was nice to be home for the first night.
