The Arrival of Elizabeth (Part 1)

The 911 Communications Center, Friday, July 21, 2017 at 04:30. All is quiet. The admin line rings and is for me. Sarah is 2 days away from her due date.

The following transcript is written to the best of my recollection and partially (like 30-35%) fabricated.

"This is Mike"

"Hey, I think my water broke, but I'm not sure. It wasn't a lot." - Sarah

"Okay, does your back still hurt?" - Me

"Yeah, a lot." - Sarah

"What do you want to do?" - Me

"I'm not sure. What  do you think?" - Sarah

"Well if you aren't having contractions yet and your not sure about your water breaking then maybe we should hold off for a bit. Wouldn't want to have to be in the hospital for hours again for nothing. We live like 2 minutes away." - Me

"True. Okay." - Sarah

*Click* (probably some "I love you's" in there)

About an hour passes and the phone rings again. It's for me. I know it is time to leave.

"This is Mike."

"Hey my water definitely just broke." - Sarah

"How far apart are your pains?" - Me (like I know what I'm talking about)

"About 5 minutes. Maybe less." - Sarah

"Let's go." - Me

I got clearance from the boss to leave work and immediately headed home to pick up the now contracting wife. It was time to go to the hospital.

She somehow puts up with me.

Doctor says she is in labor. Exciting!

Unfortunately it will be a while. She is going to hurt me.

All hooked up and ready to go!

While Sarah is sleeping I was able to get some breakfast...a cookie and a Monster. I call it Cookie Monster. She was not happy to see me eating (she wasn't allowed to).

After about 8 hours it was finally time to push. Her doctor was even able to make it for the delivery. (It was her day off)

With the assistance of Dr. Gilham, Nurse Iforgothername, and Myself (hey, I held a leg alright?) Sarah was able to bring Elizabeth into the world in about an hour. Not bad for a first time! I even got to cut the cord, but those images are not exactly appropriate for this post.

World, meet Elizabeth. Elizabeth, meet world.

Happy momma.

Elizabeth Josephine Davis

She's pretty cool I guess.

She is not particularly pleased to be poked and prodded. She used to have the good life.

Nurse Wendy with Elle's foot imprint.

Just needed Dad to calm her down....she may have already been like this.

It's amazing how you can love someone so much that you have just met. She's not particularly good at verbalizing it, but I'd like to think she feels the same way.

Stick around for Part 2, when the family comes to visit!