I recieved a call from Mariah at 6 pm stating she had just talked with D who thought her bag of waters was broken. D and Mariah thought maybe it was her mucas plug. I called her to appologize for missing her text. After talking with her for a few minutes I thought I should stop by on my way the primary midwife's son's wedding reception. So I got my prenatal bag and stopped by a graduation party to drop off the gift. about 3 minutes from D's house her husband J called and asked where I was. I knew something serious must be going on. You always run when the dad calls. When I arrived, at about 6:45 7pm, D was working hard with her surges. I checked the water running down her legs and no surprise it was positive for amniotic fluid. Then we checked her. D was 6 to 7 cm opened and 100% thin. Baby was very low. I knew it wouldn't be to long before we had a baby!! I called Mariah and told her to HURRY! Then sent my husband for my birth gear and a change of clothes. D got in the bath while I set up for the birth. D was doing beautifully with her hypnobabies and J was amazing just knowing what to do for her and when. I talked with about about what he wanted to do. He was all in. Anything we would let him do!! D labored in the prayer position most of the time. Mariah arrived about 8:15 and right around 9:30 pm D began to push with her surges. After about 40 min of pushing we changed positions. J was holding her leg in a side lying position. Mariah and I had decided early on that if D made it 10 pm, without having the baby, that S should be done with her son's wedding and we would call her. So at 10:15 we made the call. S said the timing could not be more perfect!! She came in a flash! S arrived just as we were seeing more and more of the baby's head with each push. It was beautiful. The whole time I was praying for Father to help me chill and let everything happen as it should, but also to let me know if I needed to do something for her. We had J start putting a warm compress on her perineum. His grin was from ear to ear. Every time D pushed and we saw more and more head he would encourage D with such enthusiasm! Then came the time that J and I needed to support her perineum and top of her birth canal. Baby was on his way!! She pushed really slow allowing herself to stretch. Then at 11:09 baby's head came out into daddy's hands. I checked for a cord, no cord. Then came baby's body. I helped daddy rock baby's body out and up out of the water. The look on his face was priceless. D was ecstatic to finally have the baby out. Then we had dad check what it was. It was a BOY!!! Placenta came just a few minutes later. Baby latched so perfectly. J was there through it all, and was so attentive even during suturing. One of my favorite births.
