Jarod's speedy delivery

January 20th began as any other day. The contractions started about 9:30 in the morning at kept coming. After a week of false labor I was so glad that they didn't stop!! At 9 that evening I told Bill that we should probably head to the hospital because we live 30 minutes away from the hospital where we had planned on delivering. We got there at 9:30 and the nurses began monitoring the contractions. At about 10:50 the nurse comes in after talking to the doctor and said since I was only at almost a 4 to go home, take tylenol and go to bed. Come back if anything changes. Well, to make a long story short, we got home at 11:30 went to bed and then I woke up at a little after one in the morning with contractions and decided to stay up to see if they would get harder and faster. After folding laundry, cleaning the kitchen and having a shower I woke up Bill because the contractions were finally 4-5 min. apart like the nurses told us. He got up and dressed went to start the car and by the time he came back in the contractions were now 1-2 minutes apart. Then the baby started to crown. What else was there to do than call 911? With the help of the emergency operator Bill began to get prepared to deliver the baby. He looked so relieved when a female police officer came!!! And then the paramedics got to the house, they insisted that I try to get on the gurney but I kept telling them that I couldn't the baby was coming!! One of the Paramedics said I couldn't have my baby in the bathroom!! Anyway I got in the ambulance, and little Jarod arrived 2-3 minutes later weighing in at 8 lbs. and was 20 inches long. Boy are we glad to have him here!!