Here is our story. Jenny started having minor contractions around 8:00 pm
on Wednesday. By 9:00 pm, they were starting to get kind of close together
(~5 minutes apart), so we called the hospital and headed in. When we got
there, she was still at 2.5 cm which is where she has been for 2 weeks. The
contractions also seemed to be diminishing, so they called it "false" labor
and sent us home. When we got home at 11:00 pm (after the 40 minute drive),
the contractions started getting worse. We thought they would go away so we
tried to wait them out. Around 12:20, they were so severe I called the
hospital again. They tried to tell me to have her take a hot shower, but
right then Jenny had another contraction and the nurse heard her over the
phone and said that we should come in right "now!" After another very long
40 minute drive, with contractions about every 2 minutes, we made it to the
hospital. (I went through 2 red lights and almost a 3rd but there was a cop
waiting to turn at that one.) When we got to the birthing room at 1:05 am,
they checked Jenny's cervix and it was at 9 cm (we couldn't believe it).
Since Jenny was so close to delivering, she was not allowed to have an
epidural. Jenny's birth plan was to a) get to the hospital and b) have an
epidural. We did "a" twice and "b" wasn't going to happen. Jenny's doctor
made it to the hospital in 15 minutes and after about 4 pushes, she gave
birth to Kyler at 1:36 without any complications. Both mother and baby are
now doing fine, although Jenny is still mad about the birthing plan.