I talked to her a couple times by email on Wednesday morning. Then at 1:30pm EDT, Joel called and said they were on the way as the contractions were almost 2 minutes long and 5 minutes apart. Sounded like Baby Sage was coming!
I called Mike at work and told him to try to get the next day off so we could go to Indiana to see the newest family member. We got a bit impatient at bedtime when we'd not received a call but still expected to be awakened during the night with good news. When morning arrived (after a restless night's sleep) and still no call, impatience was replaced by concern. But with no phone call we had to assume that things were still progressing. So we continued with our plans to head east.
I called Joel after we got onto the highway. I was expecting to just get voicemail and to say that we were on our way. But Joel picked up. He sounded beat. He said still no baby due to 'complications' he didn't want to go into over the phone.
Okay, now we were in full panic mode. About 11:30 Tara called to reassure us that she and baby were fine. The complications were that labor had basically stopped. She was following in my childbirth footsteps! They were exploring options, hoping to avoid a C-section. That call eased our worried minds.
When we were about 5 minutes from the hospital, Joel called again to ask where we were. I told him and he said, "Okay, the doctor wants her to start pushing but we will wait for you." Mike was appalled but I was excited that the baby was almost here!
We got up to the third floor and Joel met us at the hospital and took us to Tara. As it turned out, the doctor was delivering another baby so Tara was on hold. So we visited for about 15 minutes before the nurse came in and said that the doctor wanted Tara to get started pushing with the nurse. So Mike and I went to the waiting room. That was about 2:20pm EDT.
What a LONG wait. It really was only about an hour but seemed much, much longer. Just after 3:30, Joel came to get us. He wouldn't tell us what we had, a boy or a girl, so we had to go and find out for ourselves.
Tara looked tired but happy. Baby Ellie was laying on her chest nuzzling and licking Tara's skin. She was absolutely beautiful! We stayed for about another hour and by that time, both Tara and Joel were fading. They hadn't slept, except for fits and starts, since Tuesday morning!
So we kissed everyone goodbye (and pried baby Ellie out of Gramps' arms) and made arrangements to come back for a visit on Veterans Day since Mike is off work that day. Can't wait!
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