Birth day!

So, the due date came and went. Our 6 year anniversary came and went. I thought, wouldn't it be odd if she had the baby on Wednesday. We were matched on Wednesday, met with Stephanie to get the info on the next Wednesday, met the birth parents on the Wednesday after that. So it wouldn't it be cool if she had her on Wednesday?

A good friend of our family texted me this morning and said that her daughter was going to have her baby that day and she hoped that we would have one too!

Well, I'm sitting at work trying to get through the day (on Wednesday) and I get a phone call at 12:30 from Stephanie. I go out into the hall and answer the phone. She said that E (the birth mom) was at the hospital and 8 centimeters dilated. HOLY CRAP! She also said that she'll give us any info as she gets it and that E would like it if we don't come that night but come the next day. Of course we're ok with that! So I hang up and go find Matt to tell him. We decide to leave work immediately. There were some things that we had to take care of before bringing the baby home. So, we said good bye to our bosses knowing that I wouldn't be back for two months and Matt wouldn't be back for one.

As soon as we got out to the car, I called my mom to let her know and Matt called his parents. They are all beyond excited and can't wait to hear more!

So, we went home and waited for the phone to ring (after we finished our errands). I kept texting our family friend about the progress of her daughter's delivery and the birth of her granddaughter. She kept asking if we knew anything and we didn't. The only thing we heard was around 8:00 Stephanie emailed us and told us that S. emailed her saying E. was still in labor but all was well.

We didn't hear anything until the next day. At 6am Stephanie called us with information. E. gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl at 7:39 the previous evening. Both birth mom and baby were doing well. She didn't have any other info at that time (weight/length etc.) but we were meeting her at the hospital at 1:00 that day so we'd get the info sometime.

The crazy thing was that our friend's daughter gave birth to her daughter exactly 40 minutes after our daughter was born!