Birth Stories - Mike

This is part two of my three part series. Part one (Maggie) can be found here. After thinking about Mathew's request for birth on Catholic Dads, my first thought was that the stories weren't that interesting. But then my mind went back to the time when each child was in the womb and their birth, and all three were worth telling. And as I read the stories of others, it looks like that may be true for all births. Between Maggie and Mike we had two miscarriages, which is not easy. In fact, we Mike started to miscarry, but Lynn had gone to a problem pregnancy specialist (because of the miscarriages), and he was able to provide hormone treatment which saved him. Thank God for that - I can't imagine life without him. Unlike Maggie, where we started labor in the evening and stayed up all night, Mike was more considerate. Lynn woke me up at 6AM, and we were in the hospital by 6:30. The doctor was called, and he expected that it would be some time and said he would be in later. We figured it would take a while too, and after the pain of the first pregnancy, Lynn opted for an epidural. This was good because it definitely reduced pain. I think it let Lynn be more aware of what was going on (not just focusing on dealing with pain). But that is just this observer's opinion. The hospital called the doctor a couple more times because Lynn was progressing quickly. He insisted he had plenty of time. Well, the doctor was wrong. Mike came pretty quickly, only a bit more than a couple hours after we arrived. The doctor never made it. Mike was the first delivery for a new doctor up from the emergency room. Thank God for those nurses! They new exactly what to do. Thank God as well for a problem free delivery.