Pre-labor I experienced mild contractions the night before, thinking they were mere Braxton Hicks, so I went to sleep, only to wake up to my water breaking.  I woke up Perze, who quickly acted, worried we wouldn’t make it to the hospital on time.  Usually, I’m the one to calm him down, and we were able to get Em ready, call my OB, pack the last minute items, contact my family, and get to the hospital. Perze initially called my OB, who wasn’t familiar with Perze’s voice, so once I got on the phone with him, his positive jolly attitude made me a little more comfortable not to panic.  He said the baby was right on time for mother’s day…and he was right.  His ending conversation went something like “Ok. I’ll meet you at the hospital and let’s have a baby.  What a great present for mother’s day.”  I laughed because he sounded like we were going to six flags to have a grand day. Weeks ago, we had hoped Baby Z would come out sooner, almost losing hope that Z would come out before the due date.  But looking retrospectively, I couldn’t think of a better day to have […]