The plan for Saturday September 19th was LOTS of packing for our move to Rumford the following weekend. We were set to close on our house on Monday September 21st and the U-haul was scheduled to come on the 25th. My mom and Lori came over and packed up what was left to be packed in the apartment. My sister-in-law Tatiana had been over during the week also helping to pack. That evening I suggested to Tom that we take a ride to Home Depot to pick out the paint colors for the new house and then I agreed that we could come home and watch college football ( I must have known things were going to take a different turn!)
While perusing the grills on our way out of Home Depot, I worriedly told Tom I needed to find the closest bathroom because my water had broken (we were standing in the main aisle and I was now holding myself!!!!). As we started to walk back to the bathroom, I changed my mind and decided heading home was a better bet and Tom ran to get the car.
Once we were home, I called the doctor who told me since I was only 35 weeks and my blood pressure was high, that I needed to come in to be checked. Tom and I ate some dinner and hurriedly packed our bags - only Cole's bag had been packed previously! We arrived at the hospital around 10:00 and we were seen in triage where we found out I was 4cm. I was hooked up to the monitors and was having mild contractions at this point. The doctor wasn't convinced that I was in "real" labor but sent me up to L&D to see what happened. As the contractions became more intense and the morphine was not working, the doctor came back and checked me and we found out I was 7cm. At that point, I told the Dr. to hurry up and get the anesthesiologist so I could get the drugs! Once the epidural was in place, it was smooth sailing. After an hour and a half nap, I was woken up and told it was time for Cole's arrival. Tom was an amazing coach and ten minutes of pushing later and Cole Thomas Noyes arrived at 3:47 a.m. at 5lbs. 11oz. and 19 inches long. This certainly was not an easy pregnancy but what we got in the end was worth every minute of swollen body parts, restless sleep, heartburn, carpal tunnel, etc. We fell immediately in love with our little peanut!!!
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