Sienna's Story

At 8:30pm on January 30 I was at The Rock and I was feeling a little funny. It was still 3 weeks before my due date, but after a few minutes, I thought I should head home - I suspected my water had broken. I asked one of our volunteers, Shannon, to tell my co-workers that I had left. She was concerned about me, so she drove me home. I called the doctor and explained how I was feeling and they suggested that I go to Labor & Delivery at the hospital to be checked out. I called Daniel and told him what the doctor said. By the time Shannon and I arrived, Daniel had thrown pretty much everything he could think of in a suitcase. Clearly we weren't ready for an early delivery... :)

The nurse, Megan (who was AWESOME), confirmed that my water had broken and I was dilated 1 centimeter. The baby was coming that night. (I was excited and terrified out of my mind.) We started calling our families and friends the news and Jessie & Lee came right over. Jessie stayed with me while Daniel & Lee ran home to get the rest of the things we needed.

I was able to sleep most of the night. I woke up a few times in the early morning as the contractions were getting stronger. At 6:30am I was 4 centimeter and they decided to give me petosin. At this point Megan went home and a new nurse started her shift. Her name was Joanie and she was not quite as awesome. But that's ok. They gave me the petosin and that wasn't very fun. The contractions were getting quite painful and I asked for a epidural. As it turned out, in the half hour that I was given the petosin, I went from 4 centimeter to 10. So much for the epidural...! The nurse had to call the doctor who was at her office in Sterling. She rushed over & Daniel called my family (who were already on their way) that they should hurry up! Dave, Dad & Mom were all coming from directions and are stuck in their own particular area of DC traffic. The doctor arrived shortly after 7:30 and our baby girl arrived at 8:29am. Within minutes, Dave arrived, then Mom and then Dad...

Welcome Baby Sienna Layne Wright...