Erin's water broke at 7:30 am on Tuesday January 15th. Because Erin tested positive for group B strep (many people have it from time to time...not dangerous to mommy,but a potential infection risk to uterus and baby once water have broken) the hospital wanted her to come in right away. She was having contraction, but could not feel them, and was therefore, not in "real" labor yet, but was not able to leave the hospital either. So Nat and Erin went on lots of long walks around the hospital, and even did a prenatal yoga video. If only she would have slept instead! But she was too excited! Finally at midnight, real hard labor kicked in, and she could not sleep even if she wanted to.
Here's Erin in a contraction.
Here's Erin in a contraction.
After about 23 hours of contractions, it was finally time to push! At 12:07 am on Thursday January 17th, Hiroshi Joshua Iwata was born!