At around 9:00 pm on Nov. 13th, our nurse Ricki finally petitioned with a resident Doctor to come down and check Becca's dialation. I had been writing down her contractions, their durations and pain levels since 1:00 and we both knew there had to have been a change in her dialation. Whenever we would try to get someone to check Becca, they would have to call Dr. McDuffy to get the approval. Until this point no one thought there would be any change since she didn't feel like she was having contractions and that her pain level was only a 3 out of 10.

The resident Doctor sat down on Becca's bed and asked her questions obviously doubting that there would be any change. Had the contractions gotten more painful? Has there been any bleeding? Becca's answers had been the same all weekend. No. The Doctor checked her cervix and from the look on her face found something very unexpected. With a white face and nervous shaky hands, she said "Ok, we have to get you downstairs. It's going to be ok. Don't worry. We'll just get you to Labor and Delivery as soon as possible." Becca and I looked at each other and knew instantly; we are having the baby tonight.