Contractions
The pain of the last few days turned out to not just be the flu. Nicole’s waters had broken and she was having contractions. The midwife advised the couple to go to the hospital quickly. The baby was premature and it was not safe to deliver him at home.
Matt and Nicole had to hurry. The hospital was a long drive away. They never expected the baby to come now. Of course, you don’t always have control over your body. They also found out that it doesn’t matter how much you’ve read, watched and/or heard about the theory behind childbirth… You can’t fully prepare for the real thing.