Welcome to the world Callie Grace! It is hard to describe in words how Lindsay and I are feeling when Callie arrived. It was an emotional event and wished all our friends and family could be there to see Callie arrive.
The whole experience that night was so fast and furious, we will never forget it. Lindsay's water broke at 8:30 pm on March 1 at Walmart in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. During the pregnancy, Lindsay was so worried her water would break in a public place, and guess what, it happened. I was working when she told me and my shift was over at 10:00 pm, so I waited till then to go home. Lindsay and her mom Catherine went to the doctor, the Hackettstown Midwives, before doing anything else to make sure everything was OK. Lindsay was feeling contractions around 9:00 pm, but they were very mild, so the Midwives told Lindsay to just head home and relax for a while before going to the hospital. I got a call from Lindsay a few minutes later telling me to go home and get our stuff ready and try to relax as well. Then the car ride from the Midwives office is when all hell broke loose. Lindsay was having regular and severe contractions and could not believe all this stuff was happening so fast. Around 10:50 pm or so, the feelings were so painful, Lindsay and her mom decided to head straight to the hospital ASAP. Lindsay called me and I rushed out of the apartment and headed to the hospital as well. I arrived at the hospital with all our bags and stuff and got to our room and Lindsay was continuing her contractions and working very hard. Lindsay was doing an awesome job at dealing with the pain and how fast everything was going. When I got the hospital room, Lindsay was already DILATED AT 8CM! It was incredible how fast this delivery was going. Usually it takes hours and hours to deliver a baby, but for us it was taking just minutes. Our Midwife Lisa arrived at the hospital just after me and jumped in to help the birthing process. Lindsay did an incredible job pushing and controlling the pain and was able to deliver Callie within 30 MINUTES!!!! That's right folks, 30 MINUTES!!!!!!
At 12:36 am on March 2, 2011, a new member of the Dickerson clan had arrived, Callie Grace Dickerson. She weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 20 inches long. We love you Callie!
