Follow the Adventures of the Trieu twins!: Birth Story

I left the house about 10am to take Haley to Chantilly library for a play group. I pulled into a parking space and went to reach for my purse from the floor on the passenger side and all of a sudden I hear a little pop and then feel gushes of water. So I quickly call my mom to meet us at the hospital. Then call LT to have him get on the next train so my parents can pick him up from the metro. The third call was to my doctor as I was already driving out of the library parking lot. They of course said to go straight to the hospital, which I was already doing. I just was trying to think of the best way to get across town without hitting traffic. Luckily 66 did not have any traffic. Haley was crying in the backseat because she saw that we were leaving the library. I make it to the hospital only to find out my parents are sitting in bumper to bumper traffic on Braddock Road not moving. I didn't know what to do at that point. I get out of the car and feel more gushes and everything started going down my pants and into my shoes. There was nobody outside to help me, so I asked this lady to get some help for me while she was walking in. The lady comes out with a wheelchair and I told her I had Haley in the car, so she left me standing there with wet pants and shoes and goes inside to check. Five minutes later she comes back out and says to bring Haley with me, they are going to take me straight upstairs. She wheeled me to up labor and delivery registration and got all my information and got me registered. However because I had Haley they couldn't take me anywhere, so I just had to sit there with the contractions until my parents got there for Haley. Haley was walking around the little area playing with the rabbits on the counter. Of course she pooped as we were sitting there. There wasn't much I could do about it however because I had nothing with me other than my wallet, cell phone and car keys. I called my parents and they were stuck in traffic still, so I called Lisa to see if she could get there faster and she was nice enough to try it. My parents finally were almost there, so I had Lisa turn around. Dad dropped mom off to get Haley and then he went to get LT who was already at the metro station. She finally came upstairs about 11:25. I had gotten to the hospital about 10:45. I kissed Haley goodbye and she left with grandma and they wheeled me back to the c-section prep area.