It seemed like it happened only yesterday that I was asked to stay in the waiting room until the baby is almost ready to be born. I was blurry eyed and unable to sleep and spent some five hours alone within four walls just waiting for someone to take me to the delivery room.
When a nurse finally came in, she told me that the mother-to-be was still in labour but I could be with her in the delivery room. It took another six hours before the stock arrived.
It was a difficult birth and we were relieved when the kiddo decided that he was ready to pop and join the family.