http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Janigirl/14051 Sept. 1, 1977: &nbsp; Wow, it seems like it was yesterday when I made the trip to town to deliver my third child.&nbsp;&nbsp;I woke up in the morning to an annoying phone call.&nbsp;&nbsp;While I was on the phone I noticed a slight cramping in my stomach.&nbsp; So for a joke, I thought I would call my mom and get her blood pressure up.&nbsp;&nbsp;I called and said &quot;Mom, do you have your hospital shoes on?&quot;&nbsp; She said, &quot;Is it time&quot;.&nbsp; I said, &quot;&nbsp;no, I'm just teasing you, but I did have one pain&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We talked a few&nbsp;minutes and&nbsp;I had another pain.&nbsp; I said, &quot;Mom, I just had another pain.&quot;&nbsp; She said &quot;let's keep talking, and time these, you may be in labor.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;We talked some more, the pains kept coming,&nbsp;Mom said, &quot;those pains are 5 minutes apart.&nbsp; I think you need to call your doctor&quot;.&nbsp; I&nbsp;told her to&nbsp;come and get me, I would call from&nbsp;her house.&nbsp; So I called my favorite sister and asked if she could care for my son and pick up my daughter Brandy&nbsp;from kindergarten, she said sure.&nbsp;&nbsp;Everything was happening so fast, I wasn't due for another 13 days.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mom got there and we dropped off Michael.&nbsp;&nbsp;We went straight to Mom's house.&nbsp;&nbsp;I called the doctors office they told me to go to Memorial.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then I called my husbands job, he worked in Taft, they said they would send him to the hospital.&nbsp; We were off to get a new baby.&nbsp; I had no idea what I was having.&nbsp; The pains weren't bad.&nbsp; I felt fine.&nbsp; We got to the hospital about 9:30,&nbsp; They checked me out, I was dilated to 4 cm,&nbsp;it would be awhile.&nbsp; Then they started the routine which wasn't much fun ( I won't go into detail but you older mothers know what I'm talking about, times have certainly changed).&nbsp; I had been there about an hour.&nbsp; When they checked me again, I was at 6.&nbsp; Still doing fine.&nbsp;&nbsp; My husband came in&nbsp;around 10:30 a.m..&nbsp; He gave me a kiss and said he was going to get a candy bar.&nbsp; So my mom stepped back in.&nbsp; In those days, you could only have one person in your labor room.&nbsp; I had a pain and felt the baby move down.&nbsp; I said, &quot;Mom call the nurse&quot;.&nbsp; Mom&nbsp;said, &quot;they just checked you, everything is fine&quot;.&nbsp; I had another pain and felt the baby move farther.&nbsp; I said, &quot;Mom call the nurse&quot;.&nbsp; Mom&nbsp;said. &quot;&nbsp;honey they just checked you and you are at 6, it will be awhile&quot;.&nbsp; I said, &nbsp;&quot;Mom I know it should be awhile, but I just had the same pains I had at the end of my labor with Michael.&nbsp; I've had two pains and this baby is ready to come.&nbsp; Now call the nurse for me, or&nbsp;hand me the button and I'll call myself&quot;.&nbsp; Mom called.&nbsp; She said, &quot;This girl thinks the baby is on it's way&quot;.&nbsp; She couldn't have sounded more sarcastic if she tried.&nbsp; I thought &quot;UUGGHH, I probably rolled my eyes too&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; The nurse came in and started screeching wheres the father.&nbsp; I said he went to get a candy bar.&nbsp; She&nbsp;said he needs to get in here and get these clothes on if he is going to&nbsp;observe.&nbsp; I said mom go get him.&nbsp; So she ran out&nbsp;one door as they started wheeling me down the aisle.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;nurse was saying pant blow pant blow.&nbsp; I&nbsp;hadn't taken Lamaze again and it had been two years since I had my older son.&nbsp; I&nbsp;wasn't sure if I was doing it right so I&nbsp;did a quick &quot;pant pant pant blow&quot; and asked. &quot;&nbsp;am&nbsp;I doing this right pant pant pant blow&quot;.&nbsp; She said,&nbsp; &quot;just do it whatever you do don't start pushing&quot;.&nbsp; I didn't have the urge to push.&nbsp; So I kept on&nbsp;pant pant pant blow.&nbsp; We&nbsp;passed&nbsp;the first labor room on the left.&nbsp; It was dirty, a baby had just&nbsp;been delivered.&nbsp; The second on the right&nbsp;had a baby&nbsp;delivered.&nbsp; The third on the left had a baby&nbsp;being delivered and &nbsp; the fourth and final one was dirty.&nbsp; The nurse said they had been swamped having one baby after the other all day.&nbsp; I asked well where am I going to have the baby?&nbsp; She said right here and she pulled my gurney off to the side at the end of the hall.&nbsp; I was looking straight at the Exit sign above the door at the end of the hallway.&nbsp; She ran and grabbed two small mirrors and attached them to the gurney as my doctor was washing her hands.&nbsp; My son was born a 10:40 a.m..&nbsp; He was beautiful.&nbsp; I hemorrhaged and it was scary.&nbsp; That made me realize that I didn't need anymore children.&nbsp;Daniel was my last,&nbsp;&nbsp;happy birthday my beautiful son.&nbsp; I love you.&nbsp; Sept. 1, 1977: &nbsp; Wow, it seems like it was yesterday when I made the trip to town to deliver my third child.&nbsp;&nbsp;I woke up in the morning to an annoying phone call.&nbsp;&nbsp;While I was on the phone I noticed a slight cramping in my stomach.&nbsp; So for a joke, I thought I would call my mom and get her blood pressure up.&nbsp;&nbsp;I called and said &quot;Mom, do you have your hospital shoes on?&quot;&nbsp; She said, &quot;Is it time&quot;.&nbsp; I said, &quot;&nbsp;no, I'm just teasing you, but I did have one pain&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We talked a few&nbsp;minutes and&nbsp;I had another pain.&nbsp; I said, &quot;Mom, I just had another pain.&quot;&nbsp; She said &quot;let's keep talking, and time these, you may be in labor.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;We talked some more, the pains kept coming,&nbsp;Mom said, &quot;those pains are 5 minutes apart.&nbsp; I think you need to call your doctor&quot;.&nbsp; I&nbsp;told her to&nbsp;come and get me, I would call from&nbsp;her house.&nbsp; So I called my favorite sister and asked if she could care for my son and pick up my daughter Brandy&nbsp;from kindergarten, she said sure.&nbsp;&nbsp;Everything was happening so fast, I wasn't due for another 13 days.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mom got there and we dropped off Michael.&nbsp;&nbsp;We went straight to Mom's house.&nbsp;&nbsp;I called the doctors office they told me to go to Memorial.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then I called my husbands job, he worked in Taft, they said they would send him to the hospital.&nbsp; We were off to get a new baby.&nbsp; I had no idea what I was having.&nbsp; The pains weren't bad.&nbsp; I felt fine.&nbsp; We got to the hospital about 9:30,&nbsp; They checked me out, I was dilated to 4 cm,&nbsp;it would be awhile.&nbsp; Then they started the routine which wasn't much fun ( I won't go into detail but you older mothers know what I'm talking about, times have certainly changed).&nbsp; I had been there about an hour.&nbsp; When they checked me again, I was at 6.&nbsp; Still doing fine.&nbsp;&nbsp; My husband came in&nbsp;around 10:30 a.m..&nbsp; He gave me a kiss and said he was going to get a candy bar.&nbsp; So my mom stepped back in.&nbsp; In those days, you could only have one person in your labor room.&nbsp; I had a pain and felt the baby move down.&nbsp; I said, &quot;Mom call the nurse&quot;.&nbsp; Mom&nbsp;said, &quot;they just checked you, everything is fine&quot;.&nbsp; I had another pain and felt the baby move farther.&nbsp; I said, &quot;Mom call the nurse&quot;.&nbsp; Mom&nbsp;said. &quot;&nbsp;honey they just checked you and you are at 6, it will be awhile&quot;.&nbsp; I said, &nbsp;&quot;Mom I know it should be awhile, but I just had the same pains I had at the end of my labor with Michael.&nbsp; I've had two pains and this baby is ready to come.&nbsp; Now call the nurse for me, or&nbsp;hand me the button and I'll call myself&quot;.&nbsp; Mom called.&nbsp; She said, &quot;This girl thinks the baby is on it's way&quot;.&nbsp; She couldn't have sounded more sarcastic if she tried.&nbsp; I thought &quot;UUGGHH, I probably rolled my eyes too&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; The nurse came in and started screeching wheres the father.&nbsp; I said he went to get a candy bar.&nbsp; She&nbsp;said he needs to get in here and get these clothes on if he is going to&nbsp;observe.&nbsp; I said mom go get him.&nbsp; So she ran out&nbsp;one door as they started wheeling me down the aisle.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;nurse was saying pant blow pant blow.&nbsp; I&nbsp;hadn't taken Lamaze again and it had been two years since I had my older son.&nbsp; I&nbsp;wasn't sure if I was doing it right so I&nbsp;did a quick &quot;pant pant pant blow&quot; and asked. &quot;&nbsp;am&nbsp;I doing this right pant pant pant blow&quot;.&nbsp; She said,&nbsp; &quot;just do it whatever you do don't start pushing&quot;.&nbsp; I didn't have the urge to push.&nbsp; So I kept on&nbsp;pant pant pant blow.&nbsp; We&nbsp;passed&nbsp;the first labor room on the left.&nbsp; It was dirty, a baby had just&nbsp;been delivered.&nbsp; The second on the right&nbsp;had a baby&nbsp;delivered.&nbsp; The third on the left had a baby&nbsp;being delivered and &nbsp; the fourth and final one was dirty.&nbsp; The nurse said they had been swamped having one baby after the other all day.&nbsp; I asked well where am I going to have the baby?&nbsp; She said right here and she pulled my gurney off to the side at the end of the hall.&nbsp; I was looking straight at the Exit sign above the door at the end of the hallway.&nbsp; She ran and grabbed two small mirrors and attached them to the gurney as my doctor was washing her hands.&nbsp; My son was born a 10:40 a.m..&nbsp; He was beautiful.&nbsp; I hemorrhaged and it was scary.&nbsp; That made me realize that I didn't need anymore children.&nbsp;Daniel was my last,&nbsp;&nbsp;happy birthday my beautiful son.&nbsp; I love you.&nbsp; en-us Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:34:54 PDT <p>Wow, your youngest is 30. You don't look much older than that yourself... for real !&nbsp; I am fast approaching 50 myself. Congrats to you and your son, he is a good looking kid (30) kid?</p> <p>Hey on another thought. I am a long time musician myself (percussion) since age 8. I have never had the pleasure of seeing Elevation 406, but I will. I have friends that go to Amigos almost every Friday night. I spend most of my party time at MUGGS, yes I am a karaoke freak, and not bad either from what I am told. Anyhoo, I am real good friends with Mike and Laura of A to Z karaoke (Muggs, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun) maybe I will have to check them out on Sunday or break down and go to Amigos on Friday night sometime. So maybe I can meet you and your husband soon, my name is Steve but my friends call me Steve-O. See you real soon, nice post, thanks for posting it, time really does fly.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Janigirl/14051/#c_134131 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Janigirl/14051/#c_134131 <p>Wow, your youngest is 30. You don't look much older than that yourself... for real !&nbsp; I am fast approaching 50 myself. Congrats to you and your son, he is a good looking kid (30) kid?</p> <p>Hey on another thought. I am a long time musician myself (percussion) since age 8. I have never had the pleasure of seeing Elevation 406, but I will. I have friends that go to Amigos almost every Friday night. I spend most of my party time at MUGGS, yes I am a karaoke freak, and not bad either from what I am told. Anyhoo, I am real good friends with Mike and Laura of A to Z karaoke (Muggs, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun) maybe I will have to check them out on Sunday or break down and go to Amigos on Friday night sometime. So maybe I can meet you and your husband soon, my name is Steve but my friends call me Steve-O. See you real soon, nice post, thanks for posting it, time really does fly.</p> <p>What a great story and tribute to your son! Congratz!</p> <p>&lt;&lt;&lt;<em>gsisola</em> aka Steve-O&gt;&gt;&gt; you said <em><strong>Muggs</strong></em>... that make me giggle.&nbsp; Haven't been there in years for Karaoke.&nbsp; But I have to say it was a blast when I went.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Janigirl/14051/#c_134483 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Janigirl/14051/#c_134483 <p>What a great story and tribute to your son! Congratz!</p> <p>&lt;&lt;&lt;<em>gsisola</em> aka Steve-O&gt;&gt;&gt; you said <em><strong>Muggs</strong></em>... that make me giggle.&nbsp; Haven't been there in years for Karaoke.&nbsp; But I have to say it was a blast when I went.</p> Great story! Interesting read. And I also can't believe your youngest is 30. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Janigirl/14051/#c_135088 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Janigirl/14051/#c_135088 Great story! Interesting read. And I also can't believe your youngest is 30.