The short version of the story:
On the 15th and 16th of April, from about 10PM to 8AM both nights, Sarah was up with contractions accompanied by extreme pain and vomiting. Not knowing what was normal, and with the nurse hot-line advising she wait it out, she didn't go to the doctor until Monday morning (the 17th). Once there, the doctors did a few tests and quickly realized she had HELLP syndrome, which is serious and potentially deadly (for more info look here ). If HELLP is not too far along they will try to induce labor, but will perform a c-section if blood platelets were too low. Sarah's case was very serious. After a few hours of waiting, we signed a lot of scary papers, sarah was placed on a bed and rolled into the Labor & Delivery surgical room. Since Sarah was going under general anesthesia I could not come in. So I sat outside of those doors and waited...