A baby is born

I thought I'd tell you about my evening.  Me and Shawn had plans to go out with another couple (Don and Channon).  Channon is 8 months pregnant.  We were going to go look at Christmas lights in Michigan City and then go to a bar and meet up with some other people.  We called Don when we were on our way and everything was good.  About 10 minutes later he called us back to say that Channon was bleeding and couldn't get down the stairs and they were going to Memorial hospital.  We told them we'd meet them there after we stopped to see my brother at TSC.  (in La Porte) They called back less than five minutes later and told us to meet them at La Porte Hospital because Channon didn't think she could make it all the way to South Bend.  When we got there we just followed the sounds of a woman screaming and found Channon's room.  She was 8 cm dilated  (she's 33 weeks pregnant and had been having contractions on and off for over a month)  They called the doctor and told him that she was going to deliver in the next 20 minutes.  Well, she was wrong, it was 35 minutes.  She was in labor for the less than two hours.  (second child) BUT the bad part is... she was too far along to get pain medication.  I've never in my life heard anyone scream like that.  I almost started crying the last time she pushed.  We didn't actually get to be in the room although I would have if she'd asked me.  We were right outside the door.  The baby was 5lbs. exactly.  After he was in the room for about a half hour, they took him away to get him oxygen.  They said he's fine but just needed a little extra help breathing.  It was an insane night.  Me and Shawn left the hospital and went straight to baby shopping.  They have no diapers so we bought them 2 packages, one preemie and the other newborn.  It really was unbelievable.