8 am: alarm blares repeated waking me up, she hits snooze
8:30 am: she's up, drinking a cup of hot tea and eating a bowl of cereal
9 am: phone rings while she has headphones in while running on treadmill; she misses the call
9:30 am: phone rings while she's in the shower
10 am: I grab keys and run out of the house; phone rings just after she leaves
10:30 am: At work, I look at phone and notice missed calls
11 am: back in car racing toward hospital
11:30 am: Hospital waiting room, pacing, waiting for doctor
12 pm: Dr. approaches, hushed discussion, crying
12:30 pm: Waiting room, pacing, drinking bad coffee
1 pm: Waiting room, napping uncomfortably
1:30 pm: Waiting room, feeling guilty for not being there when first call was made
2 pm: Waiting room, joined by ex-husband, tense but quiet argument
2:30 pm: Waiting room; looking at pictures of kids with ex-husband on phone, reminiscing
3 pm: Nurse comes out to talk with us, things a re progressing slowly, but no problems
3:30 pm: Younger daughter arrives at hospital; gives parents grief about not being good parents, is allowed back into hospital room
4 pm: Waiting room; "Were we bad parents?" "What did we do that was so bad?"
4:30 pm: Waiting room: Younger Daughter returns, argument over why parents are not let back into the hospital room
5 pm: Waiting room, no one is talking to one another
5:30 pm: Nurse returns, looks like there are some complications, doing a C-Section
6 pm: Waiting room: Everyone is tense and worried, holding hands
6:30 pm: Nurse returns: It's a girl
7 pm: Celebrations continue, buying presents in the gift shop
7:30 pm: Younger daughter goes back into the hospital, parents discuss all they did wrong
8 pm: Discussion continues and ends with a promise to do better for this next generation
8:30 pm: Younger daughter returns and takes parents in to see their granddaughter
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