The birthplace

Labor started when my water broke around 11:15 am. I knew what time it was because that was the exact time I needed to pick up Tommy from kindergarden. I called Tom at work, he called his parents to pick up the kids, right after he called Mrs. Potter, Tommy's teacher to tell her that I was stuck at home. She laughed and said, "Don't worry, just get home safely". He also called Tracy and Ken to say that their children were about to enter the world.
We arrived at the hospital, looking at the faces of the nurses I had briefly thought, I would love to work here someday. That would become true four years later. For now I just had to get through this delivery, which was not happening in record time. Tracy and Ken arrived, they had decided on names for the babies, they would be Robert and Eli.  Tracy was concerned with how I was, "did the contractions hurt yet?", "Did I need anything to drink?" I looked in her eyes and felt a tear well up, she was going to be a wonderful mother I thought. I told her the contractions were nonexistent, the midwife decided to start pitocin,  it mimic's oxytocin a hormone to  put me and keep me in labor.  The midwife on call was the same midwife that caught Tommy and Sam.  Words cannot describe how I feel about Susan. Besides being my midwife, she later became my coworker, as well as a friend. I put my complete trust in her to deliver these babies.
Labor started and I became fully dilated quickly. They wanted me to have an epidural in case there was a need for a cesarean section.  It didn't work, I just wanted to push. I looked at Tom who saw the fear in my eyes, he gripped my hand and said it would be fine. They brought me into the OR, I started pushing the minute I had everyone's full attention. ten minutes later Robert was born! Ken and Tracy were crying, but I still had to birth Eli. Tom looked scared at this point, the doctor on call took over for Susan. I had no idea what was going on. He explained to me that Eli was breech but he felt he could deliver him that way. It didn't take more than a minute and Eli was born. He was a footling breech. Both the babies cried right away. I looked over at Tracy and Ken, I've never seen joy like that in my life. It was likely the same look I had in my eyes when my children were born.