The day that you and Spencer found out you were pregnant was the happiest day of your lives.

Spencer immediately did what he does best: intensive research. He was often surrounded by books—everything from delivery manuals to parenting self-help books—in an effort to fully understand pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. He was as doting as ever, perhaps even more so.

Nine months came and went in a flash. And late one night, you began feeling the sharp lower back pains often associated with the beginning of labor. Spencer naturally woke up, helping you move around the house to ease the early contraction pains. You wanted to labor at home for as long as possible, which turned out to not be long at all…

Barely two hours later, you felt…off. Like everything was speeding up really fast.

It was one of your biggest fears with the process: precipitous labor.

And you didn’t know if you could get to a hospital in time.