08/25/2026
POV: You wake up feeling “a little crampy,” go to work, start IVs for three patients, and are holding your own baby before lunch.
Rachel, an RN and repeat PBP mom, woke at 6:00 AM feeling “a little crampy.” Convinced it was only early labor, she did what any hardworking nurse would do…she went to work.
At 9:28, she casually texted the midwife line that she *might* be in early labor. Her charge nurse was watching all of this and repeatedly telling her to leave. Rachel, however, was still thinking she might only need “therapeutic rest”.
At 11:47, Rachel finally walked into PBP, still not convinced she was in active labor.
At 11:50, she was booming through contractions every two to three minutes but continued explaining, “They’re only lasting about 30 seconds.”
At 11:52, she was in disbelief to learn she was 8-9 centimeters dilated.
At 11:55, her water broke in a spectacular splash across the floor.
At 12:21, just 34 minutes after arriving at PBP, baby Mason was in her arms.
Lindsay happened to be on a break from clinic and, having caught Rachel’s first baby, wasn’t about to miss baby number two! She continued her Chapman baby-catching streak while Jeannine recorded the incredibly fast birth. Her doula Stacy arrived four minutes later.
Rachel went from starting IVs to holding her baby in under three hours!
Welcome, sweet baby Mason.💙
