I HAVE A BIRTH STORY FOR Y'ALL. MY OLDEST SON HAYDEN WAS DUE ON OCT.30 2005. BUT AT 30 WEEKS I STARTED HAVING CONTRACTIONS SO I WAS PUT ON BED REST. SO FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS I WAS IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL WITH CONTRACTIONS. WELL I'M SURE YOU HAVE ALL HEARD OF HURRICANE RITA!! WELL WHERE I LIVE WAS RIGHT IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. BUT BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS I HAD BEEN HAVING WE DECIDED TO STAY AT HOME INSTEAD EVACUATING. WELL AT 9 PM ON THURSDAY THE 22ND(BEFORE THE STORM HIT)I STARTED SPOTTING SO I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND SURE ENOUGH MY WATER HAD BROKE SO THEY SENT ME BY DIALYSIS VAN(NO AMBULANCES AVIABLE)THROUGH EVACUATION TRAFFIC TO LUFKIN MEMORIAL BUT THE NEXT MORNING(THE 23RD) BECAUSE I WAS STILL 5 WEEKS EARLY THEY DECIDED TO LIFE FLIGHT ME TO SHEVEPORT,LA. WHERE MY LABOR PROGRESSED SLOWLY TILL 7 AM ON THE 24TH(THE DAY THE STORM HIT) THEN MY HAYDEN WAS BORN AT 10:58AM AS THE EYE OF THE STORM WAS PASSING OVER SHEVEPORT. AS THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND TREES FALLING ALL AROUND OUTSIDE MY BABY WAS MAKING HIS GRAND ENTRANCE!! HE CAME INTO THIS WORLD WITH A BANG!!!!!

I was living in Shreveport when Katrina and Rita went through, what a small world! I also met a friend who was an evacuee from Rita and was due in 2 weeks when they arrived in Shreveport.