Oh birth stories....mine were all fast and easy with 3 big (8 lb or more) healthy babies. With my second I spoke to my neighbor in the laundy room of the apartments where we lived at 5 pm and when Dennis called her a few minutes after 6 pm to tell her we had another little girl she accused him of pulling her leg because "she had just seen me in the laundry room!"

First indication I was in labor was when my water broke at 5:05 (no pains yet) and she was born (barely made it to the hospital) at 5:55. The other two gave me a bit more warning with some mild back labor for a couple of hours.
DrHug was not able to be in the delivery room with our first because she was born WAY BACK when Daddies waited in the waiting room, smoked, drank coffee and ate soup while Mommies did all the work alone.

With our second there was not time for him to get to the delivery room before she was born. He was still filling out the paperwork when she was born. With our third he was in the delivery room and his glasses got really, really fogged up when his new son grabbed his little finger.

AAAAHHHH!