"My midwife arrived at 2:30 p.m., and I promptly ripped my clothes off. I moved around from floor to birthing tub to toilet to birthing stool to bed. I bellowed until my throat was sore."

"I was standing up, leaning over on the bed to get comfortable, and breathing through contractions when my husband and the paramedics walked in. I told them if they laid me down on the bed to check me I wasn't going to be getting up without a baby."

"The contractions were at their strongest at this point and the thought of standing while having one was not appealing to me."

"I remember at one point saying, 'I just want to be done.' Brandy said, 'Then you need to push this baby out.'”

"At that time, I realized there was no possible way I could get in the car for the 12 to 15 minute ride to the hospital."