There are some moments in life that require a phone call no matter what time of the day it is.  Some examples of this would be calling to announce the death of a parent, an accident where someone is in the hospital and the birth of a baby.  The latter was what we found ourselves needing to do as both of our parents wanted a phone call as soon as possible.

We were not allowed to use our cell phones in the hospital, so we had purchased some calling cards that we could use instead.  This way, I would be able to call from the payphone no matter what time of day it was - during the day wouldn’t be a problem, but at night, there is no one around that will activate the phone.

We also had to buy a couple of international calling cards to call her family - they live all overseas.  We found some with the best rate possible, so we picked up a couple - that way we can call her siblings as well.

So, we are all ready for the baby - we just have to wait for it to come now.