Off To The Races
Oct. 29th, 2007 08:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dr_pretentiousAfter weeks of intermittent false labor, I had reached the point of mocking my contractions. "You can't fool me!" I would tell them. "Five minutes apart, one minute long, but wimpy! I am so unimpressed. Show me something I have to sit down through." I'd drink a glass of water, and they'd stop, or I'd sit down and lay off the chores for an hour, and they'd stop. I'd take a shower, and they'd stop.
But this morning, I woke before 7:00 a.m. (which in itself, given my nocturnal nature, might be construed by those who know me as a sign of the apocalypse) to contractions strong enough I couldn't talk through them. They've reached a balance of duration and periodicity that calls for a visit to the midwives' office. I don't know if the midwives will send me straight to the hospital, but I'm pretty sure they won't send me home. When I called my doula, she asked me to narrate my way through a couple of contraction cycles on the phone, and then said, "I think you'll be coming home with a baby this time."
So I'm wired up to my TENS unit, and packed, and while Dan drives I can start phoning the people who still need to be phoned. We'll see how this goes.
I could use good wishes for a safe, easy birth, a healthy baby, and a swift recovery. I'm trying not to think too much about a fast birth, since we'll be hitting Route 1 traffic through the tail end of Princeton's rush hour, and fast might not be the best thing right off.
But this morning, I woke before 7:00 a.m. (which in itself, given my nocturnal nature, might be construed by those who know me as a sign of the apocalypse) to contractions strong enough I couldn't talk through them. They've reached a balance of duration and periodicity that calls for a visit to the midwives' office. I don't know if the midwives will send me straight to the hospital, but I'm pretty sure they won't send me home. When I called my doula, she asked me to narrate my way through a couple of contraction cycles on the phone, and then said, "I think you'll be coming home with a baby this time."
So I'm wired up to my TENS unit, and packed, and while Dan drives I can start phoning the people who still need to be phoned. We'll see how this goes.
I could use good wishes for a safe, easy birth, a healthy baby, and a swift recovery. I'm trying not to think too much about a fast birth, since we'll be hitting Route 1 traffic through the tail end of Princeton's rush hour, and fast might not be the best thing right off.
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Date: 2007-10-29 01:12 pm (UTC)::HUGS::
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Date: 2007-10-29 01:14 pm (UTC)Healthy baby, healthy mama. Healthy baby, healthy mama.
The rest is icing. *hug*
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Date: 2007-10-29 01:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-29 01:34 pm (UTC)Thinking all good thoughts for you, hon! I'm so excited!!!!
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Date: 2007-10-29 02:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-29 02:16 pm (UTC)::: doing happy wiggle dance :::
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Date: 2007-10-29 02:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-29 02:41 pm (UTC)i love you!
Date: 2007-10-29 03:15 pm (UTC)chanting now....
Date: 2007-10-29 03:30 pm (UTC)healthy baby, healthy mama
healthy baby, healthy mama
healthy baby, healthy mama
healthy baby, healthy mama
healthy baby, healthy mama
healthy baby, healthy mama
healthy baby, healthy mama
healthy baby, healthy mama
healthy baby, healthy mama
good luck sweetie!!
A little Late, but...
Date: 2007-10-29 03:57 pm (UTC)http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0006M1ANI/102-5341651-1903334?SubscriptionId=0N1YGFKC9QHMHQ9QTDR2
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Date: 2007-10-29 03:58 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-10-29 04:26 pm (UTC)Biggest, brightest blessings, lots of hugs and good wishes. You'll be perfectly fabulousd!
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Date: 2007-10-29 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-10-29 06:02 pm (UTC)Much excited loves....
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Date: 2007-10-29 08:34 pm (UTC)Love
Wishes for a safe, easy, as painless as possible delivery.
*more hugs*
Will start waiting impatiently now for news of nubbin....
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Date: 2007-10-29 09:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-29 09:50 pm (UTC){{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}
all my love and best wishes to all 3 of you!!
Date: 2007-10-30 12:41 am (UTC)I can't wait to see pics of the wee one!!
Hugs
Dove
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Date: 2007-10-30 01:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-30 02:56 am (UTC)Duelling deliveries
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Date: 2007-10-30 02:23 pm (UTC)LUCK, LUCK, LUCK!!!
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Date: 2007-10-31 12:31 am (UTC)[backdating this a bit...] Good luck!
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Date: 2007-10-31 01:11 am (UTC)Congratulations!
Date: 2007-10-31 12:51 pm (UTC)