Monday’s child is fair of face; Tuesday’s child is full of grace; Wednesday’s child is full of woe; Thursday’s child has far to go; Friday’s child is loving and giving; Saturday’s child works hard for a living. But the child that is born on the Sabbath day is fair and wise, good and gay. I…
Category: Tex
And Now for Something Completely Different . . .
Tex arrived – 10:45 am on Thursday, January 30th. A whopper, he weighed in at 9lbs, 6 oz, 23 inches long. Here is the story of his birth, in several (non-gross) parts: Tex’s Birth Story, Part One I wrote this in the wee hours of an icy Wednesday morning. Tex was uncomfortably lodged in my…
Frozen
I plan to start my maternity leave on the Friday that falls a week before my due date. People continue to give me assignments up through the end of the day on Friday, though I have broadcast my last day – just one last thing, can you have this for me by the end of…
Distraction, They Name is Thirty Eight Weeks Pregnant
I have been at work since 7:30 am. It is now 11:30 am. I have done literally zero things, besides stare out the window and take a walk to a coffee shop. Yesterday afternoon I had a pretty intense hour of what felt like labor, but it fizzled. This morning I’m having some milder contractions that…
False Labor and Hospital Woes
After the infernal never ending contractions went to 5 minutes apart, 70 seconds long, and stayed that way for approximately five hours, I called it and went to L&D. They weren’t getting any more intense, which I knew was not a great sign, but they also were not going away I was awakened at 12:30 or so…