Aug

OK, It’s been a while since I have written one of these — but this is probably a good time to do another. Who know’s how long it’s going to take, but our little boy is *definitely* on the way! As Leslie has written, the signs of her early labor were so convincing last night that we made a trip to the hospital that didn’t get us our baby.

I know that Leslie is frustrated with the slow progress, and worried about the possibilities of how things might go — but I have a good feeling about this. I think our boy will be here within the next couple of days, and I am reasonably optimistic that she will be able to do it “her way” — no C-section. Whether or not an epidural will be involved is more up for grabs, I think. (We differ on this — I hear from Carolyn [Sami's wonderful Nanny] about how badly Leslie wants to do it all natural [something she hasn't *really* emphasized to me]– and I support that — but on the other hand, I was impressed last time about how focused and effective the epidural was with Sami — it wasn’t anything like the evils that the anti-physician nurses who teach the Lamaze classes describe — with a good anasthesiologist one can be quite focused as to where the sensation is knocked out, and the drugs can be titrated in indefinitely. If it were me, I would go for it once the pain got intense — but I guess I’m just a wimpy boy! %-)

In any event, things are happening. Lots of contractions — so far, with little effect — but I learned last night that this might run in the family — with Dayna, Leslie’s mom had a very extended pre-hospital labor. As Leslie’s Dr. said today, there is no predicting when it will happen, but with the regular contractions that Leslie is having, things *will* kick into high gear sometime in the next few days, and then … well, we’ll just hope that little boy Kirith isn’t the 9-lb monster that Sami was, and that he just slides on through that birth canal (as my Doctoral advisor Phoebe Ellsworth said, shortly after giving birth to her second child, “like a cannon ball”).

So we wait … As I see it, the “disappointment” of last night is actually a blessing. First we got to test our support systems — and they all worked great! We have many wonderful people standing at the ready to help us through this with whatever they might be called upon to do. Second, as we were running out the door last night, it was clear that we really weren’t prepared for “the boy” (I keep wanting to type his name — but that would be revealing the secret too soon!) to arrive just then. Now we have some time to prepare, mentally and in other ways, but as we do this we can get truly psyched that it is about to happen. Of course, this is all easy for me to say — since I don’t have to deal with the contractions, the back pain, or with the pain associated with the little guy bearing down on her pelvis almost constantly!

OK, I’m rambling so I will go do other things — more later — most likely after “the boy” has appeared, and I am trying to comfort him to sleep in the wee hours!

  

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4. Now it is a waiting game…
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