his birth story
If you recall, her birth was a long, drawn out thing. As my due date got closer with him, I started to become a little concerned that I wasn't prepared enough this time or hadn't put in enough time worrying about all the things that could go wrong. I know, like that helps. But I was concerned that the universe may test my blasé attitude. But it didn't. Yea! I had felt that this little guy would come early throughout my whole pregnancy. At 36 weeks I had that day of contractions after my first internal exam and that really bumped my preparations into high gear. But nothing came of it. Then I had a feeling he would come on the 28th and actually got excited (instead of freaked out). Nothing. By Monday I was starting to get a little bored with waiting. It was a really busy workday, though, so that kept me occupied. I don't know how women handle the wait if they're not working. So Tuesday morning I woke up around 3:30 having a contraction. Very minor but
