So as you can see, Erin was a superstar and delivered this child in 4 series of pushes. It was quite amazing to observe. I actually got to deliver the baby which was a lot of fun for me. Our doctor was right beside me to make sure I didn't drop her. I did so well that I offered to deliver our nurses baby since she is due in about another week. She declined.
My wife is a rule follower. Those of you who know her know this is true. Very opposite of me. So an incredibly funny thing happened during labor. Our doctor told us that because we were recording this birth, that we need to make sure that every nurse that comes in knows that we are recording so they don't say something inappropriate like "shit" or "homo" while in the room with us. So Erin is in the middle...I kid you not...the middle of a push with this baby's head coming out and a nurse comes in. Erin yells out in the middle of the push "Camera is recording!!!" I kid you not. My wife, the rule follower, was so concerned that we followed the rule of nurse notification of recording devices that she yelled it out as her kid's head was coming out.
Everyone in the room just kind of stared at her with this bewildered look. I just shook my head...it sucks to be a rule follower!
So the baby is moving down quickly. Erin is feeling a pressure in her pelvis which means that Ava is going down the waterslide of her life. We'll start pushing shortly. For those interested, my acid reflux is under control and I'm thinking that a burger will help to ease the stomach pain more.
Erin is moving so freaking fast. She is current at 9.5cm and moving quickly. I am doing well too. I little acid reflux but other than that I'm fine. Erin will start pushing within the hour so I'll let you all know in a bit
I'm hungry
Erin's water broke about 20 minutes ago. She is now up to 8cm now and doing well. Ava's heart rate was slowing so we did this side to side drill to get Ava's heart back up along with putting Erin ox.
10:00am - Erin's in labor now. I'm sitting in the hospital between feeding ice chips and drinking chocolate milk. Cmilk for me, ice chips for Erin. I'll keep this posted during the process, but needless to say we're excited.
So my wonderful wife is about to have our second child. If you see her from behind she has no butt, a tiny frame, and you wouldn't even know she was pregnant. But then she turns around and there is this perfectly round belly sticking out so far one wonders how she balances herself. This dichotomistic body, or as I refer to it “business in the front, party in the back", houses my baby girl Ava Grace. Ava should be here shortly as Erin is showing all the signs of pre-labor; lower back pain, pelvis pain, and nausea.
This brings me to the most disgusting word in the human language which I have dedicated this post to; the mucus plug. Now the dictionary refers to the mucus plug as the "a collection of cervical mucus that seals the opening of the cervix. This keeps bacteria and infection from entering into the cervix..."
Now I know what you are thinking; why Dan, why are you dedicating a post to this disgusting word. The answer is that I have spent many minutes over the last 3 days thinking about why this word makes me shiver, why this word makes me faint, and why this word rolls off my tongue like a carrot vomit.
I don't know the answer to this question, but I do have one of my own. Of all the words that a doctor could use to describe an event that is apparently so beautiful, why would they throw ice cold water on your head and bring you back to the true reality of child birth by introducing you to the word Mucus Plug. When describing child birth we have terms such as dilation, effacement, cervix, birth canal, womb, and MUCUS PLUG. My friends, one of these words is not like the other. Could they have not used a word like "Pretty Pre-Birth" or "Here Comes the Baby Plug." I'm thinking that my response would be much more positive if a word like "Flowery Fluid" was used to replace Mucus Plug.
Anyway, if you think of other alternate words, please let me know. I would like to add them to this post as affective alternatives to the most disgusting word ever, the mucus plug.
I was hoping to argue about something based on my Starbucks cup quote this morning, but after I read the following I have decided that it would be counter intuitive to do so....alas..
Starbucks Cup Quote #280
"You can learn a lot more from listening than you can from talking.
Find someone with whom you don't agree in the slightest and ask them to
explain themselves at length. Then take a seat, shut your mouth, and
don't argue back. It's physically impossible to listen with your mouth
open."
