T-Minus 2 Weeks
So we had a doctor appointment on Monday. It was the first of our weekly visits. (At 37 weeks you start seeing the doctor every week instead of every 4 weeks.) It went well. Lynnell was dilated to 2 cm. That’s a good thing. It means that the baby is on the way. The bad part is that she can be dilated at 2cm for another week or more.
Lucky for me, nothing happened while I was in Boise for the first half of this week. I was only down there until Wednesday afternoon, but that didn’t stop Lynnell from worrying that she would have the baby while I was gone.
The rest of the week has been fairly smooth. Lynnell has contractions here and there, but nothing major. She called me about an hour ago just to let me know that the mucus plug is officially gone. It was gross to hear about, so I’ll just quote the first part: “It’s official. My mucus plug is gone. It was huge. Aren’t you excited? That means we could have the baby anytime now.”
So, there you go. The flood gate is open. All I have to do is stand near by with a mop and slickers to clean up the mess when the water goes. Yes, that’s a joke, BUT I did see such an event occur in one of the birthing videos we saw during our classes. The lady was sitting there in a rocking chair all calm like with her husband rubbing her shoulders. The next moment was fairly traumatizing for me, but not because it was gross. Her water broke. It wasn’t a slow leak or a small gush though. Imagine turning on your tub full blast as fast as you can and then turning it off half a second later with the faucet pointed straight out to the side. (I guess this analogy only works if you have good water pressure, so if you don’t, you’ll have to imagine that part too.) It’s a lot of water. Well, that’s what came out of this lady. The jet went straight out for about 4 feet. Then it was just all over the floor. SICK!
Now, the traumatizing thing about this isn’t watching or hearing it happen. The traumatizing thing is thinking about it happening in a not so convenient place like in bed, on the couch, or even worse, in the car. That’s not cool. If Lynnell’s water breaks like that lady’s did, it better be over a storm drain not in the car.
Lucky for me, nothing happened while I was in Boise for the first half of this week. I was only down there until Wednesday afternoon, but that didn’t stop Lynnell from worrying that she would have the baby while I was gone.
The rest of the week has been fairly smooth. Lynnell has contractions here and there, but nothing major. She called me about an hour ago just to let me know that the mucus plug is officially gone. It was gross to hear about, so I’ll just quote the first part: “It’s official. My mucus plug is gone. It was huge. Aren’t you excited? That means we could have the baby anytime now.”
So, there you go. The flood gate is open. All I have to do is stand near by with a mop and slickers to clean up the mess when the water goes. Yes, that’s a joke, BUT I did see such an event occur in one of the birthing videos we saw during our classes. The lady was sitting there in a rocking chair all calm like with her husband rubbing her shoulders. The next moment was fairly traumatizing for me, but not because it was gross. Her water broke. It wasn’t a slow leak or a small gush though. Imagine turning on your tub full blast as fast as you can and then turning it off half a second later with the faucet pointed straight out to the side. (I guess this analogy only works if you have good water pressure, so if you don’t, you’ll have to imagine that part too.) It’s a lot of water. Well, that’s what came out of this lady. The jet went straight out for about 4 feet. Then it was just all over the floor. SICK!
Now, the traumatizing thing about this isn’t watching or hearing it happen. The traumatizing thing is thinking about it happening in a not so convenient place like in bed, on the couch, or even worse, in the car. That’s not cool. If Lynnell’s water breaks like that lady’s did, it better be over a storm drain not in the car.
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