while we wait...

This is what kates been up too...

Waters broken

I found kate this morning at 3:30 in the bathroom, she had felt a little trickle and had the presence of mind to get up out of bed, grab the sterile urine cup and head into the only tiled area of our house. I found her shortly thereafter, waters broken. We headed in and she was not in labor so back home we came. Now we wait....let me just say also that when they say the waters break...think levies in New Orleans not a misty rain...terrifying. Kate is doing really well though. she has the TENS machine on now, contractions pretty regular...this chick isn't dealing as well as kate:)

Everyone gets one....

So we had our first false alarm, we were out for a walk in marley park in south west dublin, very pretty and kate started getting contractions. Not very powerful but we were debating whether or not we would go in to the hospital. On the way home she felt something wet and we decided to go in. When we arrived, a woman was in labor coming in right in front of us. We almost turned around given it was pretty obvious kate was not in labor but figured we'd stick it out and get everything checked out. Everything was fine, so after 2 hours of monitoring we headed home. On the way out kate got her first taste of what labor looks like. Just as we were leaving the monitoring room, we had to hug the walls as a porter came rushing down the hallway pushing a woman in a wheelchair. She was facing backwards in the chair on her knees on the seat, saying "oh god...oh god...OH GOD!" as she went by us. I think Kate is in the zone. Yesterday we had a meeting with the OB, he said kate would go any day now, after which he said the baby was well grown and gave me a big pat on the back and smile...kinda creepy.

No baby yet...things are getting ugly

I've decided to take over posting duties for Kate now that I'm home and she is getting restless. As you can see from the photo the wheels are starting to come off this offspring attempt. Kate is happy but getting tired, 5 days to go. I'm afraid she may need to enter detox after this experience, does Betty Ford do Phish food withdrawal?

It's started already...

Well, we've started making this baby look foolish before he's even born. I know that parents get the enjoyment of dressing babies up in lots of idiotic outfits. With that in mind, we went with the sunglasses and thumbs up! Actually, now that I think about it, it's me that's dressed up like a moron, not the baby...