24 Hours old

Apparently yesterday was a busy day at St. Anthony's nursery. They had six babies born yesterday, which meant 6 new moms crept out of their rooms in the middle of the night asking the nurses to watch their wee babes for a few hours (I was one of them). David woke up at 6am to go get Emily from the nurses station and they had 6 babies lined up waiting for their moms to get come get them for the day. I guess that was our last solid 6 hours of sleep for some time.

But she's doing great today! And we're hoping we will be released to go home this afternoon.

She's HERE!

Emily Katherine

born 7:15 am

7lbs 9oz

The Number Four

The phone finally rang to inform us that BM's at the first hospital and dilated at a four! (uh, at 4:30am)

So here is the plan as I know it to be from this point forward:

1) BM getting epidural
2) BM's friend that is with her will call social worker (SW) one more time when BM progresses to a 5
3) SW will then head to the hospital too
4) SW will call us when she's at a 7 or 8
5) David & I will THEN head to the hospital too

We won't see BM again (per her request), after she delivers:

1) SW will have BM sign papers (because of BM wanting to leave quickly this will probably take place at the hospital)
2) BM will go home after 2 hours
3) David & I will stay at hospital with baby for min of 24 until baby is discharged
4) We all go home

What we DON'T know & What we DO know

~ We don't know if she's having any more contractions or more dilated.
~ We don't know what time her Dr appointment is today.
~ We don't know if she'll even go becuase she's so mad at these midwives & hospital.
~ We don't know if they'll induce or just "talk" about inducing (if she goes).

~ WE DO know she asked us not to call her.
~ WE DO know that she'll call us when she's on her way to the hospital (o, but we don't know which hospital that will be).

Equals...

We don't know much.

Quiet as a mouse

The number Three

Conversation with social worker this morning. BM is seriously aggitated. She called hospital this morning and explained that the major street access to the hospital is closed (due to the DNC) and could she PLEASE be induced. They said no. She begged. They said no. So she said some explicatives and wants to change hospitals again. Any hospital will take you if you show up at the doorstep in labor. SO, she did go to Dr appointment this morning where they... are you ready... scraped her (eweeee). They also told her she is already dilated to a three. So we're still waiting... but now we're waiting at a 3.

Plans changed

We decided to ride our bikes downtown to check out the DNC activities. In route we rode through City Park which is beeeeeutiful - they've planted tons of flowers, re-soded, and fixed the fountain. There was some kind of hippie/hara kreshna convention taking place with yoga and group massage events.

We then headed to Civic Center Park were it looked more like the Peoples Fair. We then decided to check out 16th Street Mall, Pepsi Center, and Union Station. And yes, everyone was out for the occasion. We saw 2 separate protester parades - though we saw each of them at least twice in different locations. This one was the "Make Out Not War" protesters as they went by my office (in background).

All protesting parades were HEAVILY accompanied by cops, some in full riot gear. After this photo we decided to eat lunch where we sat on the patio. As we were eating we just by total complete coincidence saw David's brother walk by! So he joined us for the rest of the day as we explored the DNC.

All in all - an interesting experience.

Today's Agenda

Weeds.

but I do have one pumpkin!

When there's nothing else to do

give the dog a bath.

2:45

FINALLY talked to social worker. BM is very upset that Dr told her she isn't dilated at all and rescheduled an appointment for her on Wednesday, the 27th when they will talk about inducing her. She's been really miserable and tired of everyone asking her when she's going to go into labor so she turned her phone off... till today. SOOOOO, now I need to find something else to do this weekend. Who's having the bar-b-q with the beer?

10:16 am

Still Waiting.

8:17 am

Nothing yet.

Darn Qwest!!

(2:00 pm)
My phone STILL isn't working. I missed 3 phone calls and 3 text messages today because of my phone not working. And I've called Qwest three times now to have them fix it. Now they're saying it's the physical phone that is broken but I can't get a new one until October because they're switching networks. So apparently don't call me or text me cuz I'm not going to get it till October. Grrr.

Since they obviously weren't important, let me tell you about my missed calls.

call 1 & 2) I totally spaced that I was meeting a good friend for lunch today and she was AT the restaurant waiting for me trying to call me. So I didn't get the calls till 45 minutes later when I ran into in my office lobby and she TOLD me. K, here I don't feel as bad about the missed call as I do that I forgot about our lunch date - I'm such a bad friend :(

call 3) Social Worker called to say she still hasn't heard from BM but was going to call her again this afternoon.

Text 1) Same friend being stood up at restaurant (I feel soooooooooo bad!)

Text 2 & 3) friends asking about BM/labor - cuz we aren't waiting for any other phone calls right now.

The evil phone.

Ok, deep breath. I'm done complaining now.

The White Tower

(8:00 am)
When King Henry VIII was done with a wife he had a tendency to send them to the White Tower where they waited to hear of their fate. My favorite was Katherine Howard that when sent to the tower she asked for the head block to be sent to her chamber so she could practice laying her head on it. If your going to do something you might as well do it correctly (especially if people are watching).

So I got a message from BM this morning. She said her Dr visit went fine and she's still waiting.

That's all I know. Oh, and she really likes the books I gave her about Henry's wives.

Phone Issues Solved

I couldn't decide if it was my phone not working - or if no one was calling me. I called Qwest and turns out... it was both. Good news is that they fixed my phone. Other news is that when the phone finally did ring about 2:00 pm, it was the social worker to say BM's contractions have stopped. She's going to her Dr appt at 5, but they will not induce - just check to see how much, if at all, dialated she is. So, we're now looking at either somewhere between 3 in the morning (jk) or later tomorrow.

Here comes the call - and bride!

I was at a wedding this afternoon for someone I have been so anxious to see her and her family again for years - I was finally going to get my chance to catch up a little! I accidentally arrived at the ceremony 1/2 hour early (oops) so I decided to make sure my phone was still working (I've been having issues lately) - of course it wasn't working so I restarted it to reset the darn thing. And as soon as it reset I had a text message from BM saying she's having regular contractions and has a Dr appointment for tomorrow at 5 if she doesn't go into labor sooner. So now I'm thinking O crap I still have a bunch of stuff I have to get done at work first! eek! So I sat through the ceremony, hugged the people I'd really wanted to see for ... ooooo... 25 YEARS!! and ran back to work so I could finish and wait for the phone to ring. It didn't, so I went home and waited for the phone to ring.

Us waiting (notice Juneau in the distance - she's very patient)

Three days to go

I stopped by BM's house today, she really likes the Philippa Gregory series of books about King Henry VIII's wives (btw - I do too!). So since I had all the books I stopped by to lend her (ok, she can have them) my books. She's hoping the next time I see her will be in the hospital (um, yea - me too) She says she's started having little contractions every now and then but nothing to write home about (her words).

Bleck :p

Talked to social worker today. BM waited too long to change doctor/hospital so she'll have to stay at the first place that won't induce. And I know she really wants to deliver and get back to work - SW says she wants to start drinking caster oil (eweeee!). SW tried to tell her it's just a wives tale and can actually make you really sick, you'll wind up in the hospital, and still not deliver. So if she really wants to try it then at least do it in moderation and accept it if it doesn't work. But, um, still - YUCK!

Our stork

So when BM & I were talking about "The Other Boleyn Girl" I had mentioned it was actually the second book in a series and that the first book is much better (in my humble opinion). I offered to bring her a copy of the book for her to read - which she was really excited about. So today after work I stopped by with the book. Apparently her 3 year old took a tumble down the stairs yesterday which left his face really scratched up, she spent a few hours in the ER at the same hospital she plans to deliver. After those hours of sitting in the waiting room and getting a full view of the place, she's decided she doesn't want to deliver there now - cuz it's dirty and smells bad. So she's going to call the social worker tomorrow to discuss her options, the doctor she wants to switch to induced her for the now 3 year old and she's hoping she'll induce her for this one. She's really desperate to hurry and deliver, she wants to go back to work like now. Anyhoo, she then gave David and I a gift. It's a little figure of a stork and a baby - she says it's because she's the stork bringing us a baby. It's really sweet :)

Plans

I had lunch with BM today. Her 3 year old is starting "school" in a few weeks. It's actually Hickenloopers Head Start Program that she and her son had to qualify for - which they do. So we talked about him going to school and what she plans on doing after she delivers. She has two jobs lined up and she's hoping her son's dad will move in with her where she plans to work and he's going to go back and finish school. I think if that works out it will be a great path for all of them - especially since she lives in a really scary neighborhood and I would be terrified living there by myself with just a cat and 3 year old. I told her the name David and I picked out, she was a little quiet at first but then said it was really pretty and medieval sounding... where we then started talking about King Henry VIII and the Other Boleyn Girl (always a good subject!). All in all a good lunch and she is very anxious to deliver and get back to work.