Monday, December 06, 2010

'twas the night before the baby

As I sit here hoping the next 24 hours go quickly and smoothly, I'm thinking about the night before Maximo was born. I wasn't as worried as I should gave been, and I'm glad my ignorance got me through the night.

I wasn't feeling too fantastic because I was hooked up to machines, I had just had a failed surgery and was on meds to prevent going into labor at least until I got my next bout of steroids.

John was right there with me as he was through the whole pregnancy; he stayed with me that night and slept on the couch/futon in my room.

Just as I was about to drift off to sleep, he started to snore. I was hooked up to an iv and a baby monitor was on my belly which was hooked up to a big printer. Needless to say I was stuck in bed. So I started throwing stuff at John- anything I could reach to get him to roll over. Unfortunately nothing worked and it was probably good I didn't get up because I wanted to kill him.

He woke up in a sea of pens, hair elastics, my cell phone, and I don't even remember what else. The look on his face when he woke up in the morning was unforgettable - like "what the heck happened here?".

Tonight will probably not be that eventful. I'm hoping to get a few hours of sleep. Hopefully my anxiety won't prevent that.

I'll keep you posted about tomorrow. I'm scheduled to go to surgery at 1:30 pm. Which is 11:30 pm. EST Monday. I'm not sure when the earliest John or I will be able to post, so (Mom) go to sleep on Monday night and wait until Tuesday morning to see pictures of Lola Caroline.


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Location:Rokko Island Hospital

2 comments:

Terie and Kelani said...

Good luck! We will be thinking of you all (and that home made ravioli!!).

Lindsey said...

Best wishes. Can't wait to see everyone together!!! Good to talk to you today.