Sheep Guarding Llama – Page 796 – Scott Alan Miller

Well we went to the hospital and spent about three hours there. At first everything seemed like we were all systems go. Everyone agreed that it looked like we were progressing but then, after a while, they did some tests and they don’t think that the water actually broke and labor is not ready to begin. The nurses and midwife were great. (What a relief to not have to have had any lab tests done today!) They were really supportive and in the end left the final decisions up to Dominica (and me but I’m useless here) and let her decide whether to wait it out or to induce.

Around five thirty Dominica decided that induction was a bad idea at this stage (early induction could trigger a c-section) and the baby needs to tell us when it is ready. We live so close that there is no fear of traveling back and forth between home and the hospital. So we went home.

The good news, though, is that with another day of monitoring and testing that the baby appears to be completely healthy and, if anything, overly active. The baby is still moving like crazy in there.

We went back to the house, got dad and went to Pastel’s for dinner. I ran into GameStop and picked up Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core for the PSP as it will give us something to do in case we get stuck for a long time at the hospital again. We would use our Nintendo DS Lites but we managed to pack the chargers for them and they are lost in our boxes at the moment. So until we find them the PSP has the only charger which we have yet happened to come across.

After dinner we made a quick run to the Stop and Shop for some quick necessities and then came back home and watched a few episodes of Mary Tyler Moore and had a fire in the fireplace. Dominica went to bed around nine thirty and I am planning to go to bed at ten thirty (any minute.) Dad is staying up for a little while manning the dwindling fire.

Tomorrow morning dad is planning to head back home for a week or a little less unless there is some immediate baby news. We believe that Dominica’s parents are heading our way in the early afternoon and will probably be staying until Sunday night. Depending on when the baby decides to make an appearance all plans will change.

November 25, 2008: It’s Showtime!

Dominica is now 40 weeks and 4 days pregnant…

Damp. That is how things are around here today. It rained all night and it is raining very steadily this morning. We are pretty sure that there is some minor roof leakage coming down to the living room ceiling. It is nearly impossible to tell but I think that the “wet” area is slightly cooler than the rest of the ceiling indicating trace amounts of current water there. That is better than the plumbing being the problem; I think.

I started work at eight thirty this morning. Dominica slept in until almost eleven. She was really exhausted after spending the entire afternoon and evening at the hospital last night. Nothing like adding stress and exhaustion to the woman who is past due to have a baby.

At eleven this morning, Dominica’s water broke. It looks like the baby has finally had enough and is ready to come out and greet everyone. Dominica called the midwife and we need to go in early for a few things but nothing urgent. Could be a long time before labor really starts but because Dominica needs an antibiotic we need to actually be at the hospital. News will probably be rather slow as we will be just reading and relaxing for quite some time.

Bob’s delivered our dressed at twelve thirty. That was the last thing that we needed to wait for. My out of office assistant is turned on and I have signed out from work. The announcement has been emailed out and we are heading to the hospital!

I don’t know if I can update SGL from the hospital or not. But I can update Twitter so keep checking in either here (Twitter in the top left) or go directly to Twitter for the latest news.

Posting just before we leave.