"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote:
>
> > Things are going reasonably OK now.
> >
> > This wasn't the case sometime last week. I've been having
> contractions,
> > and Wednesday of last week, it just got to where I couldn't lie down
> > when I needed to, and was horribly exhausted, and having
> contractions at
> > a rate that didn't bode entirely well for my not going into labor
> before
> > I really ought to. So Dan basically confined me to being horizontal
> > most of the time, and called my mom. She got here on Sunday.
>
> You too? Melissa's been having some pretty bad contractions - the
> doctor doesn't think she'll make it to the day they scheduled her
> c-section. Granted, that's only 2-1/2 weeks away... but I'm running
> around like a maniac trying to get cribs, changing tables and cradles
> assembled, as well as keep the house and the kids looking reasonably
> presentable.
Good luck. You've got relatives in town that can help out some, right?
Nothing like having to assemble lots of things.... (We have 2 major
ones, plus the dry run on the carseats. I'm glad we moved Sammy out of
the crib when we did....)
> Glad to hear the inside babies are healthy, and I hope things with
> your F-i-L go well. I've still got two boxes of clothes for you, but
> Melissa wants to hang on to them until after the baby's born on the
> off chance the ultrasound lied and we're not having a boy. Still
> haven't decided upon a name - we're down to 2 or 3 choices, and I'll
> be giving them the "shout it out the back door" test this weekend.
> Sadly, Aethelrede and Cuthbert didn't make the cut again.
Understandable. And someone else has offered some baby girl clothing,
as well, just a matter of it getting to me. (We will have to buy a few
things, I think, just to be extra-safe. And it's not the end of the
world if my daughter ends up in boy's clothing at times.)
> With my luck, the baby will come right in the middle of the
> documentary shoot I'm working on next weekend, and there'll be some
> delightful chaos.
Oy. Good luck to *you*!
Julia
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