off switch for my brain
I had a dream early this morning that I was in labor and we had to get ready to drive to the city to have this baby. Jack and I were waiting for someone to pick us up (?) and I was having whopper contractions while we waited. When our ride arrived, it was a big black club cab pickup truck!! The cab of the truck was full of people so they put me and Jack and some other people in the back of the truck for the ride! All kinds of weird and crazy, I know.
But, it got to me thinking about when I actually do go into labour. It's a long drive to the city, we're taking the girls with us, and I started wondering what time of day it might be, how we would know for sure it was time, what if my water broke in the van, would we have to pull the girls out of school or out of their beds, would Dina make it for the birth.......
I've never had to drive anywhere at all while I'm in labour. With Kim I was induced after a night in the hospital, Julia and Abby were both born at home, so the idea of driving a long distance while I'm in labour makes me feel a little panicked. What's so funny about that is 99.9% of the women in my community do that exact thing; they drive to other communities/cities to have their babies, driving at least 45 minutes to 2 hours to get there!
As all this was running through my head, Baby woke up and started kicking me so I gave up on sleeping and sat in the recliner for half an hour, hoping sleep would come. I'm sure right around the time the girls wake up I'll be ready for a nap. In the meantime, I must feed the beast within and maybe she will go back to sleep too!
But, it got to me thinking about when I actually do go into labour. It's a long drive to the city, we're taking the girls with us, and I started wondering what time of day it might be, how we would know for sure it was time, what if my water broke in the van, would we have to pull the girls out of school or out of their beds, would Dina make it for the birth.......
I've never had to drive anywhere at all while I'm in labour. With Kim I was induced after a night in the hospital, Julia and Abby were both born at home, so the idea of driving a long distance while I'm in labour makes me feel a little panicked. What's so funny about that is 99.9% of the women in my community do that exact thing; they drive to other communities/cities to have their babies, driving at least 45 minutes to 2 hours to get there!
As all this was running through my head, Baby woke up and started kicking me so I gave up on sleeping and sat in the recliner for half an hour, hoping sleep would come. I'm sure right around the time the girls wake up I'll be ready for a nap. In the meantime, I must feed the beast within and maybe she will go back to sleep too!