Ouch!

[mand_a_lion]

I woke up this morning to two hours of strong enough contractions that I called my doctor.  They were irregular, but lasted a minute each and were arriving on average of once every ten minutes.

Cue freak out.

Then, after I talked to the doctor and she told me to keep timing them, they started to peter out a bit and evenutally went away.

It wasn't the main event after all.  Merely the pre-game show.  The show that let us know that we're still so far from being prepared for Gertrude's* arrival, it's laughable.

I don't have a bag packed for any of us.

I don't have clothes washed for her.

I don't even have a dresser in her room yet.  Although her crib is finally in there.

Part of me is kind of oddly okay with being so unprepared.  After all, it's not like she's going to notice anyway.  Another part of me is appalled at my lack of foresight and recognizes that if nothing gets done now, it's sure as hell not going to get done immediately after birth.

So...I ordered new tubing for my breast pump, just in case.   I packed a toiltries case for Chad and I.  I packed Joseph's backpack with clothes for him.  Now I just need to remember what it is that I should bring to the hospital, pack a bag for Gertie* and figure out what the hell we're going to name this child.