Friday, February 20, 2009

A baby WITH diapers

My first blog entry on Love and Marriage was about my baby nightmares. I would have these dreams where I would have a baby and be completely unprepared for it. (Read about it here.) Never once did I get a shower, read any books, pick out a name, or even hardly speak about having a baby until holy shit, the baby is here. I really have no idea where those dreams come from. Guy and I have a really supportive family that loves kids and I know we would be overloaded with gifts and help.

Maybe it has something to do with getting older or the fact that our nephew has been staying with us and we've realized that kids aren't quite as hard as we thought, but I had a different type of dream the other night. I had a dream that not only was the exact opposite of unprepared, things went so smoothly it was ridiculous.

Here is how it went:
a) I was in labor for one hour and 45 minutes.
b) I pushed only ONCE.
c) I had no ripping or tearing of any sort and did not need an episiotomy.
d) It was completely PAIN FREE.
e) The baby had a name!
f) My stomach shrank back to its normal size instantly.

Everyone else delivering their babies that day was oh so jealous of me and my unripped lady parts and super flat stomach. The only discouraging part of the dream was that at one point after birth I had some cramping and the doctor gave me some meds in my IV but accidentally doubled the dose. I was very dizzy and every so ofter I would just tip over and someone would have to sit me upright again. I hope my labor will be very much like this dream! Did anyone have a ridiculously easy labor? Or is that just physically impossible?

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