Things I Should Know on My Due Date
02.9.2012 1. How much water actually comes out when my water breaks. Are we talking 2 thimbles or 2 pitchers of membranous fluid?
2. What I'm going to name my baby.
3. What I would name my baby given Murphy's law and she comes out a he.
4. If I've paid for my cord blood kit.
5. What's in my cord blood kit.
6. Whether my point and shoot camera, SLR camera, and HD camcorder are actually charged.
7. Where those chargers are.
8. Where my pudendum is. In case I want a nerve block instead of an epidural.
9. Which entrance to use at the hospital.
10. What to expect when I'm expecting. My husband decided he didn't want to buy me the #1 selling book for expectant parents, in favor of another, lesser heard of book. More of a "what to sort of know when you think you might be, you know, having a baby." He never hears the end of it because anytime I do something wrong, I blame the generic book he bought me before we had Emmy. Me: "How was I supposed to know? I didn't read "What to Expect When You're Expecting. I'm grasping for straws in the dark here!"
11. How to take care of a newborn again.
12. Where my breast pump is.
13. What my birth plan is. I mean, I know I don't want to be induced, but I really want to have my kid this weekend. 2-10-12, 2-11-12, or 2-12-12 are all great, easy to remember birthdays. Maybe it's time for a visit to House of Pizza in San Jose. Apparently a slice of their pizza is like a shot of Pitocin.
14. Who's on my email list for the announcement.
15. Why my husband is on call on my due date.
Signed,
Ticking Time Bomb
Reader Comments (4)
Please put me on the email list! Been watching your blog like a hawk. My money's on 2-15-12. Good luck and I hope they give you an awesome pair of leather pants to wear that day.
of course kay!! and yes, i will NEED some sweet leather pants to get me thru :) it's 5pm and still...nothing.
17 months ago Mrs. Woz and I watched the premiere episode of the new Hawaii 5-0 (with tidal wave opening song scene - precursor of things to come?) and then fell asleep during the news... at 1:10am she nudges me and says "I think my water broke". I said "Meh, you probably just peed yourself like you keep saying you feel like doing (we're 2 weeks early is why)." She says "I really think it broke."
I turn on the light and there's 3 inches of water from her knees up to her shoulders starting to seep into our bed. Frack!!!!
Answer to your question above... more than a thimble.
Woz--HAAA. Indeed, it was a lot of water.