I missed it!
I missed the birth I was waiting for. Missed it! I've had my pager with me for the past week or so and was really looking forward to meeting the little one I had gotten to know over the previous six or so weeks. Tonight I ran out to the grocery store and didn't have it with me - when I returned to the house I'm catsitting at it was beeping. I called the hospital, thinking I had a long night ahead of me, only to hear that she'd delivered the babe!
(I suppose I should add that the OB shouted to the nurse that I shouldn't feel bad because *he* missed it too...)
I missed it. I'd only missed one other birth on my rotation - at the time I was dog-sitting and left to let the dog out. The woman, who asked me if I could stick around with her, who had been dialating 1cm every two hours then went from 6-10cm and pushed the little one out in less then half an hour. Why? because I left to walk the dog.
the lesson? When I am cat or dog-sitting the pregnant women that have asked me to be present at their delieries will progress so fast that I will miss it.
(edited to add: my mom reminded me that I predicted the babe would arrive today and it did. Yet I'm not nearly as happy about that as I should be. I missed it!)
(I am knitting socks while I swatch for Rogue; there are many reasons why it's the sweater I chose and now my decision is about which yarn to use....(and dare I say that I might need to include a few other colors of yarn that mysteriously bought themselves in my pile of "sweater possibilities" yarn?)
(I suppose I should add that the OB shouted to the nurse that I shouldn't feel bad because *he* missed it too...)
I missed it. I'd only missed one other birth on my rotation - at the time I was dog-sitting and left to let the dog out. The woman, who asked me if I could stick around with her, who had been dialating 1cm every two hours then went from 6-10cm and pushed the little one out in less then half an hour. Why? because I left to walk the dog.
the lesson? When I am cat or dog-sitting the pregnant women that have asked me to be present at their delieries will progress so fast that I will miss it.
(edited to add: my mom reminded me that I predicted the babe would arrive today and it did. Yet I'm not nearly as happy about that as I should be. I missed it!)
(I am knitting socks while I swatch for Rogue; there are many reasons why it's the sweater I chose and now my decision is about which yarn to use....(and dare I say that I might need to include a few other colors of yarn that mysteriously bought themselves in my pile of "sweater possibilities" yarn?)
posted by Kristen at 7:42 PM
5 Comments:
Is it wrong to say that I'm still chuckling over this? Maybe just a little. Don't fret, my friend. You'll have plenty more births to attend in your lifetime.
I'm sure that you'll have plenty of other births to witness. Its the desire to be there that counts.
Sorry you missed the birth, but so happy about Rogue. I'm starting next week. Which yarn are you using?
I love that you're doing Rogue! That's definitely on my longterm to-knit list. I can't wait to track your progress on it.
Happy holidays, and a belated congrats on the boards. Now you can relax and just focus on what you were meant to do - doctoring!
Babies are like that :-)
A belated Happy Birthday -- you're still a mere baby!!
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