Thundercats Are Go!

That’s what I thought this morning at 4 AM when Jaci told me it was time to start measuring the length of her contractions as she tapped me on my forehead to wake me up. I thought I was dreaming it because I felt the same sort of sensation earlier this morning. Turns out she was reaching over to grab my hand to squeeze it when her contractions first started at 3 AM.

I awoke and reached for my cell phone thinking that it had a stop watch on it; turns out it doesn’t. So I went out to the living room to grab my laptop and use the website www.contractionmaster.com (as Jaci suggested) which has  a ’start’ and ’stop’ button to easily time them. They were intense and pretty consistent.

While we waited Jaci stayed up and worked on my laptop while I tried to sleep some more.
“Should I post something to Facebook?” she asked.
“Yeah; what’s that line from Juno?’ I said.
“Thundercats something  go?’ she said.
“Yeah, check IMDB.’ I said.
“Thundercars are go!’ she said.
“That’s it.” I said.

After that, our monitrice arrived around 6 AM and check Jaci and the baby out. Things were slowing down and both Jaci and the baby were doing fine, so our monitrice told us to get some rest and call her when things start up again. Connor woke us around 9 AM. We arranged for our friend Sarah to take watch him for the day, so he went with her to Grand Forks for a friends birthday party.

After all of that we’re waiting  patiently in high spirits now. We were a little nervous and discouraged that things slowed down, but after reading in the Birth Partner that this stage (Early Labor) could take anywhere from a few to twenty-four hours and that things were in our favor we relaxed and our spirits brightened. Jaci and Summer went to go walking and shopping and I am getting ready to meet with Richard for lunch.

After all of the stress and anxiety of this pregnancy due to our previous experience, it’s been relieving and exciting to see Jaci start and experience labor naturally. If I could I would give her a natural birth, but I cannot. All I can do is give her all my loving support and encouragement during this journey and at it’s destination.

Our destination is another beautiful bundle of joy and happiness to add to our already beautiful bundle of joy and happiness. As much as I worry about how Connor will adjust to his new sibling, I am also very excited to see him become a ‘big brother’. To watch him play is a priceless joy worth every bit of turmoil associated with parenthood. I can only imagine it being even more precious once he has a sibling to teach how to build with Legos, swing a lightsaber, or drive cars around.

As for this new beautiful bundle of joy and happiness, I am excited to have a little one to hold in my arms and rock to sleep again. Everyone says it, ‘they grow up too fast’, but you never believe it until you experience it yourself. Connor is only 2 years old I can’t believe how much he has developed. Some of my favorite memories of Connor are of him swaddled in a blanket rocking with me in the rocking chair or wrapped up in the Moby wrap next to my chest while I bounced on the exercise ball and I can’t wait to have those memories again with this little one. can All I can say is, Baby, I can’t wait to meet you

P.S. Jaci beat me to Facebook/Twitter with this title so I figured I’d beat her to the blog with it