Haven't done this in a while so Ask Me a Question

[puppetmaker]

Ask me a question. (Questions will be taken on a first come first serve basis; Questions I don't feel like answering I will pass on (this included politics, anything I or Peter have signed a NDA on and anything to do with the wing speed of swallows [it's been done]).

I am grateful for all questions asked.

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[paigemom.livejournal.com]

Tell me about the day Caroline was born.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

That's a day I remember well and the day before too. I had just finished my last day of work at Del Rey before I went on maternity leave. I remember being grateful that I was not going to have to commute on the train anymore because it was getting very uncomfortable.

I went to see my OB that evening. He did an internal exam explaining what was going to happen over the next couple of weeks and he stopped mid sentence and said "you are 70% effaced and your bag is bulging. You are in labor right now.Do you feel ok?"

I told him that I had felt a little uncomfortable but I had been having so many Braxton Hicks contractions I hadn't really noticed.

He informed us that I was having this baby within the next 24 hours. Peter joked that it was his bowling night and I had promised him that I wouldn't go into labor on his bowling night.

We went home since I was not that far along and Peter went off to bowl. We ended up going to the hospital a little after midnight which was a good thing because we had a major ice/snow storm that next morning. If we had waited until the next morning we might not have made it to the hospital.

The hospital got me set up and I got some sleep that night. The next day was all about the pushing and I have hazy memories of the morning and early afternoon. Then at 2:53 pm Caroline came into the world. The Doctor put her on my chest while Peter cut the cord. I held her for the first time and my whole world changing in that instant.