My tummy continues to expand, my due date is near and my co-workers and family are sure I’m going to pop any minute.
They may be right.
For them and for my own sanity, I am trying to remain calm and just work through my to-do lists. I admit that there have been a couple of times over the past few days that the pings and twinges of pregnancy have been more intense, convincing me that the birth day was at hand. But I was wrong and we’re still hanging in here.
So I wonder how Cindy Preisel felt when she went to her job as a cook on a shrimp boat in Texas and ended up going into labor two weeks early while at sea. (Read the article)
My hat goes off to the captain, Ed Keisel, who successfully delivered the baby boy. This really gives a new meaning to having a water birth.