As I said, Feb 15-21: Fair Game. I believe Valentine's Day had a strike through it, Audrey Charlotte. I recognized my false sense of control but were you really greasing the wheels as I was writing that? For shame.
After posting to the blog, I watched some TV, got in an argument about dishes with my husband (a long one about where Dirty Dish Overflow should live), did some squats as a joke, and then went to bed, where I could not sleep. Instead of cleaning my house - which should have been a clue - I read the book I got from the Army Maternal Care Unit, a "Goal-Oriented Guide to Prenatal Care" and no I am not kidding. I read the whole section on labor and delivery, since I hadn't gone all the way through that before. Then I went to bed.
I woke up with a contraction at 4:40 AM. I decided to be goal-oriented and breathed until it was over, telling myself "It will only last 60-90 seconds." Then I went back into a deep sleep. Another one hit at 4:51, the 5:02, then 5:09, and every 7 minutes until 5:44, when I got up to walk around and tell Aaron I was in real labor and was going to take a shower and edit the Care Sheet for our friends who were taking Sebastian (shout-out to the Jacksons - thanks guys!).
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