Psychotomy

So, Kiir had our second child, a girl, on Saturday. With DK, there were 6 or more people around during labor and delivery. Which was good, b/c she went into an emergency C and they had to put her completely under which meant they threw me out and didn’t have time to explain or anything.

But this timeit was just the two of us. The two doula-trainees we had last time, we never got around to looking up doula’s, plus they cost a lot if you don’t get the trainees. Her mom was still in atlanta, because we were slightly less pre-scheduled this time. And my parents were at the house keeping an eye on DK for us.

And it turns out? That was a BAD plan. It was OK from 7:30 when we got there until about 1ish? That would be when the epidural was wearing off/just not working right, so every contraction she was in pain …

I appear to have a character flaw. I dislike seeing my wife in pain. She eventually made me call my mom and ask her to come stay with me. Because she couldn’t deal with the contractions AND being my support. Because I’m supposed to be supporting her, an’ all, not the other way around.

Of course, by the time my mom got there, they’d redone the epidural and the pain was mostly cleared up, but it was still good to have someone there with me. Especially since then Sarah got to have the baby, too.

(then I missed my saturday pill, and was breaking down all over on Sunday oi; I may need to talk to doc about updating my scrip to something stronger or something)

Posted in: DK, PI by attriel /