The following morning Susan entered the room with a solemn look on her face. “We have to get this going” she said. “Those babies must be out of your body 24 hours after your water breaks and we’re running out of time. I know how much you hate drugs, but we need […]
The midwives had given me a lovely way to stop labor: warm milk and a shot of brandy. The last of my seventh month and beginning of my eighth were almost pain free and staying in bed became much easier.
Over the long months of bed rest I had watched every mindless […]
By the middle of my sixth month I was on complete bed rest. There had been foolish moments in my life when I had dreamed of spending lazy days in bed. I was so wrong – it was torture.
One morning I was agonizing over how neglected my four-year-old, Danny, was, since […]
With a phone book and a big pad of paper I set out to find someone who would deliver my babies without a cesarean. Starting with OB/Gyns that I knew, I started interviewing, looking for references, trying to find information. Hospitals, clinics and private doctors all gave me the same sad story: […]
Twins! I was carrying two babies, not just one. The weight of my body had vanished.
Then reality struck. My husband and I had only been married a few months, we already had a four-year-old from my previous marriage. My two older boys were god-only-knows-where and illegally with their father and his insane wife. I would […]
I was pregnant. Since I had been that way before I knew something was really wrong this time around. Pain twisted up my spine with frightening regularity and walking was more effort than I could have ever believed possible. Although I couldn’t possibly be more than three months along, my belly seemed to be as […]
November 11, 2007 