I'm sure people wonder how I forget these things, but to follow up with the story about Padme's labor, she continued the drip last Friday to see if she would go ahead and go into labor, have contractions, etc. Well, as in Thursday, nothing happened, and finally, the doctor decided they needed to go ahead and get the baby out of there via C-Section. The Queen called me at work, and at first, they were going to take her in at 3, but then, I got a frantic call back saying she was going in "right now," and that she was coming to get me ASAP.
This whole rigamarole caused some tension between us since she wanted to be there for the birth, and didn't want to miss anything, especially the baby coming out into the nursery, so it was a very, very tense ride. This was a situation I knew it was best to leave alone, so the ride was also very silent as we cruised toward the hospital.
We got there just in time. The baby wasn't out yet, but they were in surgery at that point taking care of it, and to our surprise, Darth (who had always said he would refuse to go back) followed his husband instincts and accompanied Padme into the delivery room for the cutting. We waited.
Not too long passed before Darth showed up with a small bundle and walked into the nursery accompanied by a nurse. He relinquished his child, who is a boy that we'll obviously have to call Luke, to the nurses for the battery of testing that babies undergo when born nowadays. Everything was fine, but we learned why the baby wasn't engaging, and why she wasn't going into labor.
Turns out the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck...twice. This means that the child could not engage without being strangled. If they hadn't pulled him out, there's no telling what could have happened. The optimist says that he might have woked himself free and come out without any problems in time. The realist would say that without the C-Section, the child would not have survived.
Bottom line is that it doesn't matter. He's with us now, and he's healthy and perfect.
The tension between the Queen and I, however, over us conducting a normal day due to the indecision over what would happen lead to my leaving her alone the majority of the time we were there, and my never being given the opportunity to hold the baby. Naturally, the Queen was allowed to, but I was allowed to stay in the waiting room after a time and leave her and her family alone. That really wasn't a good day either. Oh well.
We did go back on Saturday, and at that time, I was allowed a time to hold him. That was nice. I'm not totally cold hearted. Babies are nice to hold.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Could It Be The Pills?
So I think I've mentioned before that I'm more than just a little AD/HD, and it's been a bit of a task keeping the tendency to chase shiny things under control. Recently, I read a thing online about there being a more natural remedy to keeping it under control by ensuring that you have enough magnesium and omega-3 in your diet. Well, my response to trying this was grabbing a multi-vitamin and some fish oil. How's that working? Well...
Initially, I didn't notice much. I seemed to be a little calmer, but now after a week, I think it is doing something, but it took a bit to figure out that it might be the supplements causing this. Since a few days ago, I've felt immeasurably depressed. Perhaps you got that from the bad week post. Now, I'm not the type of person to feel depressed about anything, but I've just felt really, really down lately. Wait, you might be thinking, how can someone who is hyperactive be "down"?
Aha... There's what I hit on too. I've been taking these vitamins and fish oil regularly over the past week, and all of a sudden, I feel depressed. Maybe I'm not actually, but the "downing" effect is working. Maybe I'm not depressed. Maybe I'm somewhere close to normal. Perhaps I've calmed down to the point that it's noticeable.
Now the hard part is focusing because I am not sure that I'm all there at this point because being down all of a sudden from being up all the time is a bit of a culture shock to me, especially since I deduced this possibility just this morning. I've gone over recent events in my life and despite the fact that they are a little over the top, I've gone through much worse, and it's been no big deal. I need to turn my mind from all the ugly annoying things that have been bringing my mood down and focus on everything that keeps me going all the time. Keep on everything that excites me.
I'm not sure where all this will take me, but I currently have mixed feelings over these supplements. Maybe my body is just adjusting to getting these extra nutrients and there's an acclimation period I just need to endure. I'll go with that for awhile, but if my mood fails to improve through my own cognitive abilities, then I may be chemically depressed, and have to toss these pills by the wayside.
Can't have the geek's brain put through the ringer cause of pills. Just not right.
Initially, I didn't notice much. I seemed to be a little calmer, but now after a week, I think it is doing something, but it took a bit to figure out that it might be the supplements causing this. Since a few days ago, I've felt immeasurably depressed. Perhaps you got that from the bad week post. Now, I'm not the type of person to feel depressed about anything, but I've just felt really, really down lately. Wait, you might be thinking, how can someone who is hyperactive be "down"?
Aha... There's what I hit on too. I've been taking these vitamins and fish oil regularly over the past week, and all of a sudden, I feel depressed. Maybe I'm not actually, but the "downing" effect is working. Maybe I'm not depressed. Maybe I'm somewhere close to normal. Perhaps I've calmed down to the point that it's noticeable.
Now the hard part is focusing because I am not sure that I'm all there at this point because being down all of a sudden from being up all the time is a bit of a culture shock to me, especially since I deduced this possibility just this morning. I've gone over recent events in my life and despite the fact that they are a little over the top, I've gone through much worse, and it's been no big deal. I need to turn my mind from all the ugly annoying things that have been bringing my mood down and focus on everything that keeps me going all the time. Keep on everything that excites me.
I'm not sure where all this will take me, but I currently have mixed feelings over these supplements. Maybe my body is just adjusting to getting these extra nutrients and there's an acclimation period I just need to endure. I'll go with that for awhile, but if my mood fails to improve through my own cognitive abilities, then I may be chemically depressed, and have to toss these pills by the wayside.
Can't have the geek's brain put through the ringer cause of pills. Just not right.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Walking In And Waiting
Optimus Prime was telling me a story today about a day when he was younger and they had a short day at school. Apparently this shortened day was unplanned, and rather than calling his mom to get a ride home, he and a friend opted to just ride the bus home so his mom didn't have to get out to get him. Well, he mentioned at the beginning of this story how he tended to step softly, unintentionally surprising people when he walks in. Well, on this occasion, he got home and walked in on his mom...
...eating the Nestle Toll House cookie dough. He says she wasn't a very good cook, but she tried as evidenced by the six trays of progressively lighter cookies, showing she was steadily figuring out how long to not cook them. I thought that was funny. What did you think was going to happen? She always told him not to eat raw cookie dough and ... busted!
Anyway, my sister-in-law, Padme (you know, Darth Vader's wife?... haha), is very pregnant with my first nephew at this point, and due to potentially complicating issues such as gestational diabetes, they induced her yesterday. Well, nothing happened. The pitossin (sp?) gave her a couple negligible contractions, but that's about it. So they took her off of it yesterday, and re-started it today, and still very little was going on. Last I heard at this point, they are looking to do a C-section later today if nothing further progresses.
Apparently, these complications could get somewhat serious, but as women who have C-sections don't ever have regular, natural birth later, it makes me wonder if they're still going to be able to have the 3-4 kids they were looking forward to having if she's going to be going under the knife every time.
I guess time will tell.
...eating the Nestle Toll House cookie dough. He says she wasn't a very good cook, but she tried as evidenced by the six trays of progressively lighter cookies, showing she was steadily figuring out how long to not cook them. I thought that was funny. What did you think was going to happen? She always told him not to eat raw cookie dough and ... busted!
Anyway, my sister-in-law, Padme (you know, Darth Vader's wife?... haha), is very pregnant with my first nephew at this point, and due to potentially complicating issues such as gestational diabetes, they induced her yesterday. Well, nothing happened. The pitossin (sp?) gave her a couple negligible contractions, but that's about it. So they took her off of it yesterday, and re-started it today, and still very little was going on. Last I heard at this point, they are looking to do a C-section later today if nothing further progresses.
Apparently, these complications could get somewhat serious, but as women who have C-sections don't ever have regular, natural birth later, it makes me wonder if they're still going to be able to have the 3-4 kids they were looking forward to having if she's going to be going under the knife every time.
I guess time will tell.
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