A June 6th Baby?

Well, my guess is that I am going into labor tonight. How do I know? Do I have bloody show? No. Did I loose my mucus plug? Nope. In fact, other than the constant barrage of Braxton Hicks contractions and the bowling ball sensation in my pelvis there is nothing physical to suggest labor is upon us. The thing is tonight/tomorrow would be the most inopportune time for Sonny to make his world debut. Because Murphy’s Law is sorta’ like my family’s curse my hunch is tonight is the night! ;-)


We got a phone call from my midwife yesterday. She has broken her foot in three places and sprained her ankle! Today she had surgery on the foot to have a pin put in to repair the break! AHHHH! Of course we have backup midwives in place. Therefore, if labor strikes tonight or tomorrow the show will go on! But, not with my wonderful world renowned midwife! She and I have spent months cultivating a trusting open relationship, and I just can’t imagine anyone else filling her shoes! Smoochy isn’t worried though. He says, “We don’t need no stinkin’ midwife!” He’ll catch this baby all by himself if he has to! I am oddly comforted by his bravado.


June 6th would be an inopportune birthday for my son for a couple other reasons. The big one is that my Mom flies in from Florida tomorrow and I don’t want for her to be stranded at the airport because Jacob is busy trying out his newfound midwifery skills. She would be terribly bummed to make it so close without being present for the birth or have a chance to rub my gigantic buddha-belly for good luck at least once!


The last reason for not wanting a June 6, 2006 baby is pretty obvious. But, I’m not going to spend much time writing about it because #1 it really annoys my Dad when I mention it. And #2 it really isn’t a valid concern because Smoochy and I are not superstitious. I just wouldn’t want Sonny to ever get teased about something stupid like being the son of the devil. It’s bad enough his middle name is Francis! ;-)

So, I guess we’ll see! My Blogging Buddy over at Milliner’s Dream predicted June 6th was going to be the day. It would be fun is she won the still-to-be-announced and much coveted Smoochy Baby Birthday’s Right Grand Prize!