Dear Spike:
We visited the labor and delivery ward at the hospital with our childbirth class today. Even though I know the nurses were aware of our visit, I like to think it might have startled them a bit to see 10 extremely pregnant women coming off the elevator all at once.
The most interesting part of the tour was getting to see a placenta that had, only a few minutes earlier, been home to a little baby. And it was fascinating to think that, at that very same moment, you were swimming around in an organ just like it.
Wow.
We’ve been to the labor and delivery floor before — twice for diagnostic ultrasounds, once for a tour and a bunch of times to check up on your heart — but there was definitely something different about this visit.
Everything seemed so close.
The nursing station, the labor room, the waiting area, the nursery — we’ll be there soon. For real.
It feels like Christmas Eve.
Love,
dad
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i remember our trip to the ward before the birth...
...once i was there for the real thing, i forgot it all, was lost, confused, and just pretended the whole time...
....ps, don't get hold a leg....just my advice....
- Jon
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