Loudon Wainwright III – Daughter
So those of you that actually understand this reference, understand that right after this line, Seth Rogen lays the smack down on the last minute doctor (Señor Chang), in Knocked Up. Well, I’m happy to report that we ALMOST had the same issue. So my wife works in the NICU, and when talking with a new mother that just had a premature baby, she mentioned that she had a procedure scheduled with our same doctor, but that he wouldn’t be back from his trip until April 9th. Now for this woman, this wasn’t a big deal because the baby came a little early and the procedure wasn’t needed. But for my wife and I who were just told on Monday that we’re going to be delivering like 7 to 10 days early, this was a bit of a shocker. We had met no one else in his group, and I distinctly DON’T recall the mention of any 2 week out of the country trip when we were talking about a 39 week evaluation.
Now in no way am I blaming the guy for having a great vacation and taking time off, but really? No mention of it at all? Either way, it’s not quite as bad as the scene in Knocked Up, but it did cause us a bit of a scramble as we’re pretty much due anytime that my wife sneezes too hard. We have gotten our backup plan all laid out which is actually moving us to our first choice hospital if we go before April 9th. Anyone wanna place bets on that happening? Side bets on those bets?
All in all, it looks like we’re not going to have to pull a “naked asian man in the trunk” type of scene (another movie reference folks). I will say that it was probably our first realization that we may not exactly know what to do with this whole birth thing. Who do you call, where do you go? I know that we took a baby prep class at another hospital so who knows what they implanted into our memory. The good news is that apparently my family has a taped off area in the waiting room of the hospital that we are now going to. After 17 nieces and nephews, and just as many waiting room parties, I think we’re pretty well prepared and accepted. We even know some of the supervisors due to some great inside connections (i.e. my wife and sisters, and even my mom are all nurses), so our room choice will hopefully be prime. It’s like those amazing lounge seats that our good friends would surprise us with at Dave Matthews Band concerts when we weren’t expecting it……oh those were the days. From now on we’ll have to worry about pump and dumps and babysitter curfews if we think we’re going to be able to tear it up all night at a Dave show……sniff……
All that being said, crisis averted. We’re in hold mode coupled with long walks, attempts to eat pizza and a beer, and other crazy ideas that we’re being given to progress this little one out. We’ll keep you all updated on “baby watch 2012”, but our hope is to get this thing a movin’ no later than this weekend as I’m not sure that my wife wants to work next week at all. Cross your fingers, legs, or whatever else you cross for good luck.
traveling daddy 