Good morning everyone J I am feeling on top of the world this morning. I’ve been to the gym for my hour long workout, the kids are still asleep and Mat and I have just enjoyed a morning cuppa together (and more importantly, childless!!), which is a rare treat. I have my relaxation music playing and while we were having a cuppa I said to Mat “Isn’t this music such a beautiful way to start the day, such a relaxing transition into the chaos”. His response was “No, not really, I don’t find it relaxing at all but I tolerate it because I know you like it”. How sweet, lol. He then went on to explain that it reminds him of Goose dying in the movie Top Gun. Then I got to thinking about what it reminds me of…LABOUR!
This particular CD is one I played over and over again when I was in labour with Sophie (to catch all you wonderful new readers up, I was in labour for three freakin days with my first child but ended up with an emergency caesar…fun times!) Mat and I then went down memory lane of how difficult Soph’s labour was and that this CD was the only thing that kept me sane…well, the hospital drugs helped too J Here is what Mat remembers of my labour with Soph and the reality of how it actually happened:
Mat: “It was tough you know, I had to hose your back in the shower and rub your back during contractions”. As I recall, over the three days, he did this about five times.
Mat: “It was really hard staying awake”. Really Mat? Really? The days before I was admitted to hospital, he slept soundly while I was up all night with contractions. Yeah, must have been tough for the poor guy…I was awake for three days!!!!!
Mat: “The hospital chair was so uncomfortable, I couldn’t getting any rest at all”. Oh my, the poor Dads having an uncomfortable chair to ride out labour in. Lucky us Mums get to kick back in a luxurious bed and be waited on frequently by nursing staff…ah that’s the life J
The biggest thing I remember of my labour with Sophie was that at the end of it all, when our new family of three were back in our little hospital room, Mat complained that he was feeling so tired...that was when we had our first argument as parents J
All in all, it is no surprise that us beautiful women are the ones to endure pregnancy, labour and childbirth because quite frankly, the boys are not tough enough to handle it. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a battle of the sexes, it is just a simple fact…baby making is hard work!!! It is called labour and not leisure for a reason J
This post today is dedicated to a gorgeous friend of mine and Mum-to-be, Cathee, who is so close to popping! Thinking of you xox
2 comments:
aaw u r so sweet!! Thank you <3
we only have 9 days to go.... And my lovely husband has 'been ready for the baby to come for weeks!' HA, he doesn't know what he's in for!
Mmmm. I know of someone who's partner slept on a bean bag on the floor all night when baby no 3 was coming. It was the same person who almost missed the arrival of number 2 child becasue he went home for sleep during the day (while I laboured away in hospital)and stopped for Macca's on the way back to the hospital. Only made it by about an hour.
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