Contractions started - most inconveniently, I thought - at 11pm precisely, and have been every 10 minutes for the last three hours. I have a laptop and a supply of chocolate Hobnobs. I expect I'll be here all night.
*Waves to nocturnal blog visitors from exotic timezones*
Don't worry, I'm not going to liveblog any gory details, in fact this may be the last this blog sees of me for Quite Some While...
...unless it all turns out to be a false alarm, of course.
UPDATE 06.55: Not a false alarm, but a bit of a long drawn-out experience thus far. Still, at one point I did make an Excel spreadsheet to analyse the contractions, my nerdiness knows no bounds...
UPDATE 10:08 Ow. Owowowowowowowow. Ow.
UPDATE 11.24: I am 3cm dilated and eating a banana (this is not a euphemism). Fascinating stuff, eh?
hardly exotic. London at 2.30am...
ReplyDeletegood luck! hope it goes well!
Thanks Anon!
ReplyDeletethink about youtube. for posterity etc.
ReplyDeleteYes, you could be like Jordan, who wanted her first birth recorded for posterity.
ReplyDeleteHope all goes well.
I'm getting sympathetic contractions.
ReplyDeleteNo, sorry, it was that tarka dhal from last night.
Well, I suppose San Diego is exotic to some places. It's nearly the exotic hour of 8 p.m. here!
ReplyDeleteI'll be hoping for a swift and as-easy-as-possible labour for you. The sweater's nearly done, so I guess it's about time. :-)
Best of luck!
ReplyDelete(Hope it goes better than my daughter, who labored for 22 hours and then had to have a C-section because both of them were exhausted. But her son is World's Greatest Baby anyhow.)
And now it's 4 am your time. That's a lot of hobnobs.
ReplyDeleteI haven't even started on the Hobnobs yet...
ReplyDeleteWell, if you're not going to eat the Hobnobs, can I have 'em?
ReplyDeleteHope you're getting some, er, catnaps between Blue Kitten contractions. Sounds tiring :-/
Just make sure they give you all available drugs. And then some more. And don't forget that this is all James's fault...
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Thanks everyone - still here, it's going to be a long day.
ReplyDeleteStill, at one point I did make an Excel spreadsheet to analyse the contractions...
ReplyDeleteYou are super-cute. Good luck.
xxx
sorry, can't post interesting message, am knitting booties in a last minute panic. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteCan't find the video link. Please advise.
ReplyDeleteHurrah! Hope it all goes/went smoothly. What a lovely welcoming gift for the blue kitten - hobnobs.
ReplyDeletehow fantastic! i'm really excited for you ... all three of you! xxx
ReplyDeleteWow! Wishing you a safe and swift delivery. The word "birthday" will have a new meaning for ever more now... x
ReplyDeleteHello! Are you still at home? What's happening? Hope all goes well. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! Hope she makes her appearance very soon. Mind you, I suppose we should have expected this, the daughter of two writers was never going to be any great fan of deadlines.
ReplyDeleteOoh! Bonne chance!
ReplyDeleteawww I was holding out for gory details. Good luck with everything! Have a great birthing. :)
ReplyDeleteKeep eating those hobnobs! This is all very exciting.
ReplyDeletei reckon james has now claimed the laptop for the promised d&d session, while patroclus just gets on with it.
ReplyDeletehooray! Hope the delivery is easy.
ReplyDeleteI made toast for Patroclus! I am practically a midwife.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, the cat is getting annoyed at the lack of attention.
James - If at any point in the proceedings you stub your toe or anything like that I wouldn't bother mentioning it.
ReplyDelete*makes note*
ReplyDeletealso practise not fainting as midwives have training in how to kick the father-to-be under the bed out of the way to let them get on with things.
ReplyDeleteThis is all good stuff, marvellous.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you all! well mostly of P of course, do you still have sleeves in your shirt James?
ReplyDeleteI ripped my husbands whilst shouting obscenities at him during the finally stages!
"I ripped my husbands whilst shouting obscenities at him during the finally stages!"
ReplyDeleteThat happened to me as well, only during the conception rather than the birth.
Good luck!
Good luck! Hope everything's going brilliantly, can't wait to hear news. xxx
ReplyDeleteEek! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteOoh! Good luck good luck good luck! This is so very exciting! I wish all the very best, and keep in touch... :D
ReplyDeleteWell, I dreamed that the baby was born and that you were resting on our sofa and that Rob was cooking for you while James took over his laptop. (Not an unrealistic scenario had you actually not been thousands of miles away.)
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping the lack of postings for a few hours means you're at the hospital and more dilated now, at least...
Just off to hospital now - hopefully back later with photos!
ReplyDeleteGOOD LUCK!
ReplyDeletefrom a lurking reader from exotic eastern europe. For 'exotic' read 'cold'.
17:26 EEST, +2 BST or just finishing work time.
You have all my good wishes!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck. :)
ReplyDeleteStop moaning and get on with it. This kind of thing really should be left to the menfolk.
ReplyDeleteha. i'd pay to see that, lc...
ReplyDeletegood luck patroclus.
Yes, live blogging. If only I hadn't gone to bed last night, I could have lived this.
ReplyDeleteIt appears I'm too late for all the excitement of the liveblog, but good luck anyway x
ReplyDeleteMassive best wishes!
ReplyDeleteIs this the first birth live-blogged?? You've become you're very own Jordan - but MUCH classier. Amazing!
Ooooh I leave my computer for 24 hours and I miss all the excitement. Good luck and best best wishes to you all. I've never had any myself but this is a great day of the year to be born... I should know, it's my birthday!
ReplyDeleteHugely enormous amounts of good luck, and then write lots of useful advice for those who are looking to the blogosphere for advice.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, hope all goes/went well!
Yeeee, I'm actually excited!
ReplyDeleteHurrah! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteGood luck from me too. Hope all has gone well.xxxx
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! I do hope all has gone well. I'm so glad you didn't have to be induced. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteHurrah! I'm an auntie. Congratulations both.
ReplyDeletehooray! congratulations all - and welcome, blue kitten xxx
ReplyDeleteI've just had a phonecall from a very tired sounding James. Blue Kitten was born about an hour ago, weighing what sounds to me like a considerable 7lbs!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all three of you, can't wait to see you!
Congratulations! And hello there blue kitten.
ReplyDelete(rach, and orb and m)
And a whoop of hurrah from the other side of the planet!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Looking forward to pics!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness me. I don't know what to say. All overcome. Pleased you squeezed in a banana.
ReplyDeleteHello blue kitten.
*wipes away tears*
Oh my goodness - baby's here at last!
ReplyDeleteWell done all of you! Looking forward to all the gruesome details...
Many congatulations. They are wonderful little people to have around...do enjoy her.
ReplyDeleteIs it true they're going to call her Hadron Collider?
ReplyDeleteIt's a pretty name.
ReplyDeleteThe baby is here - more tea and biscuits Matron!
ReplyDeletexx to all.
Nappy Days!
ReplyDeleteHurrah for Blue kitten!!
xx
Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteGreat news - Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteAnd hello to Blue Kitten. I hope you are all recovering nicely from all the excitement.
Loving congratulations to all three.
ReplyDeleteThe G-word is made flesh...
...and it was St Orlando's day yesterday. Don't know if this has any significance?
Turns out having a baby is a brilliant way to bump up the traffic and comments on your blog.
ReplyDelete[ponders...]
Congratulations to you all!
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