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Wednesday, 30 December 2009

Alex's Tuppence Worth @ 30th December 2009

Another day, another load of twinges/contractions experienced by 'len (currently fast asleep on the sofa - various pains kept her up all night, bless her) and still no Dylan. This is without a doubt the weirdest waiting game I've ever been involved with, although obviously much less weird than what my darling fiancee is going through.

When we went into the hospital a couple of days ago I was completely expecting to be a father by the end of the day, which probably shows my naivety regarding just how rushed the delivery of a first child tends to be. And yet my nerves weren't half as on edge as I'd expected them to be - more than anything I was (and still am) more concerned about Helen's mental and physical state and whether Dylan was comfortable. A couple of days later and we're all feeling pretty calm, if not exactly relaxed. A sense of chilled inevitability. But what we are doing is attempting to grab as much sleep as possible, a luxury that we may well be denied for the next year or so.

Have been shaken out of my standard morning daze today by a combination of the charming sound of a vomiting cat in the next room and noticing the date in the corner of my computer screen. It honestly hadn't occurred to me that we're now so close to the end of the year- what with all the excitement of the past few days I'd kind of assumed that Dylan would turn out to be one of the last children of the noughties. He's now got just under 38 hours to manage that.

Just read through this post and trying to decide if it makes perfect sense and well-crafted reading, or merely resembles the musings of a thoroughly nervy imminent-father-to-be! Please feel free to post your opinions as comments!

Alex aka Babydaddy

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