12/27/07...

One year ago today was a busy day. I would say that we woke up early, but I don't think that either of us slept at all. We went to the bookstore and bought some new Moleskin notebooks... one would be for baby notes, one would be for boobie notes. Then we were home to pack some things up... a change of clothes, PJs, toiletries... because we would have to stay over night once the baby came ("ominous music here).

It was snowy, so we headed off a bit early for our first meeting with the Oncologist. She is a specialist and takes mostly high risk or abnormal cases... her slate was full, but was convince by Michele's OBGYN (a breast cancer survivor), Michele's surgeon (who was nice enough to wait until after Christmas to tell us), and Michele's very, very pregnant state to squeeze us in to her schedule. We met with her and got the big picture, since the smaller picture couldn't be known until test were done post-baby. She was very straight forward and pulled no punches and was still somehow quite comforting. We knew more, felt a little better, and decided that it was baby time and we needed to set the rest aside for now...

Drive back across town, pick up our things that we paked for overnight (here), and right back to the hospital... same building as the Cancer Care Center. We checked in to start the induction process at 6pm and were shown to a very nice, big birthing room. Met the nurses and settled in for what might be a long night (here). They started the Pitocin, which kickstarts labor, and hooked all kinds of wires to Michele's arm, leg, and belly...

"Try to get comfortable, this might take a few hours... maybe even more." (here)

To be continued...