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July 4, 2004
10 Deja Vus
The parallels from Karsten's birth and Britta's *almost* birth are eerily similar:
1. I had insomnia the night before. I woke up at 5am, had a snack and forced myself back to bed. Same experience 3 years ago.
2. In my head I thought, I need to get everything done at work today. I hadn't uploaded all of my mockups yet. I was able to get my work to a place where I felt I could leave without my team scratching their heads wondering what was going through my mind. The day Karsten was born I had finished everything at work as well.
3. I got the nursery done this weekend, well at least 80% done. With Karsten I worked like a madwoman getting the nursery done the weekend before his arrival. It is almost like these babies know there is a cute crib waiting for them at 3 tree point and they are anxious to be greeted.
4. My black crow. The bad omen. I won't mention names because I would feel terribly if this person knew I considered him a bad sign for me. But sure enough I saw this person in the elevator ride on Wednesday and I swear he asked me the same question about my pregnancy as he had the day Karsten was born.
5. Wearing the same pants as I had on the day Karsten was born. I almost wore the same shirt too oddly but decided against it.
6. My boss was on vacation. Same boss, different vacation. 3 years later.
7. The day before Karsten was born I took a longer beach walk than I had in ages. The day before Britta's almost arrival I took the longest walk I had taken in at least 2 months.
8. Becca reminded me she bought her first house when Karsten was born. She just made an offer on a condo the day before I landed at Swedish.
9. And finally... the feeling that something wasn't right. I told 4 people I woke up with the feeling that today was the day. I was hoping I was just paranoid but... I wasn't.
10. And finally, FINALLY, the gush. You may not want to read #10 if you are squeamish. I felt the gush of blood flooding and knew immediately what it was. The only difference this time is that instead of being at work I was at IKEA with my mom and Karsten. I called my mom from my cell phone in the restroom and told her to meet me in the car. Once my mom was able to find her way out of the IKEA maze we headed for triage. At least this time I knew where triage was, and most importlantly, how to dial room service.
Posted by jana at July 4, 2004 7:58 AM
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We've only been in the hospital for about 5 days, and it feels like we've almost had everything on the menu - and then today they pulled out a new menu that we had never seen! Whoa! It was like discovering a parallel food universe. It was a big moment at the Swedish Hotel.
Posted by: Andy at July 5, 2004 8:07 PM
Jana - I randomly ended up on your blog after rummaging through Erik Benson's site. And what timing! I am glad that you and the rest of the family are doing well. I hope the next week or two go well... Michael
Posted by: Michael at July 6, 2004 2:39 PM