What to do

Both baby and mummy are catching 40 winks and I'm sitting around like a third wheel. Kinda tired and hungry, but bored of the food option - a variety of chocolate based sweets.

I kinda want to go home, but feel sorta selfish. Sue can't eat from the op and I'm complaining about about the snack variety and now I want to go home - not to get away from my fam but to lay in a bed and eat something savoury. Besides, who would choose to hang in a hospital if there was a choice?

C-section update

Sue's been shaved to allow for c-section access and they're going to size me up for scrubs so I can hold sue's hand in theatre.

I read in one of our books that they put a sheet up so don't have to watch the op.... Which is good.

The consensus amongst the practitioners here is we have a monster baby - around 9 or 10 lbs. Sue's eyes watered at the thought of passing that. Maybe nature has a way of handling these larger loads cuz it doesn't look like it's coming the normal way.

Exam again

The new team have just come round to look at Sue and said they'll probably let her go until lunch time and then do a c-section.

Hard to think we've endured the last 15 hours or so, when it could have just ended c-section-wise at the end.

The midwife we had over the night said that Sue would be up and around within a day of the c-section, but obviously lifting heavy stuff will be out for a while.

We were so optimistic when we arrived that things would progress naturally, especially when the waters broke about 11 hours ago.

I need food and a drink. My mouth tastes horrible. I can only imagine what Sue feels like / is tasting, etc.

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