The white plastic stick displays +.
We are excited and like a few other things in life it's a brick wall. If you are a parent you are this side, if you are not a parent your on that side. Helen Keller's teacher Anne Sullivan could nevermake you understand.
Agatha and I begin the journey with joyful tears. The next day the whole process begins.
1) Choose a OBGYN...wait a minute Agatha wants a mid-wife to deliver the baby.
Clay firmly declares, "umm. I am not to sure umm that I am comfortable with that umm idea...dear"
Agatha, "well there is a terrefic program at LICH hospital. Urban Baby highly recommends it. I have talked to 12 mothers since we learned about this last night whao all had incredible experiences. I am making an appointment.
The following week...we nervously meet outside the hospital to meet the mid-wives. Our appointment is with Debbie Pasties. A sixty year old ex-hippie with brassy curly hair well past her shoulders reminds me of "mother" ,night bird dj from FM, Eileen Brennan. Her most notable role was the crass sargent in Private Benjamin.
We sit down across from her. She is artificially warm. She is kind and thorough when answeing Agatha's questions. With me quick and annoyed.
Later that evening as Agatha foreshadows the events of the birth with Madame Pasties. I express my concern. What if there is a medical emergency. I was hung up with the question of what malady would cause her to turn over the delivery to a doctor.
I know that every birth is unique, but there must a list of maladies whether personal or as a professional standard that demand the attention of s doctor, no?
I decided the next day that I would set up an appointment with Sargent Pasties and ask her.
clay
