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I think the only people who didn't know for sure I was having a C Section on Saturday morning were Reed and me. We knew they were going to induce me at 8 am and that I HAD to have the baby before midnight because everything was changing too fast. What we didn't get was that my body thought labor was a piss-poor idea.

A cervical exam showed I was no where near ready to do anything on my own. Chemicals started early labor going but it didn't progress and no one was surprised. By noon I was on the schedule for a C Section.

My usual narrative style has more detail than this has had so far. I can't seem to back track for all the nitty gritty of what happened. Not sure it matters. We were terrified. And now as I look back, knowing that in another century I would be dead, I suppose we had reason to be scared. I felt horrid. Betrayed by my absolute usual perfect health. Where the hell was it?

Anyhow, I will put more into this tomorrow. Must go to bed now.

Posted by karen at September 21, 2002 12:00 AM