Saturday, October 4, 2014

"If You're Going to Have A Baby..."

I called Gram last night to let her know we were going to play it safe and stay here for the weekend--we had planned to go up to Dover and watch the LDS General Conference with her at least Sunday, possibly Saturday too. She was disappointed, but understood; I've been having contractions since Monday, and last night's and todays have actually been a little painful. (Unfortunately, they have not been regular.)

The conversation naturally turned to some of Gram's labors. Here's a classic line pertaining to the labor she had with my dad I just had to share because it is just so Grammy:

"I woke up needing to use the bathroom, so I went in, but came right back out since it passed. A few minutes later though I went back in with the same feeling, but it passed again. Then it occurred to me I should time them. Sure enough they were 10 minutes apart and I realized I was having contractions, so I went in and took a bath, 'cause you know, if you're going to have a baby, you want to be clean."

I chuckled when she said that, but every time I've thought of it since it has struck me as even funnier than before.

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