A boy named...

23 weeks and counting...

Last week was my first time being on a birthing unit when it actually meant something to me. I've spent time there as a student nurse, plenty, but last week was the first time I stepped onto a birthing unit knowing I would soon be needing one of those beds. I felt a little like a space rover. Going in, checking out uncharted territory, doing a re-con mission. Seeing what the lay of the land is like. Gathering data that I could mull over, like I am now...

If you've worked in a health care setting before, or have been trained in health care at all, I'm sure you're familiar with the pupil size chart. This handy little gadget gives you insight into someone's potential neurological state at a glance. I've seen these charts a gazillion times and I'm quite used to seeing them, especially in a hospital.

So, when I glanced around and saw something similar, I thought nothing of it. Oh, I recognize that chart, makes sense. It was posted on the little white board that also tells the patient who their RN is for the day, what the plan of the day and so on and so forth. It wasn't until it was pointed out to me that in fact, what I glanced at was a cervical dilation size chart that I about pooped my pants. 

Um. 

10 cm you say?

heh heh.

I'm scared.

Have you ever SEEN what 10 centimeters LOOKS like?! I have. You know what scares me more? The fact that I haven't FELT what 10 centimeters FEELS like. 

On the bright side though, who knows, maybe I won't have to feel what 10 centimeters feels like. I take comfort in that. 

You know what else I take comfort in? Being able to lie on my back. These days though, if I want to lie down on the couch and surf the net, the laptop has to sit on my legs. And since I'm not built like an orangutang, it's hard to reach. 

Whoa.

Hey there feet. Miss you. 

The other latest development is we have settled on a name. We are both pretty excited about it, and I welcome any of you to throw out some potential ways to make fun of it. Perhaps I'm biased, but I can't think of one single way to make fun of his name. In the spirit of picking his name I bought Kris a little early Father's Day Gift. 

Vanson Floyd Webb

He's going to be such a little stud.