+ Dreamin' +
I had the most vivid dream last night. In the middle of it, I even got up to go to the bathroom, came back to bed, and caught right up in the dream again. I don't remember all the details, but certain things stick out in my mind. You came early. It felt like you came right now, but I think you were about 4 or 5 pounds, so obviously I must have been further along. Here's the kicker: I was out of it for the whole thing. It must be my increasing anxiousness with labor and my mind's way of telling me to stop worrying about it. I was at home, and I guess my mom was there, and the next thing I know, I'm coming to while pushing in the hospital room. I couldn't for the life of me remember going into labor or anything. Apparently, I started bleeding a LOT (that's not pleasant, sorry, but in my dream it wasn't alarming because I learned about it after the fact), I yelled to my mom to help me, she got me to the hospital and they said I was in labor. They gave me an epidural, and I guess I was in some altered state of consciousness, because I wasn't aware of what was going on, like I was in a coma. Like I said, I woke up, pushing. I pushed probably 4 or 5 good times, and you were born. And you were so tiny, and so absolutely and completely perfect. They gave you to me right away, and then I realized I hadn't read anything on nursing yet (because you came so early) and I didn't know what to do. But we figured it out, and you were the perfect baby. Other than the first cry, you never cried again. We took you home the next day and the next 2 days were just you and me, cuddling and learning about one another.

Yes, of course, I am fully aware this is a dream and not reality. It was just remarkably vivid, and full of emotion. The puppy was hurt yesterday, mysteriously, and has a pretty big abrasion under her right eye. I spent most of last night worrying over her, putting medicine on her and just cuddling with her. It's a minor injury, but I'm in this emotional place right now (duh!), and that probably helped fuel the dream.

So, we're at 26w1d. Can you believe it? Well, you should be waking up in there again (I'm eating, so that's not surprising). Could you wave at your "aunties" from the Delphi message board? They're dropping by to check on you, so say Hi!