JINX!

By Eddie
My silly wife. Complaining about boredom. The girls in this family should know never to do that. Lil Mac had to know that Momma was getting too comfortable with her mundane life. So at about 2100 hours last night (central time) he thought he would aggravate things a little. During the nightly monitoring gig the line that is supposed to be straight (the one that checks for contractions) was anything but. Instead of resembling a nice horizon over a calm sea it looked more like turbulant waves preceeding a hurricane. The other line, the one that watches his heart rate, was ironically steady. That is the line that they expect to see more activity on. Did I forget to mention that Sarah was actually feeling these contractions? Or that she started to experience pelvic pain that hadn't been there before? Well these factors combined with a worried nurse and before you know it Sarah was out of her "comfy" surroundings and back in Labor and Delivery. Of course I was already home and Addy was in bed by this time so Sarah was alone through all of this. I was awaiting the periodic text to update me and let me know if this was the real deal. They hooked her up to an IV and checked her dialation "a good 2" and efacing "50%" and a couple other things that I am clueless on.
Eventually, I got the word from Sarah that she was stable and so I waited until the morning to come see her. When I got here it didn't take long to notice the effects of last night's events. Instead of the inviting "visitors welcome" sign on her door there is a sign out front that might as well say "trespassers beware!". Sarah has barely slept, can't go to the bathroom without a nurses help, is uncomfortable, and has actually stooped so low as to ask me to help her with her hair.
The good news is that she is doing ok and may be able to go back to her old room later today but the damage is done. The reality has set back in that nothing can be taken for granted and anything can happen any day now. Lil Mac has made it abundantly clear that no amount of bedrest, nurses, meds, monitoring, or anything else will change the fact that he is the one in control here. My boy. Watch out girls, the balance of power in the Thomas house has shifted.