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All Politics Is Local
By William Rivers Pitt
Truthout | Op-Ed
Thursday 28 March 2013
Walking is the thing for very pregnant ladies, because very pregnant ladies don't want to be pregnant anymore, and word has it walking is good for bringing about the endgame. The last bit of being pregnant, comprised entirely of endless, writhing, inconsolable discomfort, is the little secret no one tells you about until you pass 36 weeks, and then it's all, "Oh, yeah, you're there, it's the worst, sorry I didn't warn you."
Not that a warning would have done any good. Hearing about it is one thing; experiencing it is entirely another, and there ain't no bridge to span that chasm. My wife is so thoroughly and completely pregnant that, if the schedule holds true, I will be the father of a daughter the next time you see my by-line on this page. She is nothing-for-it pregnant. She is just-be-over pregnant. We are at DEFCON 4 and waiting for word from the front.
So we walk. And we walk. And we walk. Slowly, surely, steadily, from hoot to holler and back to hoot, we walk.
On Wednesday, we walked all over downtown Boston, from Dalton St. to Boylston St. to Newbury St., through the Prudential Mall and the Copley Mall and back to Dalton St., and even stopped by the old bar to see Phil and Suzi and Ashley...and then we walked some more.
The rest: http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15371-all-politics-is-local
LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)I hope she soon has a quick and easy delivery of your daughter! What a wonderful father you will be!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,560 posts)Your daughter is a very lucky young person, coming into a family like yours...
Baitball Blogger
(46,697 posts)have extra cartridges to capture the hours before and days after the great moment!
Keep us posted!
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)elleng
(130,825 posts)day of reagan's inaugural held indoors due to cold weather, day before due-date, did it for me, first time; 2nd time, grocery store!
BEST!
Raven
(13,883 posts)did it for me.
elleng
(130,825 posts)BREATHE!!!
pacalo
(24,721 posts)truebrit71
(20,805 posts)..your daughther OTOH will have you wrapped around her precious little fingers the moment you see her..
cali
(114,904 posts)pacalo
(24,721 posts)We had a very nice evening with friends, with lots of laughter, before I began having labor pains the next morning with my first son. It happened to be a Super Bowl Sunday & my mother-in-law encouraged us to get out & walk, walk, walk. Worked like a charm.
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)antiquie
(4,299 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)K&R.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)even did a few jumps up and down...gently... (which is a no..no)..but, It Was TIME!
You have great sympathy from those who've been through it...!
Can't wait to hear the announcement.. (((Good vibes))) to both of you.