One time my dad was on OB rounds in med school, and this visibly pregnant lady tottered in the ER doors screaming. She got in the doors and went "ITS COMING," and then hiked up her skirt, got on the welcome mat, spread her legs, and started pushing as hard as she could. My dad ran up and, like any sane doc, went, "Don't push so hard! Don't push so hard!" She didn't listen, and the baby started crowning, so my dad yells for some towels and gloves, and manages to glove up and get his arms covered in sterile towel. The woman is still pushing, and then there's this tremendous popping sound, like opening a double magnum of champagne, and this little baby is fired out of his mom, totally airborne. Dad moves quick and makes the gentlest football catch possible, cradles the baby and reassures the mom, and then rushes off to the nursery.
Anyway, best of luck Jason. Everything'll be fine.
If you think you might only make it to week 38, you may want to go invest in some premie clothes. The only place we could find any was Carters, almost everywhere else requires you to order online. The #1 most frustrating thing during those first few days of parenthood was not having a closet full of clothes and not a single one being small enough to fit her. Bonus points if you can get ones that snap across the front so you don't have to slide a onesie down over a floppy neck.
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Anyway, best of luck Jason. Everything'll be fine.
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Jason, I think you are legally required to buy this shirt for your child.
He needs cooler things like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_4
http://www.imdb.com/search/name?birth_monthday=10-04&refine=birth_monthday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_5
http://www.imdb.com/search/name?birth_monthday=10-05&refine=birth_monthday
Congrats, Jason!