Busybusybusy...

The last 3 days... started on Thursday w/ me being text at 7am from a continuity asking if because she had dugo and a gamay sakit in her tiyan if that meant labor was starting... I told her most likely and to keep me updated. I headed to work for prenatal clinic at 7:45am... we were done a bit early and I headed home around 11:20 to eat lunch w/ my kiddos... I had barely arrived when my cont text again and said she'd like to come get checked out, so I ate a quick lunch and headed back to the clinic at noon... She came, in very early labor... sent home w/ instructions on when to come back. I was already scheduled for night shift so was hoping she would go at night. Anyway... I stayed at the clinic because we had Stats class until 5pm, then I headed home. Tried to take a nap, not very successfully... Hung out w/ Joe for a bit, then headed off to work a little before 10pm. My cont showed up around 11:50 and seemed a bit more active... I was praying for a smooth, quick labor. (Side note: I've had horrible headaches for the past 3plus weeks... so even on ibprofen it wasn't really helping...It's a long story) Anyway... at 2 she wanted to push (I had delayed the IE to see how she was doing on her own)... anyway, nothing happened w/ pushing so we checked her... 4 cm... looking for a long night ahead!!! I got out the tennis ball to rub her low back with and it really helped... it helped so much that I couldn't stop or she would yell... push Jenn... w/ the ball... harder! My arm is still sore! I finally told her I would teach her bana to do the ball and headed off to find him... she wasn't near as polite with him when he pushed in the wrong spot or not hard enough... heehee... But even after teaching him, she really didn't want me to leave her side... so by it I stayed all night... and through endorsements in the morning... Finally at 7:26 she gave birth to a nice sized little baby boy... but she tore, which meant I had to repair (I'm incredibly slow...) Finally before noon I was finished up and ready to head home... she asked me to stay till her Mother in law came with some fruit for me... an hour later I left w/out her MIL ever coming... Crashed into bed (kids were gone to a girl tea party and a guys day out.... perfect!) At 4 I woke up to my cell phone ringing.. she was calling because her MIL had finally arrived w/ the fruit and could I come get it? Nope.. not a chance... sleeping... I didn't make her too happy I guess cause then she had the supervisor on duty text me to tell me the fruit was there... I sent Joe later to get it... but I couldn't go back to sleep! Ugh! So I got up and hung out with Levi n Meggie while the older kids were at their Martial Arts class they have on Fridays. We ate dinner, then while the kids watched their friday night movie I briefed w/ Joe and fell asleep shortly thereafter.... didn't wake till the next day...
The kids headed off after breakfast for their second Martial Arts class and I bunkered down to do some homework... but got a text from the clinic that my cont was there for a baby check... so I headed over there... all good... Joe text that a gal i had met at the Martial Arts classes had made me muffins... aaahh.. so I headed over to where the kids class was (homework time was shot anyway)... Finally we came home and ate lunch and rested for a bit. Joziah needed some burger for his dinner he was making that night so Joe and I headed to the store for some... got text from one of the moms helping with the kids choir at church asking if our kids were coming today? Oh yeah... woops... so we hurried home and Joe took them to Kids choir while I stayed home with the young ones again... we watched Andy Griffith... very exciting... :) Kids got home, Joziah n Brian made dinner (w/ Levi helping stir) and ate a yummy dinner... Got kids in bed, and the rest is history... :) Good thing Joe and I had celebrated our Valentines by a night out earlier in the week... he knows being married to a midwife means babies come on holidays and birthdays... always!
So... our lives arent' usually that many directions at once... but our weekends seem to be lately between Martial Arts and kids choir for the kids.... Adding any 'other' stuff on them makes them slightly insane... Looking forward to that village living more and more! ;)
Well... time for breakfast and off to church...