Ok, so here's a stupid silly one for you..... I spent this evening in the Labor and Delivery triage area of Womack Army Medical Center tonight because of a stupid snake. Yes, I said a snake. (No, this photo is not the snake I saw, but it looks like it.)
Had I not just spoken about snakes yesterday with my next door neighbor who told me she saw one, I may not have ever seen this little bastard. But, I eyeballed a red, ripe tomato hiding underneath the zuchini leaves and since I couldn't reach it from outside the fenced area of my garden, HAD to go in and rescue it from the aphids.
So, I get in, pick the tomato and start looking around at the cucumbers and the zuchini, and I suddenly spy this long, skinny snake just hanging out on top (yes, I said ON TOP) of the tallest zuchini plant leaves. He apparently had just feasted on either a bunch of aphids (good for him) or on a cherry tomatoe, I'm not sure. But he had this really full, fat spot on his belly and he was just chillin out, digesting.
So, I FREAK OUT and try to get out of the garden as quickly as I can. Not an easy feat for someone with an extra 30 lbs who is kind of front/top heavy. So, I trip over my 2 feet of chicken wire fence so that I am not "confined" with this slithery creature. I pretty much got my flip flop caught on it, scratched up my leg and landed kind of sideways on my hip, my leg, my arm and perhaps my belly. I don't know for sure if I hit it or not.
So, I called my friend (props to Jenn B.) who is an OB, who told me to go to Labor & Delivery to be hooked up to monitors and have some tests run, just in case! She said best case scenario, I go home in a couple hours (yeah!) and worst case, the perform a c-section on the spot.
So, I head down and sit there for 4 hours in which time I had the mother of all cervical checks. This guy must have been an intern or resident, but he OBVIOUSLY does not have a vagina (or even access to one) and maybe should have gone to school to be an appliance repairman or an auto mechanic or even a landscaper, since he's got such great digging skills!
I also found out that I am having contractions. Maybe I dislodged something in the fall, but I had quite a few in those 4 hours, and while not painful, I could definitely tell they were contractions. Maybe they are the end result of the cervical check?
Anyway, cervix is still closed and not ripe. Baby is comfy in her home, I guess.....
Had I not just spoken about snakes yesterday with my next door neighbor who told me she saw one, I may not have ever seen this little bastard. But, I eyeballed a red, ripe tomato hiding underneath the zuchini leaves and since I couldn't reach it from outside the fenced area of my garden, HAD to go in and rescue it from the aphids.
So, I get in, pick the tomato and start looking around at the cucumbers and the zuchini, and I suddenly spy this long, skinny snake just hanging out on top (yes, I said ON TOP) of the tallest zuchini plant leaves. He apparently had just feasted on either a bunch of aphids (good for him) or on a cherry tomatoe, I'm not sure. But he had this really full, fat spot on his belly and he was just chillin out, digesting.
So, I FREAK OUT and try to get out of the garden as quickly as I can. Not an easy feat for someone with an extra 30 lbs who is kind of front/top heavy. So, I trip over my 2 feet of chicken wire fence so that I am not "confined" with this slithery creature. I pretty much got my flip flop caught on it, scratched up my leg and landed kind of sideways on my hip, my leg, my arm and perhaps my belly. I don't know for sure if I hit it or not.
So, I called my friend (props to Jenn B.) who is an OB, who told me to go to Labor & Delivery to be hooked up to monitors and have some tests run, just in case! She said best case scenario, I go home in a couple hours (yeah!) and worst case, the perform a c-section on the spot.
So, I head down and sit there for 4 hours in which time I had the mother of all cervical checks. This guy must have been an intern or resident, but he OBVIOUSLY does not have a vagina (or even access to one) and maybe should have gone to school to be an appliance repairman or an auto mechanic or even a landscaper, since he's got such great digging skills!
I also found out that I am having contractions. Maybe I dislodged something in the fall, but I had quite a few in those 4 hours, and while not painful, I could definitely tell they were contractions. Maybe they are the end result of the cervical check?
Anyway, cervix is still closed and not ripe. Baby is comfy in her home, I guess.....
2 comments:
So, everything is ok after the fall? Maybe its just what you/she needed to start contractions. Maybe it will thin the cervix. Maybe you won't have to wait so long after all......Hopefully!
yes, everything is good after the fall. Except I have a big scuff on my leg.
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