Water Breakage of a Different Kind

Well, I hope everyone had an enjoyable Valentine's Day last week with the one you love. Mine was spent on my hands and knees with a wet vac, sucking up water out of our carpet.

No, Nancy's still intact. Remember the pool we started to fill up Monday morning? Well, we've been keeping a foot of water in it in anticipation of Nancy going into labor. Everything was fine until Thursday when in a matter of hours, one side of the pool deflated and water started to spill over the side out on to the carpet!

Fortunately, only a couple inches emptied out, but it was enough to soak a good portion of the carpet where the pool was sitting. Thanks to the Dupres, we were able to borrow their wet vac and suck up most of the water. Then, I went out to Craig's List and found someone who was selling a dehumidifier for $35. I drove down and bought it from him on Friday and had it running over the weekend to dry out the carpet the rest of the way.

We're back to normal now. Fortunately we didn't need the tub this past weekend, although we were anticipating maybe something would happen with the storms passing through Friday night and Saturday. It's common for hospitals to see an influx of women with their water broken during a storm. However, our midwife thinks this is due to a mineral deficiency and doesn't experience this phenomenon with her clients since she puts them on a vitamin regimen that includes a mineral supplement.

So, the wait continues. Part of me obviously wants to see the baby as soon as possible and have it here to hold. But there's another part that says enjoy the time I have as much as I can while it's just Nancy and I for a little while longer.