By: Ann
I just wanted to give everyone a brief update on Baby Morrison. The baby is still maxing and relaxing inside my womb. The baby must have Wii boxing set up inside of there, because I’m still feeling all the kicks and jabs as frequently as ever. Sunday (the due date), November 16th, came, waved “hi” and left with no baby. We even walked, literally, all over Mountain View on Sunday, completing a 4+ mile walk, with no dice. It was a little difficult getting over that hump (my due date), but Jason has been really great with bustling on continuing to give me massages and keeping my spirits up. I’m still as dilated as I was last week. The contractions are pretty regular, but not enough in frequency or intensity to be effective.
So, yesterday I had a doctor’s appointment and scheduled an induction. The induction will begin on Friday (11/21) night and end (hopefully) on Saturday. I’m not the happiest at how this turned out, but this is the best decision for the baby in order to get the baby out as safely as possible without the complications of being overdue. But at least my mom will be able to fly in. Her birthday is this Sunday. I think the baby as a birthday present won’t be too shabby. What do you think? On the other hand, it would be really great if I didn’t need the second part of the induction on Saturday and the birth was nice and quick, so I would be able to give birth on 11/21. That is my best friend Jill’s birthday, along with Jason’s paternal grandmother’s birthday, who passed away this year.
On a brighter note, some of you may know or have heard that Jason was on Australian television via satellite. He was on “The Morning Show,” the “Today Show” equivalent in Australia. The interview was about the whole baby naming business we have going. You can watch it by clicking on the link below. Jason figured out how to embed it on his home page.
http://www.jasonmorrison.net/content/2008/appearance-on-the-morning-show-in-australia/
Jason has been too afraid to watch it. I would be, too, if it were me. However, I think it turned out very good. There was a bit of a delay, but Jason wasn’t nearly as twitchy as he thought he was, given the conditions that he had to do the interview in. He looks very good in the video and it was very entertaining on a whole. They have a photo montage of family and friends, so look out for your face. Now Jason’s not the only one famous in Australia.
I’ll take one final picture and post it to our website of me in my final hours of pregnancy. I promise. Thanks for all of the well wishes and phone calls. It’s great to have a support system like all of you, even if most of you are so far away.
Happy belated birthday to Rachel and Kim. Sorry no calls were made out. Spirits were kind of low that day. But we love you all just the same. Happy birthday today to Jess. Happy future birthday on Thursday to Cory, my not-so-baby nephew. All of these birthdays…it’s really hard to keep up.