Phinette Watch

Fingers crossed for the soon-to-be Proud Papa. Writes blogsub Greyghost:

Pitocin drip has been started and sweet thing is having contractions. The mid-wife says another 8-10.

Heh. It's ten days until the eldest Llama-ette's eigth birthday, but I still remember the scene in the delivery room. The Missus had been having mild contractions for something like twelve hours after water breakage with no sign of their strengthening. Finally, the docs decided to give her some pitocin. As a result, she basically went into hyper-drive. Things moved so fast that they didn't have time to give her an epidural, so very much against her will she wound up having the gel au natural.

To this day I still get the vague feeling once in a while that it was all my fault somehow.

Best of luck to Phin and family! Yip! Yip! Yip!