I can't whistle: All is Well

08 November 2010

All is Well

Sarah here. This is amazing! Kate is amazing. She is still 5cm after a long day including tub and position changes so has agreed to small amt of pitocin to kick things up a notch. Baby is fine. Kate is radiant. Doug is steady and peaceful. What an honor to be here. Hopefully we'll have more news soon!

15 comments:

Anonymous said...: yay--longtime lurker de-lurking to root Kate on!!!!! Thanks for keeping us updated!!!!! Go kate go!!!; November 8, 2010 at 7:37 PM
tireegal68 said...: Thinking of you all and cheering Kate on! Sending big love and hugs! Xoxo; November 8, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Melissa said...: You are a warrior Kate! Big Hugs.; November 8, 2010 at 7:46 PM
Mo said...: Sending so much love to Kate! You're doing it, girl!! Every minute brings this baby closer to joining you!

Mo; November 8, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Mom24 said...: You can do it Kate! I've been thinking of you all day. Keep your focus on the magic that will soon be in your loving arms. What a lucky baby!!!

Love and hugs,
Jenn; November 8, 2010 at 8:00 PM
IF Optimist, then... said...: We love you Kate! Keep up the hard work and we'll keep up the good thoughts for you.; November 8, 2010 at 8:54 PM
Mad Hatter said...: Go Kate and Go Baby!!! Keep pushing through to the other side and we'll all be here waiting for you!
Love,
Maddy; November 8, 2010 at 9:02 PM
What IF? said...: You can do this, Kate. Love you, and so infinitely happy for you that your baby's birthday has finally arrived. Hang in there!

Thank you, Sarah, for updating. Much love to you and Doug, for being there and supporting our amazingKate. We're all rallying behind her.; November 8, 2010 at 9:37 PM
(another) karen said...: How wonderfully exciting for you all!

Best of luck!
(another) karen; November 8, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Erin Bakal said...: Thanks for updating Sarah-- yay Kate, yay baby! Many cheers and lots of easy labor vibes from here. I echo Melissa's cheers for warriorKate!; November 8, 2010 at 9:41 PM
sprogblogger said...: Yay for you, Kate!; November 8, 2010 at 10:23 PM
Gil said...: Pass on our good wishes, thoughts and prayers if you get a minute to Kate and Doug. I'm checking frequently and hoping that the pitocin helps safely push things further along. Love to all involved!; November 8, 2010 at 10:58 PM
Baby Smiling In Back Seat said...: Good luck good luck good luck! You will do great, Kate!; November 8, 2010 at 11:01 PM
Circus Princess said...: Go Kate! And way to go Doug! Thanks also for the update, can't wait for more news :); November 9, 2010 at 1:31 AM
Kate said...: Go Kate!
Excited to see an update - thanks Sarah; November 9, 2010 at 2:55 AM

About this blog

I started this blog during struggles with infertility--struggles that resulted in countless IUIs, medications, procedures, 5 attempted IVF cycles, 2 pregnancies, one heartbreaking loss, and one miracle baby.

Parenthood left me feeling like I was not sure what to do here, with this amazing community. To talk about parenting felt boastful for those still and forever struggling. To not talk about it felt disingenuous. So here I am. I want to talk about my real life. Parenting. Midlife reassessment. Flailing. Finding myself. Mucking about.

So yes, I am a midlife parent of an amazing child.
Yes, I battled infertility and will be forever changed by every single moment of that journey.
I am imperfect and life is messy, but it is also so beautiful.

Among many other things, I hope to reconnect to myself through writing here. And I hope to connect with you too. Others out there, parenting maybe later in life. Maybe after struggling. Maybe struggling still. We can all use a safe place and a lot of compassion. That's what I am offering to you. I hope you'll stick around.

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"The key is, starting from the inside out. Often you say, “I don’t know what to do.” True, you don’t know what to do. There are infinite possibilities. And a bunch of them haven’t worked for you. A lot of them have been tried, and they haven’t worked under what you think are the same conditions. And so, you sort of pace around, you don’t know what to do. Sometimes you don’t even know what you want to have. But you always, you always, if you will stop and think about it, you ALWAYS know how you want to feel."

--Abraham