I WAS so pregnant!

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:26 am

gonzo914 wrote:
Roger O'Keeffe wrote: Hats off to all the heroic women that have given us our own lives and those of our children.
For without them, we would certainly not be as aware of our shortcomings.

Dilbert wrote:Success is that happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did.

Or, as someone once told my husband when something had gone well for him at work, "Behind every successful man stands a surprised woman."

Whistlin'Dixie · Post by **Whistlin'Dixie** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:46 pm

Cynth wrote:

Or, as someone once told my husband when something had gone well for him at work, "Behind every successful man stands a surprised woman."[/quote]

that's HILARIOUS !!!!!

Mary

chas · Post by **chas** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:43 pm

"If a man says something in the woods and his wife isn't around to hear it, is he still wrong?"

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:52 pm

chas wrote:"If a man says something in the woods and his wife isn't around to hear it, is he still wrong?"

My husband liked this one too

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I guess we will get our next Linus-Watch report tomorrow morning. I wonder how the massage was? How are the ankles? Any sign that Linus is thinking of making an appearance?

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:22 pm

chas wrote:"If a man says something in the woods and his wife isn't around to hear it, is he still wrong?"

retorical you are...

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:01 am

Still no labor. Hmph!

The massage was a bit hard for my taste, even though I tend to like it rather deep. Every time I asked her to lay off a little on pressure, she said "don't you want to go into labor?"

Dan drove in to work today (rather than taking the train) just in case. My mom is here and my dad has his suitcase packed. But nothing is happening!!!

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:44 am

BOO!

(I was thinking maybe a little jolt might help get things started.)

Best wishes,
Jerry

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:00 am

Sometimes an unexpectedly <A HREF="http://www3.sympatico.ca/dj.moulton/rea ... .mp3">loud sound</A> is supposed to do the trick.

djm

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:31 am

Morning. Nothing!

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:37 am

Oy. You're making me really glad I'm a guy. Hang in there...it will all be worth it...
Tom

amar · Post by **amar** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:06 am

WyoBadger wrote:Oy. You're making me really glad I'm a guy. Hang in there...it will all be worth it...
Tom

more fun puttn it in, ain' it?

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:13 am

I was amazed to see that this thread started over a week ago! I guess you are even more freakin' pregnant now

. I'm sure we'll be hearing some news any day now. The massage lady sounds a little scary!

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:50 am

Cynth wrote:The massage lady sounds a little scary!

Yeah, and I had to pay $60!

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:29 am

There seem to be a number of Linus's in mythology and the stories are confusing. Here is a musical Linus:

"Son of Apollo and Terpsichore, he taught music to Orpheus and Herakles. Herakles killed him with Linus's own lyre after he reprimanded Herakles for making errors. According to other sources, he was the son of the muse Kalliope and the inventor of melody and rhythm."

This photo of a vase of some kind isn't very good. Since Herakles was a boy when he killed Linus, I would have thought that Linus was the bearded man. But the bearded man seems to be wielding the lyre which I thought Herakles should be wielding.

Well, the story doesn't have a good ending for Linus, but there is no Herakles now so perhaps your Linus will go on to become a great musician!

StevieJ · Post by **StevieJ** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:58 am

Jessie,

We were in the same situation a few years ago. Our midwife advised us to climb the stairs of St Joseph's oratory, just up the street from the birthing centre. The climb is a lot more intimidating than the photo suggests, esp. when you are 41 weeks pregnant.

I think the idea was to get the pelvis moving rather than to seek the intercession of the Oratory's founder, Brother André. At least that's what I gathered from her completely untranslatable instruction to wifey: "Déhanche-toi!" It worked anyway - she went into labour the next morning.

You can go up the central wooden stairs on your knees, if you're so inclined, but that would probably not succeed in "déhanching" you.