On Mon, 21 May 2001, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> At 02:15 PM 5/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > Julia
> >
> >who can excuse her e-mail activities today on the grounds that she's
> >listening to music to figure out what is likely to be helpful to take to
> >the hospital when it comes time to give birth (Enya & Vivaldi good,
> >Tangerine Dream bad for that purpose....)
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>
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> Something loud enough to cover the screaming . . .
No, that wasn't the point. :) Something to try to calm me to the point
where I can relax so it doesn't hurt as bad so there is less screaming to
begin with.
At Lamaze class, we were told to find a focal point of some sort. If I
can take music I'm familiar with into the labor & delivery room, the music
itself can act as a focal point, and it's a bit more immediate than trying
to either keep my eyes open to focus on some physical object (anyone else
see the movie "She's Having a Baby" for other things that can go wrong
with that?) or the memory of a tire swing last seen about 20 years ago.
(Man, has it been that long? I'm getting older....)
So anyway, I got through 5 CDs today, and I'd have gotten through a 6th if
we hadn't found the long Daria block on MTV. I'd have listened to the CD
as I was unpacking the china to put it away instead of having the TV on.
(The china is another story. Here it's been almost 10 years since we got
married, and we hadn't filled out our china set. Mom pointed out that the
pattern could be discontinued at some point, so better to act sooner
rather than later, and so on Mother's Day, Dan drove us down to the outlet
mall to, among other things, get the rest of the china we wanted in that
pattern. The other three quests there didn't work out as nicely -- but at
least I have my china, even if the probability of having a real nightstand
made out of something sturdier than cardboard anytime soon is fading into
nothingness....)
Julia
