Hopes are high for a short delivery over here in San Francisco. There's reason to believe it could happen. Baleen woke me up during the night with a vivid nightmare. The ghost of a young boy kept giving her a hard shove each time she tried to sleep. The little guy didn't look at all like our son to be, he just didn't want Baleen to fall asleep. It was her second nightmare in as many nights. While it's not good that Baleen's sleep was interrupted, how it was interrupted might be good news.
Studies have shown that women who dream are likely to have shorter deliveries. An hour shorter. They say it's in their dreams that the women do the hard, heavy emotional work of preparing for labor and the resulting maternity, and that by doing it then, they're resolving anxieties to come.
Even better, those who have nightmares instead of dreams have even shorter deliveries. So we're expecting a painless, in and out of the delivery room delivery. Ninety minutes tops, then a few days of hospital food, unless dad can sneak off to the CMPC neighborhood joint, Spruce for a burger to go for new mom Baleen.
Studies have shown that women who dream are likely to have shorter deliveries. An hour shorter. They say it's in their dreams that the women do the hard, heavy emotional work of preparing for labor and the resulting maternity, and that by doing it then, they're resolving anxieties to come.
Even better, those who have nightmares instead of dreams have even shorter deliveries. So we're expecting a painless, in and out of the delivery room delivery. Ninety minutes tops, then a few days of hospital food, unless dad can sneak off to the CMPC neighborhood joint, Spruce for a burger to go for new mom Baleen.
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