I move into halls at the University of Nottingham today. Expect blackness (I know I'm very dark anyway...sorry about that. I do read Fic, and Unamericans, and COMM, and Beep Me), but I'll be thinking of you. If you have any special -ma for little things like 'having to talk to strangers', 'registering in time on the modules you want', and the other irritations of academic life, perhaps you could send a little my way.

I'm not sure when I'll be in touch, but my livejournal (amchau) is the surest place to find me.

A follow-up - my mom is still waiting to hear regarding a new kidney. She got a call this morning and "it is still a possibility". She is supposed to get more news by 10am.

Mom is out of surgery and has a new kidney. YAY! Now the challenge is a speedy recovery and having her body accept the new organ.

Buffista ~ma is an amazing thing. Thanks all!!!!

Jacqueline's water broke at 11:40 last night.

No contractions or labor yet. She's been admitted to the hospital and they'll start giving her pitocin at 6am and start to bring the labor on.

Baby is at 37 weeks, which is a very good plateau to have reached. Pre-term but not premature. The baby's almost six pounds now.

JZ made the baby promise that she wouldn't come on her brother's birthday. And she hasn't. By two days.

Wish JZ some deep sleep tonight, and easy labor tomorrow.

We're gonna have a baby.

Going darkish for the next couple days because of Departmental meeting. Then completely dark for two weeks while on the other side of an ocean.

I expect to start trying to catch up in about 3 weeks. And probably 12,000 posts.

I just got off the phone with David, and while things are still fine, they are progressing slowly and she is not very far dilated yet. They are planning on another exam about 10:00. JZ has already had one epidural, and they will probably make her have at least one other, just to get her to relax.

(I hope I got everything right-- I didn't want to ask Hec to repeat himself)

Everything is fine, but please hold your calls until Hec or a spokesperson says otherwise-- JZ needs to relax, rest and focus.

They've given JZ an epidural, so she can rest, in hopes that the relaxation will help move things along. The plan is to get her to sleep to fight the failure to progress, which will prevent a C-section. She's been in pretty hard labor for the past few hours, but both her and the baby are doing fine. They expect things to resume tomorrow morning.

Again, please hold your calls until informed otherwise.

Thanks!

JZ got the epi, she's relaxing and not in pain - is dialted to 3 to 4 cm, baby is at minus 1 and her head is touchable. JZ will sleep through the night, and they think they're going to be ready to go at 6 a.m.

Can I put in a request for whatever spare 'ma you have lying around that is not belong to JZ?

(Particularly around noon CST, by which time I fully expect that JZ will be done with in anyway and instead collecting all your squee.)

I just got off the phone with David.

The epidural worked, and JZ is pushing now. They expect to achieve Zmaybaby within the next hour!