We're on the 5 day countdown until our baby boy arrives and I've noticed over the last few days how forward folks are in asking me how I'm "progressing". Yesterday I was playing with Murph Dog in the backyard when my neighbor and her husband came over and she quickly asked "are you dilated"? Hey, keep your mind off my private parts lady, I don't ask you if you have hemorrhoids!

There is really no way to avoid the question, as the thinning and subsequent opening of the cervix is the really only indicator of active labor, but its a little unsettling to be questioned about the status of your whoo-hoo. Once again my sheltered Catholic upbringing serves me well, as for my own well being, I would like to consider the theory of stork delivery. I haven't put a lot of thought into the process of delivering a baby myself. I choose to remain naive to those things I cannot control in this regard.

Wish me luck and a may my IV overflow with pain killers...