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Originally uploaded by daviderwin.

When we originally started designing the house, I spec’ed in a garden tub (non-jetted) for birthing. It had always been my dream to have a waterbirth, but with the last two the bathrooms were simply too small and the tubs too uncomfortable.

The tub is in, but not really ready, and neither is the baby it seems!

This past week, I was out of commission with a severe outer ear infection. My entire ear swelled and the swelling travelled down my neck and into my shoulder, into my sinuses and right eye, and up the back of my skull. My jaw was swollen shut and I couldn’t talk. Being about as pregnant as they come, I couldn’t take pain meds and had to simply suffer through it.

We made a trip to the ER (where I was asked three times when my water had broken–you mean, I wasn’t there to have a baby?!) and another to a specialist (you don’t want to hear that horror story). After our regularly scheduled false labor this morning, today was the first day I felt a little human again and got a good bit of sleep.

In between naps, we made a trek to the house. They were installing the hardwoods upstairs and had more piled in the livingroom. What a beautiful thing, that house. I feel so much pride. I considered a recent article in Dwell in which the couple finished construction on their home on the same day the baby was born. Now that is timing.

I don’t think we’ll be waiting that much longer for the baby at this point. A little more healing, and I am ready to tackle labor in or out of water. We’ll have to save the new tub for family baths and chill-out sessions.

But, don’t worry, when she comes, you know David will proudly post about it here… and then check the stats