As Spent as a Salmon After Spawning…..

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Larger salmon, such as sockeye and Chinook, may travel more than 1,600 kilometres upstream, pushing against rapid water, leaping over waterfalls, climbing fish ladders. Predators, both human and animal, line the route. Fish that succeed in reaching their spawning grounds are often torn and battered. But the courting process begins, sometimes with a few one-year-old male jacks (or Atlantic salmon grilse) competing for mates, and a new generation of salmon is underway.  Usually, the male adult salmon will die after the process.

My sister stated a couple of years back that she felt “like a salmon after spawning” in reference to an entire day where I dragged her all over NYC shopping (our parents still swear that we are full biological siblings but I just kinda wonder sometimes).  Today after our final prenatal visit, I hopped  rolled off the ultrasound table and found myself reciting the same expression.  Upon researching the life cycle of a salmon, I felt it was an appropriate expression to sum up the last week…..SPENT!

I have to say it, “I’m Done!”  I mean all the glitz and glam of a terbutaline pump tethered to my thigh, the jumping jimmies from the meds, the pregnancy cradle thingy, etc. was fun and all but I think I put my time in and am ready to sit and stand upright again and to do so not attached to a wire or cord (I also developed this cool pregnancy rash all over that makes me look all rosey and like a teenager battling acne).  I’m ready to upgrade from my tropical popscicles to a grown up drink like a tasty margarita or pina colada AND I’m ready to wear pants sometime soon that have buttons, clasps, and zippers – not to mention those Coach sandals with killer heels I got a great deal on – who cares if it’s winter – I’m wearing them and I may do so when I take the dogs for an actual real walk.  Moving along…

We are still scheduled for the c-section this Friday at 8am.  We actually saw lowrider’s face today (ultrasounds now just look like a bunch of jumbled parts, you can’t make out very much) – he has the facial features of hubby but we will get confirmation soon enough!!!!  We know they will be on gavage feeding tubes because they will be too young to have developed the sucking reflux but are hoping they will be able to breath room air and not require any breathing assistance.  NICU is our next hurdle…..

Looky what came in my mailbox the other day from Kelli – A GORGEOUS skein of sock yarn from Scout in all my favorite colors – the lighting on bedrest alley isn’t great – trust me, it’s gorgeous.  I had been eyeing Scout’s yarn gallery for some time and have been watching Rae knit a pair of socks using some of her yarn.  I have resisted buying any new sock yarn because I felt it was too close to delivery date and we wouldn’t even be home when it would arrive (I think the fed-ex and UPS guys all soil their pants when Otis barks his cujo bark through the window at them – what they don’t know is that as soon as we let anyone in, he’s gets excited, does this weird smile thing, and pisses all over himself).  Now the true test is to not cast on for a sock before Friday.  The candle is one of my fav smells – a clean cotton smell….mmmmmm….

Because I will be “occupied” for the Knit Onto Others KAL, I finished mine early and have already dropped off 7 preemie caps to our NICU in memory of Eli.  As hubby says, the green and white MSU themed ones are “for his little Spartan angel in the sky”. 

Finally, the trusty raglan sweater in it’s embryonic stage: 

I have a theory about my plans for knitting for the boys (I’ll save my conspiracy theory about gauge for another time but it relates a bit to this theory):  If I knit items for them that they will have to grow into waaay into the future (this sweater is for a first grader or so), I never have to really worry about sizing it to them or knitting something that comes out too small.  By the time they slow down in their growth spurts, they will be in high school and think that anything that mom and dad do is dorky and uncool, I figure I’ll be off the hook to knit anything for a couple years and then I will work to encourage them to date knitters through their college years….my theory does continue but I think you get the gist….

Time for a popsicle, it’s been at least 15 minutes……

 

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