Archive for June 2005

Oh thank you, gods of Newborn Sleep.  I take no credit for excellent parenting skills for having slept 7 1/2 hours last night.  I thank you.(Look for far fewer baby entries from here on out)

O ye powerful gods of Newborn Sleep, why have though forsaken me?

Life’s funny, eh?

On the morning of the 18th, shortly after posting my "Greetings From Ish’s Biggest Fan" comments, I spoke to a friend who asked when I thought the baby was coming.

After having said ‘any minute now’ for about a week, I realized that I’d gotten the due date wrong and there was little chance we’d be seeing the little one in person for a while. "Not today," I said.

Well. Now we can add "Batman Begins" to the list of labor accelerants. Who knew?

Actually, I know you didn’t, but some people have asked, so I wanted to explain the whole process of our home birth.  If you’ve never had a baby, or never had one out of the hospital, this might be interesting to you.

The first day has been wonderful, though neither of us has slept more
than a few hours.  Everyone took a morning nap and then BJ returned and
we all toasted our good fortune.  We used a bottle of port that Sarah
and I picked up on one of our first dates in Napa back in 2000.  We
were out there for New Year’s, and during a side trip to Napa we visited my favorite place in wine country, Prager Portworks.

On Saturday night, after seeing the first 1/3rd of Batman Begins, Sarah began having 4 and 5 minute contractions.  We raced home to meet the midwives and the birth assistant.  After a breakneck labor of 4.5 hours without drugs, a good portion of it in the hot tub, Moishe Ben Imber Safdar was born at…

Hola, friends and admirers of the Imber Safdar clan. My name is Bj and I will be your conduit for the next few weeks. As in, look for posts from me about the status of Ish’s big debut and updates on labor and arrival. During the hours of the blessed event, I’m honored to be…