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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone

Yesterday I wrote a post over at Just Cause about Doggie Diets. This reminded me of the doggie diet that Gandalf went on about 5 years ago. I came up with the idea based on my experience in childbirth class. Must have been a great class, you think? Well, I have to admit that it was not as great as I hoped it would be. I had visions finding the perfect solution for pain and making life long friends with other families about to have children. 30 years later, we would be sitting together celebrating our kids' engagement and reflecting back to the time we were pregnant with them. I struck out on both counts. Alright, there is a a good solution for pain: epidural. However, when you've been in labor for over 24 hours and aren't progressing, they still won't let you have one.

One of my few specific, remaining memories from the class is that the nurse stated that if you exercised regularly, you were more likely to have your water break on its own. One of my biggest fears was that I might not realize when I went into labor. Well, that wasn't actually my biggest fear. My biggest fear was that I might not realize that I was in labor and would end up giving birth at the mall in front of a small audience. I had seen something like that happen before. One day when I was swimming for the Y in 6th grade, a woman gave birth in the lobby. The nurse's exercise advice offered the perfect solution! Who better to accompany me than my golden retriever? Every day we went on really long walks.

Gandalf and I exercised daily together for a couple of months. Then two things happened: 1) I gave birth. 2) Within a few days of OS's birth, Gandalf ate a pacifier and needed to go to the vet. During that visit, I noticed that the vet was running a Biggest Loser contest. More focused on his inability to eat, I didn't give it much thought. I was therefore very surprised a few months later to see a posterboard with a picture of Gandalf on it in the vet's office. The picture was captioned with the words "Gandalph Elliot is the Biggest Loser." This still cracks me up. To this day, he hasn't put back any of the weight. And yes, for the record, my water did break spontaneously while I was sleeping.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: If a pregnant woman walks her dog frequently enough, she will eventually give birth. (If she does not walk her dog every day, she will probably still give birth.)

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 7:00 PM   5 comments
5 Comments:

  • At 6/03/2008 10:23 PM, Blogger Heather said…

    snort! and snort!

    You're too funny.

    Love your lesson learned.

     

  • At 6/04/2008 10:17 AM, Blogger Kami said…

    Ha! I find this extra humourous because I was the most inactive pregnant woman EVER and my water broke spontaneously when I was going to bed one night.

    :-)

    Gandolf was the biggest loser! Yay for Gandolf... hee hee.

     

  • At 6/05/2008 8:04 AM, Blogger Jen of A2eatwrite said…

    Good for Gandalf!

     

  • At 6/05/2008 8:12 PM, Blogger Suzanne said…

    My water has broken spontaneously many times when I exercised hard and drank a lot of water, and I'm not even pregnant!

     

  • At 6/05/2008 10:28 PM, Blogger Mayberry said…

    I wore my poor dog out trying to get labor started. You're right. Eventually it worked.

     
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