Well, he's sitting in my lap sleeping and making funny baby noises as I type this - It'd be cute if I didn't know this means he's not gonna sleep tonight at all... We're trying to get him to sleep at night but it's difficult when nothing will wake him up during the day (including cold wet hands on his head)! But I'm very happy to have traded in the gigantic belly for a gigantic baby... :-D

I bellydanced my way thru most of my pregnancy (found it to be a cure for backache and swollen feet) and decided to try bellydancing thru labor too - managed to get all the way to 9.5 cm shimmying happily - even with back labor it decreased the pain of contractions to totally bearable. I only had to take something once I laid down and stopped dancing.

My Mom managed to come up and be in the delivery room with me. Thank heavens for her! She coached me thru it, and I had a totally natural delivery minus the pain relievers near the end.

And now Tristan is here, I'm a Mom (yikes!) and loving every minute of it. From what everyone tells me he is a really really good baby - doesn't cry unless he actually needs something. And I've discovered bellydance music makes him go out like a light!