I should be an uncle soon

[dvandom]

My sister has gone into labor (or at least is dilated enough to merit going to the hospital, I'm a little hazy on strict definitions of when labor starts). Hopefully her daughter will be born today (as opposed to tomorrow...took me 25 hours to be born, so there's family precedent). Updates will be edited in as I get them.

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[5eh.livejournal.com]

OOOH!

so cool :-) UNCLE DAVE!!!!!!!!!

pre-congrats are in effect :-)

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congrats to you and yours! Have you suggested "Optimus" as a boy name?

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

They've known it to be a girl for months. And they have a name picked, but won't tell anyone until after the birth. "Alberta" (my recently deceased grandmother's name) has been suggested as a middle name, and negatively suggested as a first name (as in, "I hope you're not going to..."). :)

[1boringperson.livejournal.com]

Congrats and good luck to your sister.

I'm not sure it's a medical definition, but I think it's considered labor once the contractions begin occurring at regular intervals. She could be dilated or effaced close to birth without necessarily being in labor. Her water could even break without her actually being in labor, but if that happens the docs will want to get the baby out soon. More than you wanted to know, I'm sure.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, Things Started Happening at 2AM this morning, and not, say, while she was teaching during the day. :)