From a dad who's all done having children (his wife is done, too), congratulations to all the expectant mommies in FOLCdom! I do not, of course, know from personal experience what you might be experiencing, but I've seen my wife go through some of it, and I can tell you that it's no picnic watching the woman you love ache or hurt or get sick and know two things: there's not a blessed thing you can do to help her, and it's largely your fault she's going through all this stuff.

I hope all the deliveries are smooth and swift. And I hope that your little bundles of joy thrive and give you all the love you can handle.


Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing