Grateful.

Last night, Coffee and I were talking about my friend Michelle and her pregnancy. I mentioned something about contractions and Oldest One quietly asked what contractions were all about.

After a brief explanation of how a woman’s body knows it’s time to deliver a baby (i.e., contractions) he then asked what happens if the contractions start and the baby comes out too early. This led to a discussion about incubators and hospital stays and things like that.

Then he asked what happens if the baby is late. We talked about how there are medications to help start the contractions and how sometimes the doctors decide to do a “c-section” where they cut open the woman and take the baby out (and then sew her back up).

After that, he looked at us with the most serious and incredulous face and said, “I am SO GLAD I am not a girl!”