The Science of BABIES!!!!

So. When a man loves a woman very very much....

Well, I hope all of your parents have already had that talk with you. Patti and I are pretty much past that now. She has officially gone on bed rest.

Been there, done that. She has officially come OFF bed rest and has gone back to work. As Samuel L. Jackson says - Hold on to your butts.

So - science of babies you say? Well, yes. More like math of babies - or using a watch of babies. Depends on your grade level...but spreadsheets are science, right?

May 1st, 2011 Time of day Interval Length 4:00 PM N/A 1min 4:30 PM 30:00 1min 5:00 PM 30:00 1min 5:30 PM 30:00 1min 6:00 PM 30:00 1min 6:30 PM 30:00 1min 6:55 PM 25:00 1min 7:17 PM 22:00 1min 7:39 PM 22:00 1min 8:18 PM 39:00 46sec 8:33 PM 15:00 1min 8:45 PM 12:00 N/A 8:58 PM 13:00 N/A 9:34 PM 36:00 N/A 9:51 PM 17:00 N/A 10:18 PM 27:00 N/A 10:38 PM 20:00 N/A 10:53 PM 15:00 N/A

May 6th, 2011
Time of day	Interval	Length
6:44 PM	N/A	N/A
6:57 PM	13:00	54 sec
7:20 PM	23:00	45 sec
7:30 PM	10:00	1 min
7:42 PM	12:00	N/A
7:59 PM	17:00	1 min
8:04 PM	05:00	N/A
8:23 PM	19:00	1 min
8:41 PM	18:00	1 min
9:24 PM	43:00	1 min

So, it's been a few weeks in a row with near misses - well, at least we thought they were near misses. Osama bin Laden was killed, Obama was strutting all about, but we were timing contractions. These were the first of the real contractions and caught our attention...but they didn't last very long.

May 10th, 2011 Time of day Interval Length 7:01 PM N/A N/A 7:07 PM 06:00 over 1 min 7:30 PM 23:00 34 sec 7:41 PM 11:00 1 min 7:57 PM 16:00 1 min 40 sec 8:33 PM 36:00 1 min 8:44 PM 11:00 1 min 9:16 PM 32:00 1 min 9:35 PM 19:00 1 min 11 sec May 18th, 2011 Time of day Interval Length 6:31 PM N/A N/A 6:36 PM 05:00 1 min 6:45 PM 09:00 1 min 6:49 PM 04:00 30 sec 7:06 PM 17:00 46 sec 7:13 PM 07:00 47 sec 7:30 PM 17:00 1 min 7:41 PM 11:00 35 sec ??? ??? ???

Now, these - INCLUDING TODAY - are getting our attention quite a bit more. Longer, stronger, and F-A-S-T. May 10th made me pack our bag. May 18th, well...we'll see....

Gotta love the science.

- Brian