BORN.
MATILDE KATZ.
May 8th, 2010. 7:40A. NYC.
Irony was, a REAL HOUSEWIFE OF NEW YORK (Bethenny Frankel) was literally sitting next to me earlier in the day on May 7th. We were both in labor and waiting for a room at the hospital. Why? Why did we wait in the hallway, on a folding chair , surrounded by nurses, doctors, floral arrangements, and babies being carted to the nursery in mobile cradles?
MAY IS A POPULAR MONTH FOR BIRTHS.
Kid you not. ‘Twas a zoo. And it was the day before Mother’s Day so perhaps we and our children are in sync with the calendar. And our love for brunch and roses.
Anyway. I waited NINE hours to have a room. A bed to birth on, ahhhh. Bethenny Frankel waited a lot less. Go figure. She had her baby after I had mine and yet, she had her room first. I texted my colleagues this information, of course.
The good thing about being distracted by other mothers (most not famous) also waiting in the hallway was that I had not focused on the painful contractions. I was interested in walking around, gawking at the babies in the nursery, and exploring the gift shop. At one point, I walked to the diner a few blocks away and ate some French toast. I did! Just a few bites.
When I was brought to the labor room, it was almost 6p and I was just ready for a nap. I took several throughout the night, actually. I was beginning to wonder if birth was a real deal or just a lot of back talk. Then 3:30A occurred.
And things happened. We had some complications and there was a fear my daughter would not make it. There was a fear I was not going to make it. Just know…things happened. But it was a rarity and something future mothers should not worry about. Bottom line? We are here and alive. And we had an emergency c-section eventually.
Mom and kiddo are healthy. She is lovely. She is my world.
IVF brought my dream in to focus and now, my focus has brought me clarity. NOTHING else matters. Not Bethenny Frankel. Not French toast. Not painful contractions.
AND NOT INFERTILITY.
I BEAT YOU, INFERTILITY. SCORE ONE FOR ME , ONE FOR MATILDE, AND ZERO FOR YOU.
HAH!
Thank you for reading my blog, you guys. I plan on posting more often now. I plan on expressing just how much this COULD happen for others. I plan on living a life extraordinary.
I am a mother now…
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You commented on my blog and I am SO glad I found your blog!! I know you are going to be busy with a newborn (congratulations!!!!!!!!!!), but when, if you have time, I would love to get together in person and chat. Please email me anytime at babybumpbound@gmail.com
I am so happy you kicked IF’s arse!
Oh, I also wanted to add that Betanny use to live in my building!! She moved out when her and Jason got their posh pad in TriBeCa.
Every time I’d see her she was drunk… no joke! I think it’s a miracle she got pregnant – really, I do. I wrote a blog about older women having babies without incident and how they probably got pregnant because their are oblivious to all the crap that could go wrong, i.e. fertility problems.
She made it all look too easy!
No surprise she got a room before you… she’s a celebri-ality-fading-star.