Oh, final days of the third trimester; how I hate thee. You bring a sense of eager anticipation paired with uncertainty of how and when things will unfold, along with a desire to avoid the whole bloody ordeal to come.
Do you know what else it reminds me of? The French Revolution!
Not really. Rather, while listening to “One Day More” from Les Miserable, I was struck with inspiration. Seeing how popular it is to rewrite this song these days, I decided to try my hand at it on behalf of massively pregnant women everywhere. May I present my rendition:
One Day More Till Labor
[Mother #1]
One day more!
Another day of false expectancy
On this never ending road to delivery;
These contractions without any rhyme
Will surely come the thousandth time.
One day more!
[Mother #2]
I can not live like this today
Motherhood is not for the fainthearted
[Mother #1]
One day more!
[Mother and Father #2]
Tomorrow could be the birth day
And yet why hasn’t labor started?
[Overdue Mother #3]
One more day on my own
[Mother and Father #2]
Will we ever meet this child?
[Mother #3]
One more day of child bearing
[Mother and Father #2]
Please be born and be with me
[Mother#3]
What symptoms I have known
[Mother #2]
And now again I have to pee
[Mother#3]
How much more can I bear?
[Father #3]
One day more
One more day to an induction
Pitocin will flow in a flood
I am ready for this baby
But maybe not the blood
[Dr. and Nurse]
One day more
Watch ’em as they crown
Catch ’em as they fall
Help them come on down
Help ’em out one and all
Here a little nip
Then we stich them up
Hopefully they’re numb
So they won’t feel much
[All]
One day to a new beginning
Raise the birth plan up on high
Every mom will be birthing
Every mom will be birthing
It’s a challenge for winning
It’s a challenge to be won!
Do you hear the mother’s scream?
[Father #2]
My place is here, I stand by you!
One day more
– I can not live like this today
-One more day all on my own
-Why hasn’t labor started?
One day more
-Tomorrow could be the birth day
-What symptoms I have known
-Why hasn’t labor started
One more day to an induction
Pitocin will flow in a flood
I am ready for this baby
Watch ’em as they crown
Catch ’em as they fall
Help ’em come on down
Help ’em out one and all
Tomorrow could be the birthday
Labor might be on its way
All:
Tomorrow we’ll discover
What our labor has in store!
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!
In case you wanted to follow along, here is the original:
I definitely took some liberties by making Valjean sung by a woman and omitting Enjolras.
So now that my to-do list is officially finished, here is hoping that there is only one day more left.
If not, then tomorrow I will be hosting auditions for Les Miserables: Labor and Delivery Edition – it’s sure to be a Broadway hit. Massively pregnant women singing about their birth experiences: what’s not to love?
Anybody else out there counting down the days till labor? Any tips for how to make the time pass faster? I’m all ears!
3 thoughts on “One Day More Till Labor . . . Or Not”
Due date is tomorrow!!! I definitely feel you!!
Best of luck with the birth! Sunday births are awesome. I technically have till Tuesday, but fingers crossed that I really only have one day more.
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