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#PROSE MONDAY# THE LINE




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There is an arbitrary line, which once you cross, you know in your heart that you can’t step back.
This is for those of us who have crossed that line and now, are somewhere betwixt full fruition and total loss…

‘If I did not dream, it would have been acceptable,
If I didn’t nurse these thoughts to maturity, I would be flawlessly faultless,
And if I had used adequate contraception to intercept this zygotic dream, this musing would be absolutely unnecessary,
But the truth is, right now, I have lost the right to give up and as a matter of necessity, I have to reach the other line- the finish line.
In and out of the labour ward, that has to be my future route. Now whether or not there’d be an after party, that’s seemingly irrelevant. Provided my baby is born!
And although, like hyperbaric oxygen, the O₂ of fierce thoughts roll through  my mind at an extremely high pressure, I have to stand.
And yet, if a lumber puncture is done on my mind, there is a significant risk of cerebellar coning- I know that this raised intracranial pressure is only transient!
If my contractions aren’t strong enough to successfully push through, I would suggest augmentation of this labour with oxytocin.
I would take in glucose and fluids in large amounts but may I say-once again- this child, will be born!’


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