The Strangest Dream

I woke up in the middle of the night feeling for a hole in my chest -- by my growing bump, where my ribs meet. I'd had the strangest dream that the baby had kicked me so hard that his foot had actually come out of my belly right under my ribs, and-- once that was out, a leg emerged, then the rest of a baby. A cute and fat baby, apparently rather normal, despite this extraordinary and mostly painless delivery. How strange.

If only it could be so easy! It reminds me of a cross between Zeus' head being split open to deliver Athena, and Adam being knocked out to give up some rib for the creation of Eve. You'll note that those are stories about men giving birth, for what it's worth. While I doubt that Chickpea will ever kick hard enough to actually make his own way out, I won't be totally surprised if he feels compelled to make an interesting arrival when the time comes.