Last minute thoughts

'Twas the night before pitocin
- Jessica & Kevin Langbaum

'Twas the night before pitocin, and all through the house,
Not a mother was nursing, not even an ounce;

The crib has been ready for months with care,
In hopes that baby Langbaum would soon be sleeping there;

The soon-to-be parents were snuggled in their bed,
With Jessica having visions of bad labor dancing through her head;

Early the next morning, the charge nurse said “come on down,”
Put on this nice Sinai hospital gown;

While Kevin and Jessica filled out paperwork galore,
The expecting grandparents paced the hospital floor;

They finally settled in the swanky delivery suite,
Knowing tonight matzah they would not have to eat;

When all of a sudden Jessica felt a sharp pain,
Baby was coming, our lives would soon be insane;

Kevin opened the door and yelled to the doc,
Come quick, Dr. Faber, tick tock tick tock;

More rapid than eagles her helpers they came,
And she whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;

“Now, doula! Now, meconium! Now, pitocin and cervidil!
On, colustrum! On stirrups! On, demerol and epidural!

From the top of her head! To the bottom of it all!
Make the pain go away! Go away! Go away all!”

As quickly as the pain began, it then subsided,
And the new parents couldn’t be anymore excited.