I want to "liveblog", too!

One of the blogs I follow is Instapundit, a libertarian law professor in Tennessee who updates very often and links to many interesting things. (Some of them are so "interesting" that I no longer visit his site on Sundays. He is less restrained with his language and topics dealing with human intimacy than I like to see on a day I have been taught to dedicate to the Lord.) He frequently links to other bloggers who will be "liveblogging"--or even "drunkblogging"--debates, big political speeches, and so forth.

Now that I'm 37+ weeks pregnant, I'm really looking forward to the birth of this baby. To help me not be bored between contractions once labor gets underway, I think I will follow the trend and "liveblog" the labor and delivery process this go-around. Will anyone care? Probably not. But it gives me something to do when I'm not focusing on my breathing and relaxation.

I just realized that some might find my detailed description of birth to be offensive (ironic in light of what I said above about Instapundit). I'll try not to be TMI about it. ;) Seriously, though, I've had three natural childbirths in hospitals in three different countries now, so my birth story told as it happens might be helpful to other women who wish to see what non-medicalized birth looks like in a medical setting. Here's hoping I get my chance to liveblog soon!

[Update 3/25/2025: I think Instapundit's blog got used to discuss some pretty conspiracy-theory stuff, except some of the people on there were the actual conspirers, puppetmasters with access to some of the most advanced mind-related technology. I'm still haunted by a apocalyptic discussion in the comments where I mentioned that to make the numbers add up for the destructions described in the Book of Revelation, China and India would need to bomb each other with nuclear weapons...and all the other commenters were silent. No one responded directly to my comment. In retrospect, it was weird in a "what-were-they-planning" or "what-did-they-know" way.

And then yesterday, I found what might have been an encoded message saying that the Dalai Lama has been unconsciously directed by Sikhs. If you look at the history of Tibet, that actually makes a lot of sense.

Looking back at Instapundit, I think the inappropriate material on it was intentionally posted to drive people like me away. But I was usually morning sick or nursing a small child when reading it, and I was bored enough to stay reading it anyway.]