Being induced was one of my greatest fears after the process of bringing Charlie into this world - water broke with absolutely no signs of progress any where else. Took 3 days on medications in L&D before he made his grand entrance. It felt like my body failed me and had no idea what it was doing and I determined that there was nothing natural about any of it. But we trust our doctors and midwives and are at peace with what we are walking into tomorrow. The past few weeks of this pregnancy have been completely different than with Charlie - way more contractions, and painful ones at that, and definitely signs that my body has more of a clue this time than it did last. So we are hopeful that this means it will be a completely different induction as well. Just 'a little something' as my doctor and midwife has said and then my body will kick in and remember what it's supposed to do.
So our bags are packed and in the car. We have breakfast ready to take along with us. Playlists have been made and loaded on our fully charged iphones. Charlie knows he will be waking grandma and grandpa up in the morning, not us. And we are ready to bring a baby home by week's end - a bizarre thought. We packed baby clothes and diapers and installed the car seat - so strange. This is what 'normal' feels like? Not that there is ever reason to trust that normal is what you expect it to be - but I will take it for now.
(By the way, we have Alex Thornton Photography to thank for the fantastic family and maternity pictures we have been putting on here. <https://www.facebook.com/PhotographyByART> She did a great job and we had a lot of fun getting together with her for them. She'll be one of my first phone calls to arrange new born pictures once we have a baby here to photograph.)
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