Day -1: to the hospital!

I always love reading those stories about how women go into labor at home or work and as their husband is rushing them to the hospital they have to pull over and have the baby in a parking lot, on a long bay bridge or some vicarious place that is not near as safe and suited as the hospital. Our first birth was almost like that.

We where in relationship with some wonderful people; whose, at the time beliefs lined up with ours because we had much to talk about when it came to eating healthy and loving God. So when the discussion of "Natural" childbirth came up we where all about it. We figured it would be a great way to have our first baby. I will skip the long list of details, but in the end, it was an experience we are in no hurry to relive. Our second baby we decided we would glean the good things from the natural experience but use a few little helpers - namely the epidural, and that was a life saver, literally. Brighton was 2 weeks past due and they had to induce her. She was so big she got stuck on the way out and our wonderful nurse had to do a maneuver that to me looked like jumping on a trampoline to get the baby to come on down. It was fun, but this time is a totally different ball game. We are in a different state, one that is very uptight about everything medical, and this baby has been examined very closely for many reasons.

Enough babble. We are at the hospital now, and the induction process has begun. At the first signs of labor, momma was begging for some pain relief, which is a huge contrast to #1, who had nothing. But all in all, Things are going great. I think by noon tomorrow the baby will be here. And while we are betting, I bet he will weigh 8 pounds 1 oz.

Day: -1
Hours Awake: 0
Hours Asleep: 0
Diapers Used: 0
Diaper Value:$0

Jeanelle looking cool and collective before we head to the hospital with her tea.

I think they look so weird in these images. See the heart?