Induction

I have waited to make this post until we knew it was official and were off the "wait list," but we can now say that we know that our daughter will be born by a certain date! If Abigail does not join us by tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. (Sunday, November 18), we head in to the hospital to start the induction process!

I was able to speak with our doctor on Wednesday and "make a plan" as she put it if I didn't go into labor before our due date. David's grandmother is currently in hospice care and still hanging on. David also have all of Thanksgiving week off from work. David and I had decided that our "ideal" time to induce would be at the beginning of the week so we could capitalize on David's week off and so that Kathy and Mike would feel comfortable leaving Mamaw to come to the birth. I didn't really think that our doctor would be ok with it since our due date is Tuesday, but she said that given our situation she thought it was was fine! We couldn't believe it.

So we were scheduled to go in to the hospital at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday evening, but when you're induced you are put on a wait list. We were not removed from the wait list until today, so I've waited until today to write this post. The only way now that we will not be induced tomorrow night is if they get too busy, in which case they will call us. They will give me Cervadil to hopefully get my labor going and then my doctor will come in early early on Monday morning to break my water. She said, "Let's have you come in on Sunday night and let's have a baby on Monday!"

When I left the office I felt like I was in a dream. We KNEW a date that our baby was going to be born by! These last couple days David and I have really enjoyed talking about it. Our families have been able to make travel plans and we have made last minute preparations at the house. Here I was at 39 weeks!



Today has been a weird/surreal day. We woke up this morning knowing it was our last Saturday without Abigail. We're spending the evening KNOWING it's our last Saturday night without our baby. It's such a special time. We have been childless for 4 1/2 years and we wouldn't change one second of it. Our marriage has grown, we've grown closer to Christ, and we have soaked up this stage. Now we're excited/nervous/anxious/ready/thrilled about the next one. Could we be more thankful on this upcoming Thanksgiving? No. Please join with us as we pray for a safe delivery, healthy baby, strength for me, patience for David, and a joyful arrival home for Abigail Jane Rainwater.