Ruby's Birth Story
A week before Ruby’s due date, I posted on social media that this had been my easiest pregnancy yet and I was hopeful we were going to carry that all the way through delivery. I delivered her two days later, and sure enough – our third baby ended us on a high note! Fisher’s birth was exactly two hours and 40 minutes from start to finish, so both my first OB and then my second OB (my first one moved in the middle of my pregnancy) offered us an elective induction at 39 weeks. This was very, VERY tempting. So tempting, in fact, that at my 37-week appointment I said I wanted to move forward with scheduling it. The thought of being able to have my big kids squared away, plan my last day of work, and just know when my baby was coming was so alluring. But pretty much the moment I agreed to it, I got cold feet. By the time my 38-week appointment rolled around, we had changed our minds completely. My first two births were straightforward and uncomplicated (and both my kids came at 39 weeks a
