The Marmot and the Owl

If you search Pinterest, or google, "natural ways to induce labor," the number of hits are impressive. Between hearing personal experiences from others and the internets, I was sure I was going to have this baby on their due date. I consider myself a 'fit' person, I was active throughout pregnancy, certainly labor was going go normal and within reasonable proximity to my estimated due date. Turns out genetics had a different plan that overrides everything else. Another story for another post.

In the meantime, it is rumored that walking is a great way to induce labor. Thom and I figured, heck - why not walk in the snow? Here are a few snaps I took from my phone when we headed up to the pass to snowshoe on an easy grade track on our babies due date.
Nothing happened, but we did have a good time, wore out Cheyenne and enjoyed getting out and seeing deep snow, and a golden sunset while exactly 40 weeks pregnant.

Cheers!