Treyson and Daddy
1st picture ever
1st tummy time
just chillin' with momI started having contractions late on the 1st but they weren't strong enough to wake me up and they weren't regular at all so I pretty much just brushed them off. Friday morning i took AJ to school and was still having very irregular contractions. After picking him up we went to Toys R Us just to walk around and that was about when I starting having really intense and regular contractions, even though they were about 30 minutes apart. When we got home I got into a nice warm tub and put on some soothing music and relaxed for about an hour and a half with contractions getting closer to 20 minutes apart. As soon as i got out of the tub they were WAY more intense and about 15 minutes apart, so we got out the birthing ball and i bounced/sat/leaned over it until around 6 or 7 pm when I called my mom to come over and help me (about 10 minutes apart). After about an hour and a half of consistent/intense contractions about 6 or 7 minutes apart I decided it was time to go to the hospital so i told my mom goodbye and AJ and I headed out. We arrived at 8:30 and checked into a triage room so that they could make sure I really was in Labor and to see how far progressed I was. Congratulations to me I was 7 cm fully effaced so I got to check in and move to a labor room. Thats when things got really exciting.
I got into that room about 9 pm and by 10 my contractions were so close and so intense that I threw my natural childbirth method out the window and asked for an epidural, which is when my midwife finally got there and decided before I get one they should check me. I was almost 10 cm so we decided to break my water and see if that would get me to a full 10 and then it would be time to push. So she broke my water and I got a good 5 minute break from contractions and all of a sudden my body just took over and started pushing. Its very intense and crazy because it was not a conscious decision at all. Pushing was very hard and very intense also but after only 20 minutes my little boy was born. He is so beautiful and so perfect. I love him. I owe a lot to my midwife for being so amazing and also to my sweet husband who was so amazing and supportive to me.
We are so excited now to be home and to be our own little family. AJ especially loves being a Daddy and lights up at the littlest things our little one does. It completely melts my heart to see them together. We are discovering and being parents sure is hard work, but its so worth it and we wouldn't give him back for anything in the world. We are so blessed.
Special thank you to family who have been so supportive and so willing to come watch him so that we can get a little extra sleep.
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