6 Months to the day since a little man stole my heart

Me in early labor while waiting for midwives

 Wow.. its been quite awhile since I have updated this! I wish I would have written this post closer to when Gavin was born so that I could remember all of the details.. but this blog is mainly going to be about his birth. I had started having regular contractions around 4PM. I called midwives during dinner around 6.

Me in the middle of a contraction before birthing tub

After the midwives showed up around 8PM. They checked on me and decided they would go get something to eat while I labored awhile. While they were gone, Shawn and I put on our tennis shoes and went for a walk around the neighborhood. That really kick started the labor. By the time we got back the contractions had gotten much more intense. So we laid on the bed with the lights dimmed and some soft music playing. Shawn laid behind me with the back massager and helped try to relax me when the midwives came back from dinner.Not more than 5 minutes later did my water break and the "fun" began in full gear.

Shawn trying to distract me from contractions.

 Shawn started to fill up the birthing tub with really hot water since we expected to be awhile and didnt want the water to be cold... we were wrong... Before he finished filling up the tub the contractions came on very intense so I decided to climb in.

What an awesome Man I have

looks like Im in intense labor huh...

The water was quite warm so we had to switch to cold water. In the mean time I insisted on cold rags and chewing on crushed ice to keep me from over heating.. eventually it got to the point where I took the hose of cold water from Shawn and sprayed myself down with it... lol.

Towards the end I asked Shawn to climb in and support me. He did amazing.  Was such a big help in getting me relaxed.

Around 10:30PM I started getting the urge to push. It didnt take long for Gavin to get here. He was born into my arms in the water at 11:07PM. Weighing 9 lbs 8 oz and measuring 22 inches! We waited for 2 hrs before Shawn cut the umbilical chord.. which happened to have a full knot in it. He has been such a joyful addition to our family.  I couldnt get the formatting right on the pictures on here.. so just scroll through to see the rest.