Lane

Friday morning I woke up with minor contractions and continued on with my day. By late afternoon the contractions got painful enough I knew it was the real deal so I contacted my midwives and photographer around 4 to let them know they were 10 minutes apart. My older kids left at 7:30 to go be with family for the night. After laboring on the ball I could feel the contractions getting strong enough to make me want to cry so I decided to get into the pool. Once I got in the pool I was able to ride out the contractions a lot better. After an hour in the pool I felt like I needed to poop and knew it was the baby so I changed position and started to push. After his head came out I really had to dig deep to find the strength to continue pushing the rest of him out. After 2 good pushes my sweet boy was out and on my chest.