Welcome to the World 💕

Born on 10-4-2020 at 7:00PM on the dot

Weighing 4lbs 11.4oz

18.5 inches long

I was due 11-12-2020

Water breaking when I got to the hospital at 6:30ish

I was checked and immediately taken to give birth, probably 10 pushes later with nothing to ease the pain he arrived and I am so grateful. Wouldn’t have done this any other way, my perfect little guy 💕

**Birth Story**

On Saturday, 10/3 I leave NH to CT for a few car parts with my boyfriend and his friends, driving back I was uncomfortable but thought this was because I was sitting in the car for four hours, we got back by 12am and I went to bed shortly after.

On Sunday, 10/4 I woke up at 6am feeling like I had to (tmi) poop really bad and I couldn’t and my back was slightly more uncomfortable than the night before. It kind of got worse as the day went on and not long after did my lower abdomen start to feel uncomfortable as well, but I thought nothing of it.

I got ready for my baby shower (YES MY BABY SHOWER WAS THIS DAY) We got to the baby shower at 12:30, I opened gifts around 3 and this is when I started to get really uncomfortable! I put on a brave face the entire time because I didn’t think I was in labor...I just thought I was getting to the point in my pregnancy where I was going to be very uncomfortable..lol wrong.

We left around 4:20/4:30 and I got home around 5, this was when things got intense, I literally felt like I had to take the (tmi) biggest poop and could not, and it didn’t feel the same when I tried to push. I was crying at this point, I call the on call DR and she told me to come in and get checked regardless because I was 34w 4d. It was around 6:30 when I got to the hospital, I get out of the car and immediately felt trickles down my leg, I’m crying and going “what is that?!” As my boyfriend is like nope let’s keep walking! I get into the labor/delivery department and am immediately put into a room and checked, I’m asked questions and at this point I was having contractions extremely close together...but again...I didn’t know what was going on. (I didn’t take any classes, due to covid it was a lot harder to, they were all online and slots filled up very fast not to mention it was a lot more money than it was in person...) so the nurse is helping me with breathing because I kept holding my breath thinking that was helping but it only made it worse. They had felt inside and then used a q-tip, when they pulled it out it was bloody and the nurse went out into the hallway and goes “we need help right now!” I was thinking the worst....was I dying? Was the baby okay, was he dying? Was the umbilical cord around his neck?! But then they go, “you’re going to have a baby today!” I started crying my eyes out, I was extremely scared and of all times that I wanted/needed my mom, she couldn’t be there because of covid. I’m extremely grateful that my boyfriend was able to be with me the entire time otherwise I feel I wouldn’t have been able to do it and grateful for the midwife that was by my side the whole time, telling me I could do it, that I was amazing that he was amazing when he came out and this kind of made me forget all about my mom not being there. He was here and it was still a shock to me...and I guess I yelled out, “I just had a fucking baby” right after.

For some reason, I don’t remember him crying and I didn’t even get to hold him like you see everyone get to hold them. He was put on me and then taken to the NICU immediately. Only two hours later was I taken to the nicu to see him, and it was bittersweet. I can’t believe this was something that was all mine. I’m in love, immensely.

Thank you for reading!!! 💗