Denim Dorèe Lyons born October 8, 2017 — my sweet baby

Denim Dorèe Lyons born October 8, 2017 — my sweet baby. This was such an amazing experience, it took me awhile to share because I’ve been so engulfed in being his mommy but I thought I should allow people see that you can have an amazing experience without all the extra stuff. I chose to have Den natural with no medicine at a birthing center. At 8am October 7 I started having contractions but they were not nearly strong enough to go in. All day had been hell just anticipating his arrival and the contractions being annoying but not strong enough yet...around 8pm we went in because my contractions were around  4mins-5mins apart and lasting about 1 min and 30 secs (they were inconsistent but I had that many in an hr so I said F it, I’m going in —thank god I did) Mind you...I had been calling all day seeing if it was okay that I come in due to just having a “feeling” he was ready but since I wasn’t high risk, I kept being told to wait it out :/ so when I went in I was definitely pushing being sent home if my contractions didn’t prove to be regular. Once in, I was told that I was at a loose 4, almost a 5, so I was admitted and told to stay. I labored for an additional 7 Hours, dad assisting with hip compresses, back and leg rubs (Charlie horses continued to come back to back —please eat Bananas and drink lots of water to avoid this, it’s no fun), I also had my mother there who is a licensed doula assisting. By the time the contractions got sooo annoying, I was able to get in the water to relieve them and prep for my water birth. I’m like okay, I have to be atleast at a 6 or 7...she confirmed I was at a 9, by this time..I’m like whoa...I thought this would be more painful. So I’m ready and geared up to get it over with, it seems like my body just KNEW what I was thinking because immediately after that thought, they got sooo bad going from a 9 to a 10 rhat I almost gave up. (I really think this was due to having no energy and being exhausted from laboring all day) my birth center allowed me to have a smoothie and small food items so definitely keep your energy up because you’ll need it that last stretch. At this point I had to get out of the water due to just being so uncomfortable and the temp going down it was no longer soothing for me, there went my water birth idea lol, don’t be alarmed if this happens. I was so set on one thing but that quickly changes when you’re in the moment and that’s okay. At 3:30 my midwife stated I was ready to start pushing🤗 I gave out to BIGGEST deep breaths and pushes and at 3:59, my little man was born. My water didn’t break literally until he was halfway out of me so don’t be alarmed if yours doesn’t break sooner or upon going to your birth place. He came out with so much grace and I owe it all to my birth team. Birth was honestly not nearly as bad as I thought it would be as a first time mom. Not nearly as painful. It’s all about BREATHING and focus. If you breath correctly (in deeply through your nose and out through your mouth) the ENTIRE time you will have a much less painful and more easy going birthing experience. I read an article indicating you can BREATH your baby out instead of PUSHING them out and that’s definitely true. It’s not easy by any means and takes a lot of practice and focus but it’s doable. And here I am finally able to meet the mystery human inside of me for almost 10 months, he is perfect and I wouldn’t change anything for the world. 💙