Hello Kasen!

On March 1st around 2:00 am I got up to go to the bathroom, which I did about every 2-3 hours the last month of pregnancy, I started feeling little contractions.  They were only about 20 minutes apart, so I decided I should just go back to bed in cause it was false labor.

I should first state that I decided to have a home birth.  I am not a fan of hospitals when it comes to birth.  I wanted to be in control as to what happens and not be told I can't sit in a certain position and so on.... plus I wanted to do it all natural.  (My sister did it twice with no epidural so I decided I could too!)

  I got a few hours of sleep then woke up at 7:00 am and the contractions were a little closer together.  I decided to text my midwife and let her know.  I also texted my sister to let her know about my contractions.  She came over about an hour later to help me out.

His due date wasn't till March 14th, so most people didn't really think I would have him so early!
My midwife, Janae, said if they get closer to let her know.  I probably text her 10 more times within the text few hours.  Every few hours the contraction would get closer and closer together.   By 2:00 pm the contractions were about 7 minutes apart.  That's when I decided I wanted Janae there.  She was in Enterprise with her family, so she started to head home.

The contractions started to get stronger and stronger and only about 3 minutes apart.  Janae had not made it back yet, so she called her back up midwife and had her come over.  Liz came over, then Janae made it about 10 minutes later.  They checked me and I was dilated to a 5.

My labor continue to speed up from there.  I got in the tub for a little while, which helped.  Then I got out and walked around for a bit and it wasn't helping so I got back in the tub.  My midwife would pour hot water over my stomach whenever I got a contraction, it helped ease the pain.  Ray took over and helped me when the contractions came.  My sister Rachel was there and helped out too, they all took turns helping!  Janae also had an assistant there, she helped out so much!

The  contractions started getting stronger, so I got in different positions to help him go down!
Then I got out of the tub and went in the front room, where we set up everything to have the baby.  I thought my water broke when I was in the tub.. but Janae checked and it didn't break.  So she broke it and things started to progress from there.

Around 8 ish (I really don't know the time line very well) I started pushing.  Oh boy.. that hurt.

At 9:28 pm Kasen was welcomed into the world.

He was 6 pounds 12 oz's and 19 1/2 inches long.

I am so in love with his little guy.

He is already a month old!  Time really does fly, I want him to stay little forever!! ;)