Our Birth Story | Labor & Delivery

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We had 6 children, 4 were homebirths, with everything natural, 2 hospital births, 3 boys, n 3 girls. Those were such good times when the children were little! And now I'm almost 60, and have grand daughters and 1 gr. son, with another 1 on the way by Oct. My life is full,,,,good husband, and loving all the grandchildren!!! God is good! So glad Lily is safely here, and all seems well! Enjoy ur littles,,,they grow up so fast!!!

I thought I was done after 4 (3 boys and then a girl) too. But God decided differently and I had another boy 4 years later. I too just sat and looked at him and held him more than the others because this time I knew he was the grand finale 😅. Watching older kids bond with a new sibling is one of the most precious experiences I have had as a parent. Lily is beautiful ❤

Welcome baby Lily. She is perfection. What a lucky and loved little girl.

She's so adorable!!!❤ Congratulations!!! I only had one child. He was my miracle child. I wasn't suppose to have any. I had a kidney transplant in 1985 and he was born in 1987. I was in labor for 4 hours. God was so good to me.

Praise God for His miracle of life! Kristen you went through so much with this pregnancy. You are a trooper!! Lily is beautiful and so sweet. I actually had a VBAC birth with my 2nd son and my labor was only 3 hours...very intense but short. The birth was natural (I was naïve and didn't know I could get any medication. My nurse even commented, "you did it without any medication!") My son weighed 10.3 lbs and yes I tore and could not sit for 2 weeks!! Now this 2nd son of ours just had his 3rd child on July 23 in Omaha. I was there for 10 days to help with their other 2 children. I'll go back next week as my son is a teacher and will start school. God only allowed us to have 2 sons but we just had our 7th grandchild so we are SO blessed!! We have 2 granddaughters and 5 grandsons. You look so refreshed and beautiful in this video. I hope you are able to get rest and not overdo things. Lily is precious and the girls with her are darling!! God bless and thank you for sharing your birth story.

You are the most beautiful delivering mom I have ever seen.

Congratulations! Your video brought tears to my eyes remembering back 30 years ago when God gave us our son. We tried for 5 years before he was born and another 10 after he was born. We never were able to get pregnant again, but I still praise God today for a wonderful son. He got married almost a year ago, so we are looking forward to the day when we become grandparents. What a joy to see your girls loving on Lily! God bless your family!❤

3 kiddos here! First was breech so we had all by c-section. God has blessed us and they are now about to be (11yr son) about to be (14yr daughter) and (16yr daughter). Praise Jesus they are all saved and my husband and I are so grateful.

Kristen, please do NOT apologize for having pain relief giving birth...! I have 'only' given birth twice. The first time, after like you, beeing i pain for days, I had everything I could possible get. Sterile water papules (felt like beeing stung by a wasp, it was horrible), 18 hours with nitrous oxide, (a mistake made by the midwives, I had three different, because it lasted more than three shifts) epidural, pethidine which paralyzed my legs for 12 hours... you name it, I had it. With baby nr 2 was it was 'only' epidural. Little Lily i SO sweet, and she looks so much like your other girls. Thank you for sharing your dramatic story! Be blessed in this beautiful time with your little girls.

Congratulations, Kristen. Tears in my eyes seeing this! Birth stories will always make me cry. The incredible gift from God!! You’re beauty and you are grace. Thank you for sharing this with us. We love you! 🎉

👵💜 Thank goodness Lilly is here and doing well! She is beautiful!

She's here!! Good for you mama. Congrats to you & your family! 🫂🙏💞

Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl ❤. I was a maternity nurse 40 plus years ago. I was told I couldn’t get pregnant so we adopted a beautiful baby girl. 12 months and5 days later I delivered a beautiful baby girl. Enjoy your girls. ❤❤❤❤

I needed this. I gave birth to my first child just over a week ago and it did not go as I hoped. We both got through it healthy and safe, so I’m grateful, but I didn’t predict it’d go this way. My water broke at 3pm and after 16 hours of labor, and close contractions, I decided to get my cervix checked. I was only at a 3, which was disappointing because I felt so far along. I ended up on medication to get some rest and eventually moved onto the epidural (took 3 tries to administer it). 8 hours after I was first checked, I was still at a 3. I ended up on pitocin and gave birth at 7pm, equaling 28 hours of labor. I wanted to go unmedicated, yet I got the epidural and still experienced extreme pain on one side. I thought I was barely suppose to feel pain with an epidural, so the fact that I did made me feel weak. After hearing your experiences, I feel reassured knowing that it probably wasn’t working on one side and I was experiencing true labor pains. After only watching videos about positive, unmedicated births, I needed to hear your story. A story I can relate to and not feel alone. Thank you.

So Beautiful!! God is so so good! I am a grandmother of 5 beautiful granddaughters. Four belong to my daughter and one to my son! God Bless you and Josh! Praying for you all!

My husband an only child. We had two beautiful daughters that are now 50 and 55 years of age. Our youngest had two beautiful daughters. Our oldest never had children. Up until this point only girls, even girl dogs. Then we have a very handsome great grandson who was given our last name as his middle name. Not that Papa wasn't proud of his girls, but he and we all are over the top with this little boy. He just turned two. My first was a labor that you just described. Large baby and hard delivery. Would not change a thing. Enjoyed seeing my family grow and I feel so-ooo blessed. Wishing you and Josh many blessings and much happiness as your family grows.

Congratulations! She’s beautiful. All of your girls are beautiful. I love when your oldest said she’s all of ours. So sweet. I am the mom of 4 sons. My fourth delivery was the hardest. He was born on his due date. He had the cord wrapped around his neck. The doctor push him back in the birth canal and with his hand got the cord from around his neck. I went into shock, literally. I had so much trauma that I didn’t get to see my baby until the next day. Thank our good Lord every thing eventually was good. ❤ Every delivery is different for sure.

Congratulations!!! Lilly is beautiful and so precious. You look radiant. So happy mama and baby are healthy.

I'm an old grandmother now but I had 4 children, 3 girls and 1 boy. Had all naturally. Congratulations!!! Lilly is precious❤ Nothing like a sweet Chunky newborn baby. I was always one to hit the ground running but you are right to let your body heal and to rest as much as you can. So happy for you guys!