ELIJAH CREW COLOSI
On March 10th at 8:07am our lives were changed by our beautiful baby boy 6 pounds 8 ounces and 18.5 inches long. He maybe tiny but he is o so strong! Elijah Crew came into the world and graced us with screaming lungs. I cannot express to you how much love and joy John and I have for our baby boy. It seemed like yesterday I was hanging my head over the toilet throwing up day after day :) It was all worth though!
So many of you knew that I was planning on having a HOME BIRTH. Yes, you heard me right. It was a decision my husband and I had made together. No, I am not crazy but I wanted to experience something that is so amazing and special...giving birth to life!
So here is my story...
March 7th
It was around 5pm and I was on the phone with my girlfriend Kat. I was sitting on the bed when I need to get more comfortable, I moved and well I think I peed in my pants. I told Kat I would call her back and quickly realized my WATER broke. "Holy shit, this just happened." My husbands response was, " O shit, we are not ready for this." Next thing you know I was sitting in an adult diaper ( fluid kept draining out, no shame) walking around the house not knowing what to do...so I just kept walking pretending like I was doing something. After getting stuff ready we set up the tub in the living room and tried to go to sleep. That was a joke. The second I laid down I felt my first little contraction..nothing more than stomach ache....
March 8th
After trying to sleep with no success my contractions had gone into full gear. Even though I was having consistent contractions they were not finding the rhythm that we needed. We spent the rest of the day dealing with random contractions...and then the night came. This was probably the most intense part of the journey. I wasn't sure how my husband role would play into this process but he ended being my "go to person." The reason I say that is because when I am sick I want to be left alone and I thought for sure I would be that way with labor too.... mmm not so much. I not only needed but wanted my husband during every contraction. This was probably one of the most bounding experiences in our marriage. We are both still processing the amazingness that came from it but it for sure brought us closer together. Around this time my contractions started to get really intense in the middle of the night. I called my midwife to come over at 4am but nothing seemed to progressed... My midwife checked to see how far along I was dilated, 2cm. I cried when she told me.
March 9th
At this point my contractions would be getting closer and closer and then dissipate. I would go from them being 5 min apart to then 10 min apart. However, the intensity of my contractions were becoming overwhelming. The rest of the day was spent trying every way possible to get things moving. We tried walks, homeopathic herbs and then our last resort...castor oil. At this point John and I went on a walk and you could see the exhaustion on both of our faces. I think we both knew at this point that our home birth was not going to be at home. When we got back from our walk I downed some castor oil and we waited...... nothing happened. My midwife checked me again...3cm...kill me now.
That was it... my midwife suggested we go to the hospital before my exhaustion got worse. 2.5 days of labor, at risk for infection with my water breaking, 2 nights of no sleep and 1cm progression...we needed another form of intervention. Even though I wanted a home birth really bad, I am happy to say we gave it all we had. We tried everything and nothing worked. I know by this time we were all relieved and very anxious for our baby boy to come.
March 10th
Around 7am my nurse came into check me... 10cm and 100% effaced GAME TIME
NURSE " ok let me go get the doctor and lets have a baby."
ME " wait what?!?! like right now???"
NURSE "yes now"
ME " O Lord, I am not ready for this..."
After 30 minutes of pushing ( I was on a mission) TA-DA...Elijah Crew Colosi was finally here!
So many of you knew that I was planning on having a HOME BIRTH. Yes, you heard me right. It was a decision my husband and I had made together. No, I am not crazy but I wanted to experience something that is so amazing and special...giving birth to life!
So here is my story...
March 7th
It was around 5pm and I was on the phone with my girlfriend Kat. I was sitting on the bed when I need to get more comfortable, I moved and well I think I peed in my pants. I told Kat I would call her back and quickly realized my WATER broke. "Holy shit, this just happened." My husbands response was, " O shit, we are not ready for this." Next thing you know I was sitting in an adult diaper ( fluid kept draining out, no shame) walking around the house not knowing what to do...so I just kept walking pretending like I was doing something. After getting stuff ready we set up the tub in the living room and tried to go to sleep. That was a joke. The second I laid down I felt my first little contraction..nothing more than stomach ache....
March 8th
After trying to sleep with no success my contractions had gone into full gear. Even though I was having consistent contractions they were not finding the rhythm that we needed. We spent the rest of the day dealing with random contractions...and then the night came. This was probably the most intense part of the journey. I wasn't sure how my husband role would play into this process but he ended being my "go to person." The reason I say that is because when I am sick I want to be left alone and I thought for sure I would be that way with labor too.... mmm not so much. I not only needed but wanted my husband during every contraction. This was probably one of the most bounding experiences in our marriage. We are both still processing the amazingness that came from it but it for sure brought us closer together. Around this time my contractions started to get really intense in the middle of the night. I called my midwife to come over at 4am but nothing seemed to progressed... My midwife checked to see how far along I was dilated, 2cm. I cried when she told me.
March 9th
At this point my contractions would be getting closer and closer and then dissipate. I would go from them being 5 min apart to then 10 min apart. However, the intensity of my contractions were becoming overwhelming. The rest of the day was spent trying every way possible to get things moving. We tried walks, homeopathic herbs and then our last resort...castor oil. At this point John and I went on a walk and you could see the exhaustion on both of our faces. I think we both knew at this point that our home birth was not going to be at home. When we got back from our walk I downed some castor oil and we waited...... nothing happened. My midwife checked me again...3cm...kill me now.
That was it... my midwife suggested we go to the hospital before my exhaustion got worse. 2.5 days of labor, at risk for infection with my water breaking, 2 nights of no sleep and 1cm progression...we needed another form of intervention. Even though I wanted a home birth really bad, I am happy to say we gave it all we had. We tried everything and nothing worked. I know by this time we were all relieved and very anxious for our baby boy to come.
March 10th
Around 7am my nurse came into check me... 10cm and 100% effaced GAME TIME
NURSE " ok let me go get the doctor and lets have a baby."
ME " wait what?!?! like right now???"
NURSE "yes now"
ME " O Lord, I am not ready for this..."
After 30 minutes of pushing ( I was on a mission) TA-DA...Elijah Crew Colosi was finally here!
MATERNITY :: LYDIA
This is a very special post for me to write. Lydia & Jon have been dear friends before MY John and I got married. We got married a week apart from each other and Lydia and I are due the same week! Lydia is having a girl which means arranged marriage for our kids.
The past 8 months Lydia and I have bonded quite a bit. We both suffered from extreme morning sickness that seemed to linger around forever. We both lost weight and ended up in ER at one point. It was great to have someone that felt just as horrible as you but still sucked that we had to go through it. In the mist of our suffering and excitement Jon and Lydia found out their baby girl had a heart defect. It was such heart wrenching news to hear but we have seen God work in every aspect of her pregnancy. Little Miss Charlotte seems to be a tough/strong little girl just like her mama! If you would like to read more about their story during this pregnancy please visit their blog as we continue to pray for Charlotte.http://prayforcharlotte.blogspot.com/.
Here are some pictures from their shoot!
The past 8 months Lydia and I have bonded quite a bit. We both suffered from extreme morning sickness that seemed to linger around forever. We both lost weight and ended up in ER at one point. It was great to have someone that felt just as horrible as you but still sucked that we had to go through it. In the mist of our suffering and excitement Jon and Lydia found out their baby girl had a heart defect. It was such heart wrenching news to hear but we have seen God work in every aspect of her pregnancy. Little Miss Charlotte seems to be a tough/strong little girl just like her mama! If you would like to read more about their story during this pregnancy please visit their blog as we continue to pray for Charlotte.http://prayforcharlotte.blogspot.com/.
Here are some pictures from their shoot!
NEWBORN :: JACK
Meet baby Jack! He is such a beautiful little baby. Jack came into the world 5 weeks early! He spent a little time in NICU but is doing great! When I did this shoot I could not help but hold little Jack. It brought me so much joy to think my little man is coming soon and I get to hold him!! So excited!
How cute is his room!?!?!? Congrats to Jenni and Mike for creating such a beautiful little boy! Can't wait for some play dates :)
How cute is his room!?!?!? Congrats to Jenni and Mike for creating such a beautiful little boy! Can't wait for some play dates :)
