Bethany's Baby Labour and Delivery! PART ONE

Well, I have LOTS of pictures to upload so I'll have to do this in parts. I was so EXCITED to hear my sister Bethany say that she wanted pictures of her delivery!! To make it easy for her to decide who to choose to take the pictures (Melanie or me), I helped her out. I didn't give her a choice. Mel had a turn (taking pictures of me a year ago when I delivered baby Eden) so now it was my turn! Sorry Mel:)

Beth and Mark have a little girl named Reese. She's two years old and ready to be a big sister!
They decided that they wanted the gender of this baby to be a surprise. We were all so eager to see if Reese would have a baby brother or sister!!
The baby hats were laid out... what will it be, pink or blue????



Mark kept all their friends up to date on facebook.... tons of people were checking in constantly! He kept giving Beth the responses people gave to his updates, so much fun!


Beth's water had broken the night before so she had to walk the halls at the hospital quite a few times to help the contractions to pick up.

And she spent lots of time on the birthing ball....


Teri Murphy was Bethany's doula, and she's AMAZING at what she does!! A doula is a birthing coach/support that stays by your side through the entire process... helping provide physical and emotional comfort. Teri assisted me with my deliveries and I HIGHLY recommend that expectant mother's hire a doula. And if you are in the Haldimand-Norfolk area, get Teri... she's the best of the best!!

Mark found a chart that shows the stages of cervix dilation and was happy to have found Beth's current stage!


Well, it was a long day and things weren't progressing as quickly as they needed too considering that she needed to deliver within 24 hours of the water breaking. Now we were talking about starting an induction. Beth was a bit disappointed, she really wanted an all-natural delivery but she was of course willing to do whatever was necessary to have the baby arrive safely.