Eden's Birth

Now that Eden is six weeks old, I finally decided to post her birth pictures as promised! Her birth was a truly beautiful experience, I love to relive the whole thing! I had a very slow pre-labour which started at 8 am and lasted all day.... just mild contractions. At dinner time I invited my doula, Teri and her daughter Cait, who was her assistant, to come and join me at my house. We hung out and timed the contractions (which were about 8 minutes apart on average). A few hours later, we called the midwife to come over to see how things were progressing. My midwife, RoseAnn showed up and we all just chilled out together, watching American Idol. Just before 10 pm, RoseAnn checked me out and confirmed that I was about 4 cm dilated. I was still quite comfortable and I wanted things to pick up a little so she did a 'stretch and sweep' and then we decided to head over to the hospital. The stretch and sweep was certainly effective! My contractions went into high gear and the baby was born two hours later! My mom and Melanie arrived just as Eden was making her entrance into the world and Melanie captured these amazing photos of Eden's first few moments in the world. I will always cherish these pictures!! There were so many amazing pictures, here a just a few of my favourites....