Some have asked for the labor update, so if you don't want to hear about it feel free to just scroll down to look at the pictures.
I started getting random contractions at about 6:00 that night which is very different from my other two little ones. They kept going all night, again pretty far apart, we finally called my mother-in-law at 4:00a.m. to come over and stay with the kids. At that point my contractions were about 5-8 minutes apart (Kasen came super fast once I was dilated to a six so I didn't want to chance having this one in the car). We got to the hospital at 4:30, I was dilated to a 5. 5:00 we got settled into our room, ready to start doing our hypno-birth and get in the zone. We realized at that point all of our music and relaxation stuff did not sink to the i-pod! Not cool, I really wanted to do this without drugs and that is all I had practiced. After a bit of a panic, we started to play other music and did our best to do it on our own. Dev and my sis were awesome supporters! It truly was an amazing experience. The next 2 hours were in a complete state of relaxation, I felt as if I was there alone with God and He was coaching me, giving me little whispers the whole time. I kept saying "I can do anything through Christ" He made me to to this. As the contractions got stronger, the more controlled I and calm I felt. Then baby was ready, it was time to push, I didn't need anybody to tell it was time, my body knew it. I woke from my relaxed state and went into business mode. Three pushes later, baby Kinley joined our world. It was truly a blessed and amazing experience! We love her so much already.
Here a a few pics of our first few days.
