Sweet moments that welcome life Behind This Newborn’s ‘Pout’ Face

felt like I didnt know what was happening. I woke my husband up and he was kind of like Are you ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʙᴀʙʏ right now? My ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs were three minutes apart. Right when he asked I had a ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ʜɪᴛ and I started sʜᴀᴋɪɴɢ. I thought Oh my goodness did I basically wake up in ᴛʀᴀɴsɪᴛɪᴏɴ?
He called the midwife right away and told her I was sʜᴀᴋɪɴɢ. She kind of said OK here is how you ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴀ ʙᴀʙʏ. My husband is military hes an engineer so he was really calm. I have some medical experience as an E M.T and Im a doula. Because Ive had some fast ʟᴀʙᴏʀs before wed talked with my midwife about what to do if things went quickly. So we had this moment of prepping to do this on our own. But thankfully my midwife who is about 45 minutes away got there in time and we didnt have to.
My ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs were super close together and I remember thinking to myself I need them to slow down because I cannot do this. I was still preparing myself for the idea of doing this for another 14 hours after my last ʟᴀʙᴏʀ even though everyone else seemed to understand how close I was.
I hopped in the bath. I was still thinking I was just in there to slow my ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs down and my husband and midwife were kind of like Sure Ash whatever you say. In the water things did space out a bit but then the ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs got really ɪɴᴛᴇɴsᴇ again. And it was clear they werent ᴅɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs . They were ɢᴇᴛᴛʜᴇʙᴀʙʏᴏᴜᴛᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs . I got out of the tub and he ᴡᴀs ʙᴏʀɴ within a ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ and a half. My husband was able to ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ him and then I just held
him and looked at him for a while.
Hes such a chill baby. I love that I can see it in these photos even though he has that little pout face. He has such a sweet demeanor and he has had it since the very beginning The kids slept through the whole thing. We had a friend here who was planning to watch them if we needed it and we were open to them coming in if they wanted to or staying away if thats what they preferred. But they ended up waking up maybe four hours after the baby ᴡᴀs ʙᴏʀɴ.