Roman Luke was born on March 17, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my emotions were all over the place right before I had Roman. I was sad my older kids wouldn’t get to come to the hospital and meet their new baby brother. I had envisioned this magical moment of them all meeting. When the boys came the the hospital to meet their baby sister, it was one of my top moments of my life. Unfortunately this time that wouldn’t happen thanks to COVID-19. I knew only my husband could be there.
I want to quickly share details of my 3 older kids birth stories:
Hudson was born in 2011 and I was induced with him and had the epidural. My experience wasn’t the best I pushed for 2.5 hours. My epidural caused me to feel nothing so I wasn’t sure when to push. I needed oxygen and threw up a lot. I felt like I got hit by a truck after I finally delivered my 8 lbs and 14 oz baby boy.
Everett was born in 2013. I was induced as well and the epidural only took on the one side and I felt everything on the other. His birth was a little faster. He weighed 8 lbs and 14 oz same as Hudson.
In 2017 when I was expecting Winter I decided I would not get induced. I wanted to let her come when she was ready. She was born on her due date and her birth was crazy fast! (I wrote a blog post about her birth and you can read all the details here). Basically she came within 30 minutes of arriving to the hospital. I had her naturally. She weighed 8 lbs 6 oz
Last belly picture! 
38 Pregnant 39.5 days pregnant
Roman’s birth story:
When I was pregnant with Roman I knew I wanted to try and have him naturally like I had Winter. I trusted in my body and was kinda looking forward to the challenge. I didn’t have a plan though. If I needed to I figured I would ask for the epidural. Roman was due March 19, 2020. I was uncomfortable and miserable leading up to my 39th week of pregnancy. On Saturday March 14 around 11:00 pm I started to get contractions that were consistent and drawing my attention. Since Winter came so fast we decided to call the hospital and my mother in law to come watch the kids. Unfortunately, by the time my MIL arrived my contractions stopped. We decided to stay home and try to get some sleep. The next day I felt no signs of labor and I felt so disappointed. Will this baby ever come?!
Monday March 16 all my kids were home from school due to them closing for the coronavirus. I was exhausted but, knew I needed to keep the kids busy. We went for a walk. When we came back from the walk I started to feel some contractions it was about 3 pm. I remember making dinner and doing the whole bedtime routine feeling a bit uncomfortable during the contractions. As I was putting Winter to bed I had a feeling I better hurry and finish packing the hospital bag. We called my mother in law to watch the kids around 8:30 PM. I was excited, nervous, and even had some doubts if we should even go to the hospital. I remember thinking maybe this is another false alarm…. We left for the hospital around 9:30 PM. When we arrived we went to the ER and they were ready for us. They wheeled me up to labor and delivery. Once we got into the room they asked me a bunch of questions about my pregnancy. They checked my blood pressure and temperature. I then got checked down there and I was only 4 cm dilated. I started to panicked thinking they would send me home because I wasn’t more dilated. They told me I was staying the night and moved me to a labor and delivery room. Once I was there they started me on an IV of fluids. I had contractions the entire night. I slept probably an hour due to being so uncomfortable. Around 3:00 AM my contractions started getting stronger. I was going back and forth wondering if I should give in and get the epidural. I remember thinking no don’t get it. This pain is manageable. Each contraction I feel is bringing me closer to meeting my baby. I fought through it for the rest of the night into the morning.
At 7 AM I got a new nurse and she was amazing. She encouraged me and made me feel like the baby is coming soon. “You can do this you don’t need the epidural”.
Around 9:30 AM I started pacing and getting nervous the baby would never come. I went to the bathroom and started to feel some pressure. The nurse checked me since I was feeling so much pressure. I was around 8 cm. She asked if I wanted to have my water broken to try and move things along. I agreed. Shortly after this I felt awful lower back pain and way more pressure. I got up on all fours and starting rocking on the bed. That didn’t help me feel comfortable. So I remember I started pacing around the room and taking deep breathes in and out. Eventually, I got into the bed and said I needed to push. Some parts are a bit blurry from here. I remember screaming I can’t do this!!! My nurse was so supportive telling me I can. She even rubbed my valor essential oil all over my wrist. With each painful push, I envisioned a rainbow and grabbing the baby from the rainbow and taking him with me. (It was St Patrick’s Day after all).
Finally at 11:00 AM after about 8 minutes of pushing Roman Luke was born weighing 9 lbs 4 oz!!! He was my biggest baby and longest birth out of my 4 kids. After I had him we immediately had skin to skin contact. I delivered the placenta while they weighed him and took his stats because I starting shaking uncontrollably. After they took his stats and I calmed down I nursed him successfully. We called the kids to tell them about their new brother. I went home from the hospital the next day and I was more than thrilled to bust out of there and have the kids meet their new brother.
Since bringing Roman home it’s been a crazy 3 weeks. The kids are all obsessed with him. We joke he’s the celebrity in our house because everyone always wants to hold him. He’s so sweet and nursing like a champ. Having the kids all home due to the virus has been hard. I’m juggling homeschooling, keeping a 3 year old busy, sleepless nights, nursing a baby around the clock, working on some sponsored content for Instagram, tons of laundry, dishes, and house work. It’s been amazing yet hard. I have cried a few times because I’m overwhelmed. I never thought I would have a baby that no one could meet yet because we need to “stay home”. I never thought I would be juggling homeschooling on top of a new baby. I am trying to find the positive. We don’t really have a schedule and have been able to all spend a lot of time together. That’s the blessing in all of this quality family time at a slower pace.
Hudson meeting Roman Everett meeting Roman Winter meeting Roman
3 weeks old already
Things that helped me deliver naturally:
-My valor essential oil from young living I rubbed it all over me many times during the labor and delivery
-Having a POSITIVE support system. My nurse was amazing and so was my husband they encouraged me to let my body do what it’s supposed to do. They said not to get the epidural but if I really needed to it’s my decision.
-Saying affirmations during each contraction. Some of them what worked for me were:
•My body was made to do this.
•With each contraction I am closer to meeting my baby.
•Release and relax.
•Each contraction only lasts a minute. I can do anything for 1 minute.
•My baby is coming to me and this will all be over
xoxo
Ashlee
Woo girl! You are a warrior!!!
Thank you for sharing mama! You are giving me the calm that I need being 34 weeks pregnant. I cannot believe he is 3 weeks already tho!! :))
I love how your nurse rubbed valor on your wrisgs for yoy! What a sweet thing to do! You are amazing mama! Congratulations
Congratulations and what a beautiful birth stories for each of your gorgeous babies! I’m so sorry you had to do this during this time but I’m glad y’all are healthy. He’s such a sweetie and so lucky to have you all. Hopefully soon your family and friends can meet him! Love his name too!😘
That’s awesome Ashlee! I don’t know if I could deliver a baby without an epidural.. let alone that big of a baby! That’s awesome you had such a supportive nurse to encourage you!!! Congrata again! He is so cute!!
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