100 Happy Days Challenge: Day 70

Tuesday, October 28th
I woke up 39 weeks and 3 days pregnant and in labour. Grayson James was born at 6:09 pm. He is perfect. I can't believe we ever felt like a whole family without him.
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Labour was a total of about 13 hours, but it was really only harder for the last three. I will do a post about our labour and birth story soon. Okay, maybe not soon, but when I have time. ;)

From here on, my three good things posts will likely be pretty short and to the point. I want to keep doing them, but, as you can imagine, I don't have much free time at the moment, and when I do, I should probably try to rest. Here are my three good things for Grayson's birthday:

1. Finally meeting our perfect and healthy baby boy. There is not a parent out there who doesn't have some anxiety about the birth and the health of the baby that they are about to meet. So many things can go wrong, and it's impossible not to worry that baby will be born with complications, something will happen to baby or mom during the birthing process, etc. We, however, made it through relatively unscathed and brought home a very healthy, happy, strong baby. We couldn't really ask for more.

2. Giving birth, drug free for the second time, but being grateful it's the last time! This birth experience was much different Carter's and I'll talk about how in a blog post at some point. Generally though, Grayson's birth was much more typical in that I actually had the opportunity to push him out. It was the hardest, but most rewarding thing I've ever done and I still kind of can't believe I did it drug-free. I'm not going to lie, it makes you feel like a freaking superhero. (Please don't take this to mean that I think everyone should have a drug-free birth All women who are pregnant and give birth also achieve superhero status.)

3. Having my mom and auntie Shelly in the room during labour and birth. I was surrounded by people I love and people who love me for one of the most intense and emotional experiences of my life. How does it get any better, really?!