It started on Monday, February 22nd, I was dialated to 3 at my doctor’s appointment and started to feel regular contractations that night… but they were gone by morning.

I started to feel more by Wednesday the 24th, so I went to the hospital and they said I was dialated to 5 and could be admitted if I wanted. My husband and I decided to make sure I was making progress instead, so after a couple hours of walking laps and flights of stairs at the hospital, I got checked again. Much to my chagrin I hadn’t made any real progress, so we headed home to get some sleep.

I woke up the morning of my due date depressed. I wasn’t feeling anything, and started to think I would be pregnant for a couple more weeks. So I sent Nick off to work. About an hour later, I started to feel some contractions, but I wrote them off, and watched TV a little more. When they kept up, I decided to draw myself a bath. The contractions quickly intensified, and after about a half hour of regular 2 to 3 minute apart contractions, I called Nick. He didn’t answer. After another call and a text, I called him at work and said, “Get home!” About five minutes later we were off…

Beckam Samuel Davis is 1 week old today! He was born on his due date, February 25th, at 1:05pm. I’m told only 3% of babies are actually born on their due date, so wow! After all that trying to get him here early, he just wanted to be “on time!”

He was a whopping 9 lbs. 2 oz. and 21 inches long! The nurses kept referring to him as “big guy.”

He's Finally Here!!

The first week with our little guy has gone pretty smoothly. (Let’s just say my daughter gave us much more of a challenge.) He hardly ever cries and usually just wakes up one time overnight, in between about 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. He still keeps me quite busy though… he’s a healthy eater and I’m nursing…

Just look at those chubby cheeks!

Our daughter Ivie is thrilled with her “Baby Brudder Beckam.”

So I know a lot of you are curious about how my “water birth” went… most importantly, I did it!!! Thanks to the support of my husband, the midwife, a doula, St. Lukes nursing staff, and my mom… no drugs necessary! (Although at times desired! haha!) I achieved my second all-natural birth goal! (Again this was a personal desire/choice for myself. Not every woman is a safe candidate for minimal medical intervention. The most important thing is bringing a healthy baby into the world.)

I am working on getting some video clips put together so I can give you a better idea of how everything went and the details! In the meantime, just hoping to get as much sleep as possible!