Our Birth Story | Labor & Delivery 

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As someone who hasn’t been pregnant yet, please don’t filter yourself on behalf of us! I love hearing the raw and honest details of pregnancy and labor because it helps me know what to expect one day!! I know a lot of women who felt ‘lied to’ in a way because they only heard the glamorous parts of pregnancy/delivery from women haha

We had 6 children, 4 were homebirths, with everything natural, 2 hospital births, 3 boys, n 3 girls. Those were such good times when the children were little! And now I'm almost 60, and have grand daughters and 1 gr. son, with another 1 on the way by Oct. My life is full,,,,good husband, and loving all the grandchildren!!! God is good! So glad Lily is safely here, and all seems well! Enjoy ur littles,,,they grow up so fast!!!

Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl ❤. I was a maternity nurse 40 plus years ago. I was told I couldn’t get pregnant so we adopted a beautiful baby girl. 12 months and5 days later I delivered a beautiful baby girl. Enjoy your girls. ❤❤❤❤

Welcome baby Lily. She is perfection. What a lucky and loved little girl.

I thought I was done after 4 (3 boys and then a girl) too. But God decided differently and I had another boy 4 years later. I too just sat and looked at him and held him more than the others because this time I knew he was the grand finale 😅. Watching older kids bond with a new sibling is one of the most precious experiences I have had as a parent. Lily is beautiful ❤

You are the most beautiful delivering mom I have ever seen.

Congratulations! Your video brought tears to my eyes remembering back 30 years ago when God gave us our son. We tried for 5 years before he was born and another 10 after he was born. We never were able to get pregnant again, but I still praise God today for a wonderful son. He got married almost a year ago, so we are looking forward to the day when we become grandparents. What a joy to see your girls loving on Lily! God bless your family!❤

Oh my gosh, my 4th came just like yours, she’s now in her 30’s but I was sent home from the hospital. They said I was in false labor. My brother, who is now no longer with us, was babysitting our 3 older children and when he saw how much pain I was in, he got into his car about 5 minutes after we left his home to pick up the kids and followed us home. I was in so much pain when my brother walked in, he called the hospital and told them if I was not in labor, something was wrong. I arrived back to the hospital in minutes before my daughter was born. My brother was an RN, I’m an RN and these healthcare professionals get it wrong sometimes, since then I’ve always learned to listen to moms as a pediatric nurse, Thankful you and your beautiful baby are ok! ❤

How on earth can you go through so much and still look so beautiful at the same time??

Congratulations ❤ We had 3 daughters, now we have 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren and in Oct. it will make 13. We are truly Blessed.

Kristen, please do NOT apologize for having pain relief giving birth...! I have 'only' given birth twice. The first time, after like you, beeing i pain for days, I had everything I could possible get. Sterile water papules (felt like beeing stung by a wasp, it was horrible), 18 hours with nitrous oxide, (a mistake made by the midwives, I had three different, because it lasted more than three shifts) epidural, pethidine which paralyzed my legs for 12 hours... you name it, I had it. With baby nr 2 was it was 'only' epidural. Little Lily i SO sweet, and she looks so much like your other girls. Thank you for sharing your dramatic story! Be blessed in this beautiful time with your little girls.

I’m sharing my story, not to scare anyone but rather to let young moms or moms to be know, it may seem to be difficult and it is, but it’s all worth it in the end! My first pregnancy was extremely difficult. Sick the whole nine months, 14 days overdue, induced, 30 hrs of hard labor, epidermal didn’t work so they did a morphine drip, his heart almost stopping and then an emergency c-section. Doctor told me I would never have had him naturally……he was 11 pounds and 12 ounces! I had to be put to sleep so wasn’t aware of anything. I felt like a complete failure. Milk came in at 5 months pregnant and was gone by the time he was 3 months old. Second and last baby was a twin, lost one at 7 months (she had stopped growing at 4 months) didn’t even know she was a twin at the time. A planned c-section and a wonderful team of doctors, saw and held her pretty quickly. 7 pounds and 14 ounces…..a tiny baby for me. I love being a mom, now a nana and yes, I’d do it all over again! Your sweet girls love their little sister so much! What a precious addition to your family.

She's so adorable!!!❤ Congratulations!!! I only had one child. He was my miracle child. I wasn't suppose to have any. I had a kidney transplant in 1985 and he was born in 1987. I was in labor for 4 hours. God was so good to me.

Bless your family!!! I had 2 boys that were delivered at 8 months as I went into labor early with them both. They were 4 years apart almost to the same date. I miscarried a little girl when I was at 4&1/2 months pregnant, but her due date is always remembered!

I needed this. I gave birth to my first child just over a week ago and it did not go as I hoped. We both got through it healthy and safe, so I’m grateful, but I didn’t predict it’d go this way. My water broke at 3pm and after 16 hours of labor, and close contractions, I decided to get my cervix checked. I was only at a 3, which was disappointing because I felt so far along. I ended up on medication to get some rest and eventually moved onto the epidural (took 3 tries to administer it). 8 hours after I was first checked, I was still at a 3. I ended up on pitocin and gave birth at 7pm, equaling 28 hours of labor. I wanted to go unmedicated, yet I got the epidural and still experienced extreme pain on one side. I thought I was barely suppose to feel pain with an epidural, so the fact that I did made me feel weak. After hearing your experiences, I feel reassured knowing that it probably wasn’t working on one side and I was experiencing true labor pains. After only watching videos about positive, unmedicated births, I needed to hear your story. A story I can relate to and not feel alone. Thank you.

Awe!! Your girls with her is just precious. LOL. Lily is beautiful. Congrats!! We had 4 as well, 3 girls. Our son was a big surprise, and an answer to prayer. He’s the youngest. We were going to be done after 4, and so we prayed for a son, and God gave us our boy. All of our kids were born in the 90’s, so they’re all grown. We now have grandkids as well. Yes. Look at this little one and take in what you can as much as possible. It will go by so fast. We were told that too, and we really didn’t realize what fast was until we experienced it. 4 epidural’s for me. I just couldn’t do the pain. I thought I was being cut in half from the inside out, so yeah, nope. LOL. I definitely took those epidurals!! They were glorious!! Praise God, I didn’t tear with any of them, but my body didn’t like giving birth so much. I’ve had a lot of issues with hormones and weight gain since my first.. so there was the good and the bad. ☺️. Our smallest baby was our third. She was 6lbs, 10 oz and about the I9” long. Our next size up was our son who was 7/7/20”, our next size up with our first, and she was 7/14/21”and our biggest was our second. She was 9/ 1/2oz/21” Again, congratulations!!! You have a beautiful family!!

Congratulations! She’s beautiful. All of your girls are beautiful. I love when your oldest said she’s all of ours. So sweet. I am the mom of 4 sons. My fourth delivery was the hardest. He was born on his due date. He had the cord wrapped around his neck. The doctor push him back in the birth canal and with his hand got the cord from around his neck. I went into shock, literally. I had so much trauma that I didn’t get to see my baby until the next day. Thank our good Lord every thing eventually was good. ❤ Every delivery is different for sure.

Praise God for His miracle of life! Kristen you went through so much with this pregnancy. You are a trooper!! Lily is beautiful and so sweet. I actually had a VBAC birth with my 2nd son and my labor was only 3 hours...very intense but short. The birth was natural (I was naïve and didn't know I could get any medication. My nurse even commented, "you did it without any medication!") My son weighed 10.3 lbs and yes I tore and could not sit for 2 weeks!! Now this 2nd son of ours just had his 3rd child on July 23 in Omaha. I was there for 10 days to help with their other 2 children. I'll go back next week as my son is a teacher and will start school. God only allowed us to have 2 sons but we just had our 7th grandchild so we are SO blessed!! We have 2 granddaughters and 5 grandsons. You look so refreshed and beautiful in this video. I hope you are able to get rest and not overdo things. Lily is precious and the girls with her are darling!! God bless and thank you for sharing your birth story.

We had 3 boys: Andrew, David, and Thomas. They are all grown men now. My first 2 were 21 mos apart and the 3rd was born when I was 42 yrs old. We put one in college and one in Kindergarten the same month! Many people thought we were crazy but it worked out great for us. The older boys were such a wonderful help ❤

Congrats! Lily is pure perfection 🌼 We have 7 grown children. 6 boys, 1 girl.

Congratulations, Kristen. Tears in my eyes seeing this! Birth stories will always make me cry. The incredible gift from God!! You’re beauty and you are grace. Thank you for sharing this with us. We love you! 🎉

Congratulations to you again! My first granddaughter was born three weeks ago, after four miscarriages and IVF in Greece. We are so blessed and in love with our new Evelynn. She is perfect in every way and being a grandma is the best feeling ever! Labor and delivery is such a short period of time in our lives for a lifetime of joy. I’m so glad I had children! We are beyond blessed!❤️🙏🏻🥰

👵💜 Thank goodness Lilly is here and doing well! She is beautiful!

Congratulations on the birth of your little miracle Lily Anna. Thank you for telling us your birth story and for being so open. You did so well to get through it with all that pain. Her older siblings are loving her. What a treat. Every birth and every baby are unique. I had 4. Girl, boy, boy, girl. All adults now. We are very blessed. Every birth was adventurous and different. Now my eldest son has had his first baby and his 2nd is swiftly on the way. This has put our tally of grandchildren at 10 !!!!! We have 5 granddaughters and 5 grandsons. All very special and unique. Our 10th is due in December. We will have 8 under 6 and a 10 year old and a 17 year old. It’s incredible. We love them all so much and are very blessed. Three of our children have a mix of genders and my youngest daughter has 2 sons, but she’s happy as they’re so cute. Children and grand children bring us so much joy and are such a wonderful blessing. They’re such fun, get so excited and have lovely personalities. We do lots of spoiling ❤❤🩵❤🩵❤🩵❤🩵❤ I hope you enjoy your new baby and your other 3 girls. Enjoy every moment whilst they’re young. It was the most favourite time of my life when mine were young. Xxx

She's here!! Good for you mama. Congrats to you & your family! 🫂🙏💞

Hello Kristen, Im old eniugh to be your Mama. I had 4 3 boys - 1 girl. Back in the day, you werent offered an epideral. I got called a pioneer mama. You just did it! My first birn was a piece of cake. Each one was harder than the last. After my 4th was born. I joke now, if he would have been my first, he would have been an only child! So glad to meet Miss Lilly. Shes georgeous. You look great! Glad its iver for you! God Bless your Family! L& R ❤❤

3 kiddos here! First was breech so we had all by c-section. God has blessed us and they are now about to be (11yr son) about to be (14yr daughter) and (16yr daughter). Praise Jesus they are all saved and my husband and I are so grateful.

Congratulations on the birth of baby number four, Lilly Anna Hoffman! She is so beautiful and so precious. So sorry that this pregnancy was your most difficult. Had you not said anything, no one would have guessed. Your daughters are so cute, kissing and hugging and even arguing over who she is sister too. You and Josh are fantastic parents and very blessed. Continue to raise them in the Lord to keep them safe from this world. Loving you all in Christ. ~Debi in Ohio

Lily is absolutely precious and looks like she is so very much loved!🩷🙏🏻

Thank you for sharing! She is perfect! I am expecting my 7th baby. We thought we were done after 4 kids too and took a four year break. I am so beyond grateful we did nothing permanent and now have 3 bonus blessings! Children are truly the greatest gift from the Lord. May God bless you and your sweet family. Hugs from Oregon!!

We’ve been on baby watch for weeks! Even my boyfriend is asking me everyday, did Kristen have the baby yet? 😂😂

Mama warrior!!! Pregnancy is never easy!!! So sorry it was stressful. The bundle of joy is gorgeous! Congrats!

Congratulations!!! Lilly is beautiful and so precious. You look radiant. So happy mama and baby are healthy.

I’m so sorry you had such a difficult painful time. Not a failure to have intervention, that’s the benefit of modern science. Hope you heal soon.

My husband an only child. We had two beautiful daughters that are now 50 and 55 years of age. Our youngest had two beautiful daughters. Our oldest never had children. Up until this point only girls, even girl dogs. Then we have a very handsome great grandson who was given our last name as his middle name. Not that Papa wasn't proud of his girls, but he and we all are over the top with this little boy. He just turned two. My first was a labor that you just described. Large baby and hard delivery. Would not change a thing. Enjoyed seeing my family grow and I feel so-ooo blessed. Wishing you and Josh many blessings and much happiness as your family grows.

Congrats!! I’m currently pregnant with our first and I’m so excited to be a mama 💖

What a beautiful family you have! I have 6 children 3 boys and 3 girls, they are all grown and married, God is good.

Mom of 2 boys here. Labor and delivery were much different between the two. My water broke naturally with my first, but he wasn't ready and i still had to be induced. It was 36 hours from my water breaking until he arrived. Then i had a spinal headache after his birth that left me unable to care for him on my own until i had a blood patch procedure done. I thought that was enough to never have another epidural...then came my second delivery. I really thought i could do it on my own, but back labor is no joke. Doctors convinced me to go ahead with the epidural, but then it only worked on my right side. My water broke on it's own after the epidural, but i was in so much pain on my left side that i sobbed into a wet wash cloth until it was go time. I think it was 5 pushes and he was out when the time came. My first was 9lbs, 2oz and my second was 8lb, 10oz. Both big babies, but the pain is forgotten and i would do it all over again if i had too ❤️

Finally she is here!!! 🎀💕🎀💕 Congratulations to you and your beautiful family!!! May God Bless all of you always and forever!!! 🎀💕🎀💕

Lily is beautiful 🥰. The Psalm 139 at the start was perfect. I have 5 boys (youngest is 19😥) and I never had a labor/delivery even close to what you had to endure. Congratulations and God bless you and your family ❤

How wonderful! God is good, all the time! Congratulations!

Congrats! I am a boy's mom.One is 31 now,one loss,my rainbow baby is 22 and my surprise one is 18🎉Had them all natural and without any medication at all.First born's labor was 72 hours with a lot of complications,second was 12 with complications too and the last one was 5 hours with complications as well.Never hesitated for that to be the last one.Love them with all my heart but giving birth is very dangerous.Thank God the are men now and the are so healthy,none of them gets sick.

Congratulations Kristin and family! Ive kept checking in to see if shes arrived. Cant wait to see her!❤️💐

We’ve been away from tv for over a month now. We had a death in the family which required our assistance. We are now able to get back home from California to Tennessee. Congratulations on having your baby girl. Once we are home, I can watch your videos on you tube. God bless your whole family.

Beautiful, I have 4 biological children and 2 foster children. I had 3 girls and one boy. 😊 all of mine are now in their 30’s so we are enjoying our 7 grandchildren. Here in Paraguay. My first grand son was born in April and it’s been so fun to have him.

Oh, Dear God.... She's BEAUTIFUL. Welcome to the World Little One!!! 💖💕💖💕💖💕

How exciting God bless you and your family dear sweet Kristen May the Lord bless and protect your family always 🫶🫂🙏

Lily Anna may be the most beautiful newborn ever! Congratulations to you all on your new little angel❤

Congratulations! She is beautiful and you have a beautiful family. Prayers for a speedy recovery. 🙏🩷

Three children - 2 boys and a girl. No epidurals but when pain got very bad I asked for them and it was always too late! Welcome to the world beautiful Lily Anna.

How exciting, Kristen! Congratulations 🎉 woohoo 🎉

She is so beautiful. I am so happy for yall. Long ago haha when I had my son it took 2 hrs and he broke my tailbone ouch. Then a year later came my daughter, I had her totally natural in 1 hr. I shook like crazy. The doctor said that my body went into shock. Thankfully both babies were just fine. I really feel for all the mama's that go through hrs of labor my mother did with me hours of labor. God bless yall

Congratulations to you and family on your precious baby. Many blessings!

I had a very challenging twin girl birth, wasn't able to get an epidural. We never know how things will go, just pray God gets us all through it! Ended up with an emergency C Section, they are now 26! ❤❤ She is so beautiful...the girls are so precious with their baby sister!

Patience has always paid off with all 3 of my births! I’ve never torn because I’ve never rushed labor or birth. I’ve had false starts and stuff like that too, but it’s always worth it to wait as long as there’s nothing wrong! Membrane sweeps are a medical intervention that almost always lead to more interventions😣 I’ve had 3 all natural home births but I would say that if it wasn’t for the birth pool then I would have needed some kind of pain medication for the third labor!😓 the birth pool just makes it bearable. I highly recommend home-birth to anyone who’s a good candidate!

I was blessed with 10 children. 6 boys and 4 girls. I didn't plan this. I gave up after 1 saying, " I am NEVER doing that again!". God decided that I was best being a stay at home mom. Life wasn't without challenges. I lost 10 babies via miscarriage and had 1 stillborn. Pregnancy wasn't easy for me either. And who likes the negative comments when you have a large family? Certainly not my children.being on the other end of things (my youngest just turned 12 and I am down to 2minors left) I can say the love and memories we shared through the years made everything worth it. I met so many older women in my life who said they only had 1 or 2 and they regret not having more. Thanks for sharing your family. They are beautiful and you are blessed!

She is so sweet. I have 3 sons and 1 daughter. All grown now. It does go by fast. They were delivered by c-section. My first two were breech and couldn’t be turned around and the last two I wasn’t given a choice on delivery. Oh how I hated the shaking coming off the meds. I’m sorry for all the pain but glad to hear you both are well. God bless your sweet family.

Congratulations! She is such a sweet little girl. I love the name! I am so glad that you stayed with the flower theme. They are all precious! I have one child, who is now 31. Miss my little girl, but so proud of the young woman & mother she has become. Her little boy is now 4 years old. She like you had a horrible pregnancy, she threw up the entire pregnancy, clear into delivery!! She had, like you, heartburn so badly! She went through the epidural only working on one side, she was so disappointed that she had to have a C-section. But her little man was born 3 months old at 10# 2oz. Head full of dark hair. All the nurses were commenting on how much hair he had! You are such a wonderful mom & homemaker. God bless you & your family!

I was in labor, in the hospital, for 6 days. Yes, 6 days. Lots of other complications too but my boy was stubborn and just wasn’t ready to make an appearance yet. I had an episiotomy and tore as well. The healing from that was pretty brutal. Congratulations, she’s gorgeous just like all of your girls ❤

Congratulations on your new arrival ! She's absolutely adorable ❤ its been a long time since I had our children but remember the experiences well. I'm on to grandparent stage 😊. First born 1988 weight 7 13 oz, second boy 5 yrs and a day later 9lbs 12 oz, 4 yrs later surprise a girl 10 lbs 2 oz. Last 2 induced. Delivery was fast. No epidural because of it being fast. Oldest son is a nurse like I was. He has 2 beautiful daughters , Avalon Rose 8, & Scarlet Jane 5. Middle son has a 1 yr old boy, Marley James. We are truly blessed. God bless you and your family

Such a beautiful little girl! She is precious! I had a "natural childbirth" & I would NEVER do that again!!!........The doctor/nurses talked me into natural childbirth & it being my first child, I did not know any different. If I had to do over, I WOULD NOT have a natural childbirth (NOTE: Don't let anyone talk you into anything)!! So sorry you had such a rough childbirth! You look WONDERFUL for a mom getting ready to give birth!!! (& even after the birth)! The pic of Josh crying (from JOY) after she was born was very touching/sweet!! He seems to be such an AMAZING man/husband/dad!! "LILY" IS A PERFECT NAME FOR YOUR NEW BABY GIRL!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!

Welcome to the World! You have made it more special. For such a time as this, you were born!! Gods continued blessings and protection n long life in Jesus Glorious name❤️✝️🙏🏻

Congrats Kristen! I just had my fourth as well and I was also so sure of myself that I got this down pat. I ended up having baby after a week of prodromal labor, but full on painful contractions all day and night. I had to breathe through them and put my toddler down to just focus to get through them. For a while freaking week! And then suddenly I had bloody show which is my sign that baby is really coming and the contractions were beyond endurance and I felt like I'm having baby THIS MINUTE. Thankfully I made it to the hospital but my dr didn't and i had a horrific floor dr who delivered the baby and PULLED MY PLACENTA OUT literally 5 minutes after baby was born and I started hemorrhaging. It was so awful and it affected my recovery so much. I'm thankfully past the 6 weeks of real struggle. Honestly, though. If baby hadn't come within minutes of arriving at the hospital I'd probably have gotten an epidural despite my previous bad experience with it

3 babies 3 epidurals. My first was 9 lb 10 oz so I feel your pain. It is so hard to deliver a big baby. Big hugs to all of you!!!

~Couldn’t wait to get home from church/church event that followed tonight to watch your video! Lily Anna…. absolutely beautiful! Seeing Rosie, Ruby, & Ivy interact with Lily touched to the point that I found myself welling up! Kristen, I am 61 & have 2 daughters; Naomi & Sarai. Those precious memories of their first days, months, & years are flooding back! I could not be more blessed than I am by this joyful peek into Lily’s first precious moments with her beautiful family! Baby Lily is blessed beyond measure! ~ ✨Rejoicing with you! ✨~Praying for you! 💕💕💕🙏🏽

So sweet. What a beautiful family. I was the oldest of 6 children. I was the only girl with 5 younger brothers!! What a sweet story ❤️ so precious

Lily is beautiful..take time to rest as much as possible...so happy for your family❤

Congratulations!! I just had my third baby a few days ago and I also had a similar experience with prodromal labor. My baby ended up being 4 days late and I was about to go in for an induction but thankfully the Lord answered my prayers and she came on her own. I’ve had all my babies without an epidural and it’s definitely not for the faint of heart! This last baby came so quick (3 pushes) and I was reminded of how painful it is as their head is crowning and their shoulders are coming out. I literally felt like I was going to pass out lol. But it’s just a short moment in the grand scheme of things and our babies are so worth it. I hope you share your postpartum journey so I can follow along with you! Blessings.

All of your girls are so precious! My MIL was Annie, my name is Ann, my oldest Daughter is Trudi Ann, my youngest is Tonja Annette, my granddaughter is Anna Brooke and she named her girls McKenzie Ann and born three days ago is Mallory LeAnn! I love it!

We have 5 children. #5 was our surprise baby…what a gift. Three girls and two boys. #1…girl, #2…girl, #3 boy, #4 boy, #5 girl. My smallest was 7 lbs, my biggest was 8 lbs 11 ozs. I love being a mom. Your girls are so sweet and beautiful. I loved hearing them sing to Lily.

I have had 3 children and not once did my water break! I have never heard of such nonsense of letting a woman suffer like that and especially not doing diagnostics to see if there was a problem! And I have had some real doozies of delivery! Including failed epidermals! Kristen, she is gorgeous!!! And I love, love, love her name it suits her so well!!! God Bless little Lily!💕💕💕

Praise The Lord !!!She is SO BEAUTIFUL !!!!💝💝💝💝...Babies are BLESSINGS ...YOU ARE SO LOVED BY THE LORD 💖

She's so beautiful 😍. We have 4 kids earth side, 2 boys and 2 girls in that order. We lost our 5th baby, 3rd girl earlier this year to trisomy 15. I have really enjoyed watching your journey through this pregnancy. Congratulations to your beautiful family.

Congratulations. Lily is precious. So thankful she is here safely and you can recover. Glad to hear you are behaving yourself and allowing healing. It's harder with a family of younger kids not to think you need to do all the normal homemaking stuff to keep up. We had 2 boys and 3 girls years ago. Each stage of life is a blessing from God. I think Lily looks like your husband.

Congratulations! I’m a mom of two adult children-my 32 yo daughter and my 25 yo son. Ahhhh. Brought back so many memories of the baby days! Thanks for sharing! 💕

I gave birth to 2 girls and 6 boys! We started and ended with a girl. All large babies and # 6 who took his time coming into this world as well. Congratulations on your precious baby! It does go by so quickly. I now have 1 grandson and 3 granddaughters ❤❤❤

Congratulations 💕 We had three kids.. One girl & two boys & ( an Angel girl in heaven 💕)

She is beautiful! We have two boys wonderful boys God gave us. They are grown and now we have ten grands. Love them all dearly!

Congratulations, Lilly is precious! The girls are also so sweet with their new baby sister. They’re going to have such a magical childhood growing up together in their sister pack.

I have given birth 7 times. Five daughters and two sons. The first one was supposed to be a home birth, but ended up in the hospital because my water had broken, it had been 24 hours, and I wasn't progressing. I did pitocin for that one, but no epidural. I felt every contraction, but it was still overall a positive experience. The next 4 babies I successfully labored and gave birth at home. Hard, but wonderful experiences. It's so nice being home already after you give birth. I don't like being in the hospital anymore after the baby comes 😅 My last two I decided to have at the hospital with an epidural. I was so glad I did. It was incredible to not have to feel the worst of the contractions. Those last few hours of natural labor are INTENSE! But I am grateful for my home births too, they both have their pros and cons for sure. 😏 I had a wide weight range in my babies, but most have been over 8 lbs. So I understand the long labor of giving birth to a big baby. All of my labors have been over 24 hours, and I have experienced prodromal labor like you. Not fun 😅

So Beautiful!! God is so so good! I am a grandmother of 5 beautiful granddaughters. Four belong to my daughter and one to my son! God Bless you and Josh! Praying for you all!

Just like every child is unique, every pregnancy is unique. Your little one is beautiful. Congratulations to you and your family.

4 pregnancies, 4 epidurals, 3 boys/1 girl. Enjoy your girls... they grow up way too fast. Mine are 18,20,25, & 30 now. So thankful they all still make time in their busy schedules to hang out with me. They mean the world to me!!!

Aw! Congratulations! Shes beautiful! And you look radiant. We have 2 sons both grown men now, 44 & 40. I lost 1 baby between them. My first delivery was very similar to your 4th. 48 hrs of labor before giving birth to an 8lbs 14oz baby. He was big, they had to use forceps to deliver him. No epidurals with either delivery. Second son was 7lbs 7oz much easier delivery but still some complications. The miracle of life is amazing! What a blessing…

What a beautiful baby! I can definitely see her looking like Ruby! I had three, girl, boy, girl.Blonde, redhead and brunette! I miss those days. Thank you for sharing your story and so glad you all got safely through it. Love her name!

Oh I know that boy who cried wolf feeling! That was a rough birth story but she is just so beautiful! I had a 10 pound little girl in my living room almost 2 years ago (planned homebirth) It was definitely my most painful birth but I cannot believe the difference in healing from her birth and my 2 son’s hospital/epidural births. I am allergic to the epidural so a homebirth made the most sense. Can I also just say, only you can look like a super model in a hospital bed.

Congratulations, she is absolutely beautiful 😊 we have 3 girls, the youngest just turned 24. It goes so fast! 🙏🏼✝️💕

Very nice birthing story, and Lily's a little cutie pie, 🥧

Two babies and two completely different experiences. With the first, my water broke in the middle of the night and by the time I made it to the hospital it was time to push. No epidural😳 Luckily, she was only 6lbs 5ozs. My second was a scheduled induction with epidural. She was 9lbs 7ozs!!! Both were pretty easy deliveries, though. Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl!

Granny here, mother of 2 boys. Both natural labors, 18 hours each one, due to scoliosis ( curvature of the spine) I wasn’t able to have an epidural. Your girls are the sweetest, and Lily is the icing on the cake! Congratulations to you and your sweet family!

Oh so happy for you… Remember Kristen your story is not going to stop anybody from having babies! We all have our stories don’t we!? I was a woman who had two natural childbirths and it was glorious and wonderful! The intense pain doesn’t last very long at all in my case anyway… God bless you and your family!

I have nine children, 8 girls , one boy, all natural birth . Oh my labor and delivery was pretty easy no complications at all. So glad Lily arrived safe and sound. God is good.

I'm an old grandmother now but I had 4 children, 3 girls and 1 boy. Had all naturally. Congratulations!!! Lilly is precious❤ Nothing like a sweet Chunky newborn baby. I was always one to hit the ground running but you are right to let your body heal and to rest as much as you can. So happy for you guys!

I'm 33 years old and was due with my second on Friday. Just waiting for new baby's arrival. I have an 18 month old as of tomorrow. My first was a homebirth and planning for my second homebirth any day now. Didn't know the gender for either child. Praise God for the gift of bringing life into the world.

Lily!! My 3 year old Granddaughter is a Lily!! She is the sweetest!! Congratulations to your entire family!!

She is adorable! Sorry you had such a hard time. My first delivery with my son was tough and ended up as a C-section. So I can understand. Of course it did not deter me from having 2 more. Being a mom is the best thing ever.

Love hearing everyone's birth stories ❤ All five of my babies 100% naturally. First four were with midwives at home. With my first son, my water broke on its own in the am, he was born that evening. 2nd, 3rd and 5th water broke during pushing. 3rd was a water birth also 4th water broke around an hour prior to delivery. Our last one was a free birth, water birth and our suprise girl after 4 boys 🥰

We just had our 6th (all boys!) on the 7th of July, just a few days after Lily was born! It was our first homebirth, and it ended up being unassisted because the midwife couldn’t get here in time!

I have three boys,a single first, then 3.5 years later, red-headed identical twins! My OB tried to talk me out of tying my tubes, but as I told him, I REALLY only wanted two children, and now I already had three. I would have loved to have had a daughter, but I'm crazy about my sons!!! Of course, I'm terribly envious of your little girly girls. But I now have a newish great, Lily Sophia Waldman, 14 months old!