It’s no secret that I BEGGED for our third baby. Pleaded. Prayed. Begged and then seduced my husband during a moment of weakness š And because I have been INCREDIBLY blessed to get pregnant when I have wanted (or my timing and Heavenly Father’s timing has lined up perfectly every.single.time….I’m not sure which one it is yet!) it only took ONE moment of weakness and BAM we were in business! I knew the moment I was one day late that I was pregnant (because my body is like clockwork) and I was TERRIFIED! Why was I so scared? This was something I had wanted for so long but here I was scared as all get out! Everyone has said how hard the jump from 2-3 kids was and that my whole world was about to get rocked! Well they were RIGHT but for all the wrong reasons! The jump from 2 kids to 3 has been manageable ( for me at least…Michael might feel differently if you asked him!) but was I was not prepared for was all the anxiety I would have leading up to having the baby. I was SICK, SICK, SICK and honestly quite shocked I need puked on anyone at any of my sessions or weddings. Like it was BAD! But I was sure that something would go wrong. I was sure of it. We had been so beyond blessed to have 2 healthy pregnancies and 2 healthy babies that I felt like I was “due” for something hard. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop so to speak but for now, I still have both shoes on š
Fast forward to due date, and here I was with a TEAM to document this little miracle baby of mine and I couldn’t WAIT to see what surprise we would get. I was sure it was a girl! I had my girl name all planned out and didn’t really worry until we got to the hospital that we didn’t really have a definite boy name yet and were still even up in the air about the 2 we had picked out so far. Well, either way I was SO ready to meet our baby (and our caboose!).
Because this would be our final baby (I still can’t believe I am saying that!) I knew I wanted the works in that delivery room…Pictures AND video AND video when the kids would meet their baby brother or sister too! Enter Kale Fitch and my mom! They did an AMAZING job documenting the entire experience and I honestly cried TEARS ON TEARS when I saw Kale’s masterpiece. It’s perfect. It was such an amazing day and one I am so grateful that I can live over and over through his creative genius!
I am sharing the video here because I honestly think it’s beautiful and birth is beautiful. No need to worry there are no shots of anything that should be kept private! Kale, my mom AND Michael all were the very best cheerleaders that made sure to cheer me on from over my shoulders and let the doctor (who is amazing and has delivered all 3 of my babies!) do the catching!
Bakken Birth Story Film from Kale Fitch on Vimeo.
