No one told me how much I would love being a mother.
The photos below were from the first few hours of our journey together, some of the happiest moments I've ever experienced. It was an amazing and humbling and life altering day. Unfortunately, in the end, it was nightmarish. Around the time that the last of these photos were taken I began to realize that something had gone terribly wrong.
If only we knew then how right I was.
Humungous thanks to La Dolce Vita Studio for their extraordinary work capturing these images.
I hope to be able to finish writing down the story of Aston's birth some time soon, and I'll be posting it here. Please understand that I am in no condition to have visitors which is why I am trying to share pictures and details when I can. Thank you (sincerely) for all of the kind notes, words of support, and offers to help. I apologize if I haven't gotten back to you, but thanks to marathon milkings I am slowly working my way through my inbox and should be caught up around the time that Aston is headed to college. Maybe longer. Kid loves his tata juice.
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Beautiful. Just keep taking care of yourself and your sweet baby.
I am crying for Happy for you, How Sweet that baby boy is, how tiny those feet are, that Daddy and that Mama and just all of it.
I am so very sorry that everything didn't go perfectly and you will have memories that are not so sweet .. hopefully they will dim fast and your memories of how adorable and precious Aston is will crowd out all the bad ones.
Love you , Andrew and Aston.
C
Oh Kelly - what beautiful pictures. I started getting all nostalgic thinking of my own experiences. Then I saw the picture of Andrew, in his scrubs, waiting to go in and I got all misty eyed. I have a very similar picture of Brian and it brings tears to my eyes every time I look at it. He looked so alone and lost and I always wonder what was going through his head in those exact moments - fear for the unknown, worry for me, worry for our baby, excitement over finding out if we had a son or a daughter, thoughts of what parenthood would hold...Brian has no recollection (I think he was in shock - ha!). But I see the same thing in Andrew's picture.
I know its been a very rough, very scary road. I hope eventually the trauma and scary fade a bit and that, eventually, when you think of Aston's birth, you think of the good things first.
And I really, really hope you're OK. You are OK, right?
Deb xoxo
Glad you all are doing well. Love the photography- really wonderful way to remember the day. Peace and rest to you all.
How beautiful...
I hope you continue to heal ~
May God be with you.
The photos are gorgeous. But the best thing is to "hear" your voice. Glad you are back. I'm sorry you are going through this hard time but know that it is all worth it. Just keep going... Aston is lucky to have tough Mommy!
You don't have to reply to my comments, I know you read them. Hard to type anyway with tata's and baby in front of you!
~Bliss~
Thanks for sharing. The video brought tears to my eyes.
I know I'm done having babies but oh my these gorgeous pictures made my ovaries go bonkers, lol! Even though I know things took a drastic turn for the worse you are so lucky to have these beautiful first moments captured, you will cherish them forever. I'm so glad you're doing better and hopefully soon your terrifying experience will only be a fuzzy distant memory. Congratulations!
Those are some of the most beautiful birth photos I've ever seen! So glad all is well in the end! Take care of you and that precious bundle!
Precious, precious photos.
Precious. Great song choice.
Wow what a lovely montage of photos. So sweet and joyful. Very glad you are all doing well.
So. Beautiful. I think people will understand if you take a while to get back to them. Thanks for sharing.
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