The birth of Paulo Matteo

I will never forget when Joy called me to tell me she was pregnant. They'd been trying for one month and she had already conceived! I was sitting at my moms house - 25 weeks pregnant - when Joy called. "guess what! I'm pregnant" I was over the moon excited because we had daughters close in age that were best friends and now we would (hopefully) have sons close in age! I asked her when she was due and she replied October 10th. OH MY GOSH! Coolest due date ever! 10.10.10!! We talked for months about her fears about her VBAC, my fears of having an 11 pound baby, and both of our fears of our daughters resenting the baby. My baby was born in may, a surprise boy (9lbs 15 oz) and 4 days later she found out she was expecting a boy! We joked about how there was no way she'd actually birth on 10.10.10, no way she'd be that lucky but she DID!

Welcome baby Paulo Matteo born on 10.10.10 weighing 6lbs 12oz his sisters exact birth weight. A sucessful amazing VBAC! My first birth photography experience. And I loved it!

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