Patrice Welcomes Baby Simone
Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 2:37PM
By Jill Arnold
Our friend, blogger and childbirth educator Patrice Nichole Byers welcomed her first little girl into the world this week and we wish her and her family love.
Patrice shared a few words about Simone’s birth:
Basically it was short - I would say labor really hit around 2-2:30 pm and I had her at 8:03 pm (although I had prodromal labor the night before).
I birthed my wonderful baby girl in the water, in the hands and knees position after less than 3 minutes of pushing. I had a tiny small tear that did not need stitching and she was caught by her father. She weighed in a 8lbs, 5oz and was 21.5 inches.
My two midwives, mother, doula and boyfriend (and sometimes 2 younger sons) were in attendance in my home as I labored and birth. I remained blissfully chatty and happy between contractions until the last 20 minutes before her birth and I am still blown away about that. I was relaxed, calm, at ease and in the place I knew I should be in. It was awesome, and so surreal. I wish I could do it again, or had done it with my other children.
(Love you, P!)
Reader Comments (14)
Congratulations Patrice!!! She is so intent on her thumbsucking, I love it! And I adore the name Simone - what a beautiful choice. May the next few days and weeks feel both exciting and peaceful; safe, cozy, and special.
Oh, so wonderful... so much vernix, too! Congratulations on a beautiful, blissful and healthy birth experience for both mom and baby. :)
YAY! So happy everything went so beautifully. She's gorgeous! Congrats, Patrice. xoxo
Congratulations! Love the tiny thumbsucker :-) She is beautiful!
Congratulations! BOTH of you are just gorgeous!
Congratulations! Beautiful pictures, beautiful baby and mama! I had my first waterbirth (2nd homebirth) back in March. It's wonderful, isn't it? Well done and happy babymoon!
What a beautiful little new one! Happy babymooning to the family!
: ) Congratulations!
Beautiful! Congrats and love....
Congratulations, Patrice! Welcome to the world, baby girl!
Thank you all ladies for your well wishes and warm thoughts! The birth was wonderful. I will be blogging about it myself as soon as I have a moment or 1000 moments :-).
what a beautiful little girl! congrats!
I am so happy that you had such a lovely birth Patrice and a beautiful baby girl as well. I was especially happy that you had your baby while your Mom was visiting. Hooray for birth and Hooray for a successful and safe home birth. XOXOXOXO :)
and Congratulations to all her big brothers.
Thank you again! I can't wait until Simone is big enough to wear the t-shirt you sent her!!