I am so happy for you and your husband. I recently lost my baby Emma, she was stillborn. I am 40 and hopping I can get pregnant again. I came across your videos and it gives me lots of hope 🙏🏻. The name you pick for your son is beautiful 🤩. God bless your family 😇

How wonderful. My oldest daughter had a surprise miracle baby boy on March 17th last year at the age of 42 after not conceiving for 9 yrs

Beautiful birth story ❤️❤️. You are NOT a failure for getting an epidural. It is a great pathway for moving along a stalled labor especially when you’re exhausted. I’ve had 5 babies, 3 unmedicated and 2 epidurals and can say that every single labor is different. An epidural is a true blessing of God through science for labors that just aren’t moving and moms that have been laboring a long time!

We need to be kinder to ourselves...nothing wrong with getting an epidural...it gives us an opportunity to rest and to be more present for the delivery....congrats!

I think the world of motherhood needs to stop with the pressure of "natural" childbirth. As if you aren't a real woman if you don't suffer. We all suffer during childbirth! I thank God for the medical advancements that saved all my babies lives! Completely unmedicated is wonderful but natural isn't always beautiful...its sometimes horrendous. Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful baby and the really lovely balanced birth story.💜

I was overcome with emotion! Definitely over here crying with you. I can tell what a beautiful experience you had, and how it’s changed you and Matt. I am currently TTC at 38/39 years old, and have followed your whole pregnancy. Hearing your story today has given me new life and hope. What a beautiful story! Thank you. Bless your sweet baby boy.

What a beautiful story! I can watch you talk for hours, you are so calming!

I'm 38 and had my first just after you. My labour was very similar to yours in how it started. Mine progressed very quick and I wound up having an epidural as well and I'm glad I did because the end of my delivery was complicated. The first time I saw my daughter was such a transformative moment. It was like the world melted away. Coming home was also really emotional. We weren't sure children were going to happen for us. It was surreal. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for sharing your story. I met my BF later in life, we are TTC and I am 38/39. You have given me hope. Also, your personality is so calming and kind. Love listening to you!

Thank you for sharing your story. It means a lot to hear from the perspective of someone who struggled with infertility. I am currently 27 weeks pregnant. It's incredibly surreal and feels like such a shocking gift from God.

I would love to hear from your wider family, about how they have watched and experienced your story too. Maybe a big family Q+A or something.

So happy your family got the experience you wanted and that the hospital/staff was amazing! Imagining Wade watching these videos and him knowing how loved and wanted he was makes me cry with you!

Who would thumbs down this video? Get a life, a better one. This is a joyous video! Precious family

I was crying along with you. I've commented before about my 13 year struggle. Your feelings about bringing a baby home and standing in the front house was the same thing we did. It's so emotional. What an amazing story. Congrats again. It gets better and better.

Such a wonderful story! It has been such a pleasure following your journey to parenthood...and it’s only the beginning. Welcome to the world, sweet Wade. May you live to 120 in good health! To life!

I did not get the pregnancy and birth I had always wanted. I am 73 now and am at peace with my life as it was given to me. I do feel blessed to be allowed to enjoy the story of your journey. Thank you for sharing it.

You told your story so beautifully. I felt like I was there with you!

I love birth stories! As you were talking I was getting flashbacks of both my births and it made my heart smile ❤️

Ashley, I could listen to you speak all day. Thank you for sharing! I admire/ appreciate the emphasis on the positive. I have found so many birth stories have so much drama and negativity. We can choose what lens we see and express our experiences through.

💕 thank you for taking the time to share your story. Am 27 weeks today and was getting nervous about what’s ahead, after hearing your story am left feeling grateful and excited ☺️

I love hearing about your life and experiences!! Pregnant with my first now! Thank you for sharing your corner of the world with us 🤍✨ God bless you and your family

Your birth story is just so beautiful. I appreciate your honesty when you spoke of feeling that you let yourself down for getting an epidural. Of course there was no need to feel that way as you did what you knew was best for you all at that moment. Also, you did what you came to do, which was bring home your beautiful baby. Yet, I completely understand that sometimes, as mothers, we have to take the time/steps to reconcile with ourselves a birth that didn’t go quite as planned. I know the feeling very well. So I commend you for taking care of yourself in that area, and also sharing your feelings. It’s going to help many women who feel the way you did. Wade is so blessed to have you and Matt as parents. 💓

I absolutely loved this video!❤️ such a beautiful story and family! May God bless you all!

Glad u had a fabulous birth experience, u r truly blessed! GOD BLESS u all!so happy to have u share ur whole pregnancy, birth,&ur cooking videos. Love listening to the happiness in ur voice.enjoy baby Wade!hope u make more videos! Thanks for sharing again!

I'm so happy for you!! I could relate to you in that I was 38 when I had my one and only child. I think you had an amazing birth experience! Many Blessings to come.

I so love your videos- they’re always so real and you speak right to the camera with such genuineness. I have been watching so many birth stories lately because I, too, had a really positive birth experience last September with my son, Drew and listening to other birth stories reminds me of how beautiful it all is. My water broke at 7:30pm, dilated to a 5 by the time I arrive to hospital at 8:30. Chose an epidural (mostly for the pain of getting stitched up after a tear!). Labored calmly until 12:53am at which point by son was born. So only 5.5ish hours total. He came out perfectly healthy at 38 weeks 3 days. A complete 360 from my first birth experience with my beautiful daughter, Morgan at 29 weeks 5 days, Unmedicated. She spent 60 days in the NICU but is perfectly healthy.

So very happy for you and Matt! Wishing you both a very exciting and loving time as you raise little Wade. May God's blessings always be with you!

I remember the video with Matt standing in front of your home holding Wade. The emotion was palpable as well as visible. Beautiful. You brought me to tears today. God bless your family. I’m so happy for you❤️

I want to thank you for speaking so positively about your pregnancy in all your videos. 4 years of infertility so far and the amount of negative comments around me... we need more positivity in the world (makes me feel like I won't be able to do the normal complaining when I am pregnant because it's what I've been wanting).

It took my 4 years of TTC to have my first miracle, I get it. I do remember bringing my daughter home, it was surreal . My kids are now 10 & 7, to this day I can’t believe I have them. Gif is so good! Beautiful video! Thank you for sharing. Congratulations!!!! Soak up that little boy, it goes soooo quickly.

Aww...Happy tears! May the Lord bless your little family! 💙

Yes God made you strong enough to give birth but he also made you wise enough to do what you needed to do at that time. You definitely didn't let anyone down. Congrats on your new family member!

Thank you for sharing! I'm 20 weeks and I've only seen difficult stories, so yours was very reassuring. 🤍

Thanks for you honest birthing story, even your feelings of failure cause so many women feel that way. I just had my 3rd ceaser and after having to go under general anesthesia for first two I was so blessed to be awake this time for my last baby just to see her straight away was a huge blessing. Praise God for this little life! Your story made me cry with tears of joy for you and praise to God for this amazing gift. Bless your family. 😭🙏❤️

So pleased you had a beautiful experience! I’ve followed you from when you first announced your pregnancy nearly every video has made me cry with you and for you and Mat. Absolutely wonderful 🥰 Hello from The Fylde Coast Lancashire UK. X

It's not about having the strength to birth without an epidural, it's deciding that an epidural would work best for this labor, that whatever is making you hesitant to get one isn't as big as the benefits that getting an epidural would lend. You are a strong momma regardless of how you birth your baby, or even if someone else births your baby for you (surrogacy or adoption).

Loved hearing this story. So glad things went so well for you and your family ❤

Aw, I love this! So happy for you guys and glad you had such a great experience! Congratulations!

Oh my word. What a beautiful vlog. I love how open you are and I'm so pleased for both of you. Wade is one lucky baby to have you as his mom. Xx

That "happy accident" was your angel (methinks) being the photographer 🥰 I cry for joy too. Wade is beautiful and your husband is amazing. God bless you guys so much ❤️

I love ❤️ you and your story. You and your husband are truly amazing human beings, your story inspired me and it actually made me cry.

Yes laboring on the toilet felt great lol! It's the most profound moment of anyone's life....I'm still so excited for you guys.

Congrats , what a beautiful birth story 💚 what a fabulous name too xxx I felt the same about the carseat but here in Ireland there's a little head rest thing , so is a little bit more supportive for the head and they look a bit more cosy n tight n secure - if that makes sense. I also only discovered the little sun/ wind sheild that u can pull from the back of a car seat n clip to the handle- I kept seeing people have one and I was like were can I buy one - and my friend then showed me I had one all along 😅🙈 I had two very different birth experiences on both my daughters , one weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces, other 5 pounds 2 ounces.... still so different now too!! My first birth length very similar to yours maybe even a bit longer, and I didnt get an epidural but in the end I had an issue with birthing my placenta, so needed to be rushed to theatre and get an epidural after all! So on my second baby I decided to make the choice to get an epidural and was best decision as felt way more present in the delivery and more connected to my husband too and just a better birthing experience over all. I then again had an issue with my placenta but this time instead of being too embedded, it was not embedded enough so my baby wasnt getting the nutrients so was such a small baby - my little miracle. She's 7 now 💛 . I dont know why there's so much focus on feeling like we failed something by getting an epidural, but as u say its noone else but our own pressure. We need to be kinder to ourselves and does not make us any less a woman or more of anything.... just a mammy who did what was needed 💜 I love your story and so happy u got your family and your precious baby son xxx

Yessss! I have been waiting for this video!!! Thanks!

Oh I'm just sitting over here sobbing😭 especially when you talked about coming home with your sweet boy💙 I'm 31wks with our 3rd girl, I'm 35yo and we went through years of infertility with our 1st daughter. We had a loss before her and after having her- we were blessed to easily get pregnant with our 2nd baby girl and now our 3rd precious girl❤ I'm looking forward to having a positive experience this time with her delivery! Congrats to you and Matt!!🥰

Such a sweet story. Thank you for sharing. Congratulating

Your story is just so beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Enjoyed this vlog so much and iam so happy for you and Matt and baby Wade is is so precious can’t wait to see him grow.

This was just so precious! Thank you for sharing

I absolutely love how you express your gratitude for your beautiful boy and how you really cherish him deeply. And the way you described your labour and delivery ❤️♥️♥️ just beautiful xXx

So blessed by your story and how genuine and sincere you are. The reflections you shared were very sweet and emotional. Thank you for sharing your journey to motherhood. Really blessed and encouraged by your story. Take and God bless.

The picture of the 3 of you in the hospital is priceless. Your hubby looked so concerned yet so proud of you.

He is so beautiful! So glad you had a great birth experience. ❤️

Thk u enormously 4 sharing this with us. Such a frank & glorious ly epic journey 4 u, matt & wade.💗 Please keep us updated on yr story!! Lxx💖🥰🥰

Aww God bless you and your little family🥺 God really does provide in perfect timing💛

I'm so happy you had a wonderful birth experience. My husband and I were married 11 years before we were able to have children. When you talked about the swaddling, diaper changing, the ride home, it brought back memories to how I was inexperienced and had so much to learn. The car ride home was surreal..

Hugs to you that you have your long awaited baby. It sounds like you had a great experience and the end result is a beautiful baby boy. Congratulations!!! BUT, stopping your pushing so your Dr can get ready is a big fat no no. It was instinct for Matt to say he'd catch your son.. good for him.

Beautiful story. God is good.

I have truly cherished hearing your journey and so so happy for your beautiful gift from God ❤️

I loved listening to your experience, your a beautiful mom congratulations.

So sweet momma. Enjoyed hearing your birth story. I'm 39weeks 1day today. Can't wait for our baby girl to be here.

I am so happy for you! Congratulations!! 💙

Such a blessing. God is good, motherhood is blessed privilege

What a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing 💕

Beautiful birth story congrads oh and emotional to0 god bless beautiful baby boy

Your a beautiful mommy .and God blessed you with a child for a reason .so happy for you . Your so sweet.

God just took care of it and you had faith! God bless you and Matt and your baby boy Wade!

God is so amazing, what a joy and blessing, so glad you had a wonderful birth x

You are so sweet! That is a very nice birth experience!! So happy for you:)

In 2 days I watch you and Kristi from Rawbeautykristi's birth stories and the similarities are crazy. I think they were even born the same day. I'm so happy you and baby and daddy are doing well! Sending you all my love and prayers!

I cried with you!! Unfortunately I needed a csection. But despite the anesthesia, epidurals (1 failed), blood loss- I cried like a baby when I first saw her! We recorded our first walk from car to house with baby.. we only endured a few years of infertility. But I know what you meant! No matter how painful it was, it was so blissful. and taking care of her came naturally. Thanks for sharing! If you can’t tell, my hospital experience was positive too! 💕

I hear you on the being tired part. My first labour I kept falling asleep between pushes as i'd been in labour for 23hours and was just exhausted. My 2nd and 3rd babies just flew out with no pushing thankfully haha. We really need to just do whatever feels right in that moment and not give ourselves a hard time about it.

I have been waiting for ur birth story!! From a fellow Ashli (mine is spelled different than normal lol) I love ur channel even tho I have never commented. Keep being u and give that baby so many loves 😍😍😍

This was so beautiful to hear about, thank you.

❤️💕❤️💕 Sounds fabulous! I am glad you had a great experience! Sounds like you had a walking epidural..

So incredibly happy for you.💙

Thanks for sharing your journey! To God be the glory for His grace upon your life.

Such a beautiful story….your Son and I share the same Birthday 😍 and my own Son was born the day after…God Bless you and your Son 😇

What a beautiful birth story❤God bless your family🤗

Congratulations to your new family, enjoy the ride 🧸🧸🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏💖💖💖

The picture of the three of you is beautiful!

LOL I too yelled at my partner to “stop telling me to breathe!!!!!!!!” during labor

Congratulations xxx so happy for you both xx

I am not a religious person, so bear with me if I say something stupid or inappropriate please: I do not think by getting an epidural you let anybody down, and you did not let God down. If He lets everything happen for a reason, then you being able to get an epidural was His work as well.

Ashely(spelling?) Just wanted to say again what an amazing story just showing God's love and mercy... your an amazing woman and it's so refreshing to see a woman put others including her child and husband before her own selfish pride. You could have toughed it out without an epidural but it would not have been because it was what was best for everybody else. So I know you said you felt disappointed but I think you were a true insperation. Our bodies are part of a broken sinful world and they do not always perform the way God designed them. But you showed your willingness to submit to God, die to your own desires and do what was best for the situation. That is true strength. I would like to hear the story from your husband's point of view (if he is comfortable). It's such a beautiful experience to hear both momma's side and dads side.. everything from infertility to the birth... It is such a testimony what God has done in y'all's life

I am so happy that you are expecting another baby, I love that you are a believer in our Lord and I know I will be looking forward to your birth. God bless your family. ❤

Hope breastfeeding is going well. Love this video. You guys are amazing. 👶🏻💕💕

Congratulations you champion xxx well done xxxx so awesome xxxx

I'm so happy for all of you!

What a beautiful baby boy I'm so happy for you guys God bless you all 🙏💕👣

What a beautiful birth story. Congratulations.

All birth is natural❤️❤️ I love that.

❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏 you had me in tears of joy for you ❤ mine are 29,25,22 and one already with Jesus. I just rejoiced with you all over again at the miracle of being a mum, even though hospital was such a time ago for me! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Such a beautiful birth story he’s one lucky little boy to have such wonderful loving parents 😂💖

What a wonderful experience for you all!

My boys are 28, 30 and 33. Those first moments are still burnt in my mind. He's beautiful.

It is so cute how you keep your family in the loop. It would be too much for me 😂

I cried with you❣️ Happy for your family😀

Absolutely stunning 💕

What a miraculous and beautiful display of God's love and faithfulness. Love hearing your story! Your story brings me so much hope. Can't wait for the next video😊💜