Jessica and Jonathan Cronin document the natural birth of their son Kai, from contractions at 4 AM through water breaking at home, arrival at the hospital already 8 centimeters dilated, and delivery within six hours. The vlog captures skin-to-skin bonding and first feeding moments.
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4:05 AM
8 centimeters
About six hours
26 hours old (reported at 9:29 AM)
It is 4:05 at the Cronin household and I've been awake for four hours having contractions and they've been getting more and more intense. So I called the hospital and they said I should probably come in. So we're doing that. Jonathan is being amazing and just gathering the last few things we need in our hospital bag and he's excited. I'm excited. Definitely the contractions are pretty intense, but I've noticed like, if I just like fix my mind on Jesus when I'm doing it and breathe, it really helps. I just feel supernatural peace and excitement to meet our little Kai. So it's exciting.
Still vlogging?
Yeah, but it's still recording.
Hey guys, we're gonna have a baby.
It's coming. I think Kai's excited because he's moving so much. Thank you, Lord. Babe, my water just broke.
Your water just broke. No way. Yay. Your water just broke. Woo. You want me to get you some pajama pants?
Oh. Whoa.
Did you get that on camera?
Uh huh.
No way.
I didn't get on the couch. Oh, that was a crazy feeling. It still feels crazy. This is amazing. It's all warm. Babe, I don't know what to do.
This is so soft.
Well, it's the real deal, Bab. This is the real deal.
Whoa.
It felt like a little balloon.
Guys, Jess's water just broke. It was amazing. I don't know if it was amazing. She, she, she said it was a crazy feeling. So we are on the way to the hospital right now. Alright guys, we're going. I got the car seat. Look at that, there's Jeff. Uh oh, let's wait it out.
All right.
All right, let's go. I should turn the kitchen light off. All right, here we go.
Okay.
All right guys, we're going to the car. It's baby time. What time is it, babe? Well that's the sex baby getting time. Where are we going right now?
Going in the hospital emergency room.
Here we go.
It's the middle of the night.
She's gonna have a baby. Here we go. We just came in and she is an 8, so it's pretty wild. She's already dilated 8 centimeters. So here we go.
Go in there and get a couple.
Pairs of scale gloves.
Oh Jesus, help me, Lord, help me, Holy spirit. Sat down into your blankets. Lean into the fisher.
Good job.
Good job. All right, mama, you did it perfect already kinky. All right, mama, you want to meet him? Okay, he's gonna actually come through your legs. Okay, come through your legs. All right. Hey, baby. Good job. Mommy. Baby. Baby. Hey, baby. That's your mama. I was in it. 100. Oh, my baby. My baby. You did it. Hey, baby. Hey, baby. Hey, sweet baby.
Oh, a.
He's so pretty. Oh, these are. Baby. There you go. He's so cute. He makes little cute noises. Say your butt hurts. Hurts. It just hurts. I can feel the needles.
Hey, guys.
Almost done.
Hey, guys.
We just made it through delivery and baby Kai is here. He is so sweet. The cuddly and everything's going good so far. We just have had a lot of skin to skin and bonding time. And I think they're about to come in and give him his first bath.
And he just ate for the first time.
He just ate for the first time. It went really good. And he sneezed for the first time. And then. Yeah. So we'll see how much he weighs. Nine. Two. I said eight two. Wow.
I'm gonna hold Kai for the very first time.
Go see daddy.
Got a lot of black hair now, buddy. You've been hearing my voice for a while now, huh? I love you. The recording. Oh, my gosh.
Cuteness overload. It's just been such a supernatural experience. Exactly like what I've been praying for. It was. It was so wild. Just like the adrenaline of everything. And I definitely want to share more details probably later of the. The whole birth experience. I did end up tearing, but I didn't feel it at all when it happened, which is crazy to me. I don't know how, but God either. So it's like. I don't know. It's like I felt this supernatural strength to do it and I was. Yeah. And he came out within six hours since labor started. I feel like it has just brought me so much closer to the Lord, like knowing his faithfulness and knowing his kindness and just. Just being dependent on him. So it is 4:47. I'm standing up and feels a little crazy, but it's been a little bit over. It's almost 5 o'. Clock. He's almost 12 hours old. Little baby guy. I'm gonna make my way slowly to show you guys the most precious sight ever. Oh, my gosh. This is so cute. Oh, my goodness.
Oh, he's so cute.
Oh, my goodness. It's like the cutest thing I've ever seen. Look at his little pudgy little lip.
His sock hand.
His sock hand. He's doing skin to skin with daddy. He loves his little daddy.
So cute. I'm a daddy now.
He's a daddy now.
What oh, look at that.
Baby.
We just bless God's destiny. We say, God, would you just cause him even right now to just get all the deposits he needs?
God.
And we just solidify his destiny. God. We just say Lord.
Wow.
So cute.
He's a joy carrier.
Just thank you for the joy on Kai.
What? Look at him.
He's got crazy hair. He's wild. Getting wild, bedhead. Look, he's smiling. I love you. I love you, little koi. You're just so sweet. All right, it's time for our first dinner together. Kai is sleeping. He just snuggled up. And we are about to enjoy some Olive Garden.
Thank you, Mama Cronin.
Yeah, my mom came through. She's amazing. I love you, Mom. Thank you. And we're about to enjoy some food together, so it's time to dig in to our salad. And we got pasta dishes here. Oh, yeah. Olive Garden, here we go. Love you, baby. Good job. You did good.
Thank you.
She did amazing. Guys, Guys. Good morning. We are. Let me see.
Hold on.
It's 9:29 in the morning. Kai is. How old is my Kai? He's 26 hours old.
26 hours.
He has been up most of the night, and now he's sleeping. Jessica's amazing. She's been sleeping very little.
And he just wants to cuddle. He doesn't like this plastic bin they gave him to sleep in.
Looks so uncomfortable. He likes right there with Mommy. We're a family of three now.
Baby.
Kai, miss. Mama worked hard. We love you guys. Hope you liked it.
