Seven Year Switch couple Jackie and Tim welcomed their first son, Chadwick Wolf Naughton, four weeks ago. Now they’ve shared the story of his birth for the first time.
Posting an image on Instagram of Jackie holding “Chaddy” just minutes after his birth, the pair reflected on the day of his birth, saying “time has flown”.
"Waters broke at about 8.30pm on Sunday night the 28th of August and we thought we had plenty of time being my first. However I was having one minute intense contractions one minute apart by 9.30pm!" wrote Jackie, adding that she "nearly didn't make it to the hospital".
She said the trip to the hospital was the "worst 30 minute car ride ever" and that she was "holding in a head" the whole time.
"I wanted to have a really natural birth with no intervention and the Gold Coast Uni Hospital were really supportive of this," Jackie continued.
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If she really was "holding in a head the whole time" during the car ride then they wouldn't have had time to fill up the bath for a water birth.
What a lovely positive birth story, and great to see a waterbirth, too! Best wishes to the family.