Stepha Jade

Find yourself a man who can bring light to any situation 🤣❤️ I actually forgot we filmed this in a break of contractions, but I can always count on @Joel Bushby to make me laugh. This video was around 5cm dilated & I thought that was painful....boy or boy was I wrong 🤣

Even in the depths of labour he makes me laugh 🤣♥️ @Joel Bushby

I had a vision for my birthday outfit, but the chosen outfit did not fit 🤣🤣🤣 That's okay...a price I'm happy to pay to have my son here for my birthday this year 🩵

Going through the most pain I've ever felt in my life made into a beautiful sacred memory by this incredible man holding & supporting me through every contraction, every thought of disbelief & by my side through hours & hours of the gruelling unknown. On the 18th of October we transitioned into a new season of becoming a family, becoming a mother & becoming a father to our beautiful son. A son that we've been on a 3 year journey to finally meet him 🥹 I'm so glad we never gave up on you our rainbow baby 🌈 Life will never be the same in all the best ways possible & I'm honestly so grateful I've chosen a man that is such a beautiful example of what our little Rivah should grow up to be like ❤️ You're our hero, our protector & king of our hearts ♥️ @Joel Bushby

Its was the bulging disk for me 😂😂😂

Worth every tear drop & every bit of pain to have you in my arms 🩵 #dontgiveup #pregnancyjourney

We're going home today 🥹🩵 Bubba has had a couple of days of light therapy and responded really well, they weaned him off the lights one by one to make sure he didn't rebound & he's passed with flying colours! I'm breastfeeding him and have been pumping between feeds to give him additional top ups to flush his system through & get the scales up which seems to be working really well 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 It's a bloody mission but all worth it 🩵 Hospital stays are rough to say the least 😅 But anything for this little guy, even if that does mean I'm walking around in a peed on dress as it was the only clothes I took 😂 Rookie error & will now have 15 spares with me at all times hahah! Thank you all for your love and prayers, Rivah is our tough little cookie & we are very happy to be back home as a family ❤️‍🩹

I can't believe I'm a mum 🥹 And a mum to the most perfect little man I have ever seen 🩵 3 years of wishing, waiting & hoping fast forward to now loving & holding you for one whole week 😭 Out of all the things I've done & places I've been, NOTHING compares to this feeling 💫

The morning I went into labour I didn't quite know I was in labour just yet.... And to be honest it wasn't an ideal day as we had a lot on, Joel was under the pump with the business and it was just "one of those days" My reason for posting this is to not only show the realness of a natural labour & birth (I've cut out the actual birth of Rivah as it's a little bit too much for the internet)🤣 But to also appreciate just how amazing this man right here is & how he started his day overwhelmed & in no state to be coaching me through a 17 hour labour & birth to completely forgetting all of his problems & transforming into the worlds best & most supportive birth partner. It's funny how when the things that actually matter in life show up, all the other insignificant things that we were worried about dissolve. Birthing Rivah naturally was by far the hardest and most painful thing I've ever experienced & I'm so Effen proud of myself but as you saw, there were countless moments I wanted to give up and really believed that I couldn't do it. So when I say I couldn't have done it without @Joel Bushby , I really mean that as i was ready to give up & truly believed that the pain I was feeling was bigger then me. He reminded me every step of the way of my true strength & power 🥹♥️ Birth is beautiful, it's painful & it's transformative. I hope that sharing some of this raw footage is a reminder to any new mums out there expecting to not be afraid of birth, but to look forward to this portal that's going to transform your life in all the best ways possible. & to also remind you that you're stronger then you think mama 🩵💪🏻

& just like that, our whole world has changed forever in all the best ways possible 🩵 Rivah 18.10.24 born under the Hunter super moon 🌙 I didn't know it was possible to love something this much 🥹 I wanted to pop in here and thank every single one of you for your overwhelming love & support across the globe the past couple of days, many of you have been on this journey with us for years now & we are just so grateful for every single one of you 🙏🏻 I'm so sorry I haven't got back to you all yet, I have left my phone in Joel's capable hands to keep you all updated so I can just enjoy this bubble of love & navigate being the best mum I can be for our Rivah 🩵 I love you all, I'm recovering so well, Rivah is perfect in every way & Joel is taking such incredible care of us all. I will share the birth story when I'm feeling up to it I promise 💫

My first outing with my little Bambini 🩵 Anyone think I arrived In a Lamborghini having bubba in his pram 😂 Only the best for our little man 💫 @Bambini Prams ♥️

Our little Rivah boy has taken an emergency trip to hospital with high levels of bilirubin in his blood due to him being born 4 weeks early & his little liver not working as it should yet 😭❤️‍🩹 They're treating his Jaundice and we are already seeing a really positive response with the light therapy 🙏🏻 I'm continuing to breast feed him and pumping in between with bottle feeds to top him up to flush his system through and also have him under the lights as long as possible. Breaks my heart seeing our little man like this 😭 I know this is only the beginning of navigating the ups and downs of motherhood & him scaring the living daylights out of me but golly gosh, I'm just so worried about him & all whilst my hormones are a cocktail of all the feels 🥺 So grateful for our medical advancements to be able to help our little angel so quickly ❤️‍🩹 I've stayed overnight with him & won't leave his side 🤱🏼 We are waiting for our next blood results soon so fingers crossed he's trending in the right way 🤞🏻 @Joel Bushby has been our absolute rock and strength throughout this...running the company, running back and forth to hospital & whilst caring for all our animals + household & coping with my emotional messness like a true king 🥹 Family, through thick and thin is something I'm very grateful for ♾️

A love like no other 🩵 #boymum #blessed

What I was made for ♥️

This was after I decided to for a big walk to help speed things up for labour & I ended up with the worst fluid retention in all my limbs I've ever had along with being in so much pain just from walking 🤣😅 Im fine now but wow pregnancy is tough 🩷 #36weekspregnant

Introducing Rivah to our King Parrot friends that visit us each day 🦜 Moments like this really are so special & I'll hold onto these memories for a lifetime 🥹♥️

I honestly feel like the luckiest girl in the world 🥹🩵 #boymum

My new 24:7 & I wouldn't have it any other way 🩵 Bubba just doesn't want to be apart from me at all which is understandable given he was born 4 weeks premature and babies really do crave that closeness to mum during the 4th trimester. I can't imagine how overwhelming the big wide world is to babies given they've been in a warm safe cocoon for so long, it wouldn't be easy being this tiny & vulnerable 🥹 This is certainly making doing anything for myself a little challenging 🥲 but I'm doing my best 🙏🏻 Rivah is honestly a dream & we are just obsessed with how perfect he is! @Joel Bushby has been incredible helping me run the house, company & animals as my time & energy has recently taken a huge shift navigating & tending to our little man.....he's such a hands on dad & it makes me so happy 🥹 I feel that Dads could easily take a back seat during this newborn season as the babies need mum so much it would be quite easy for Dads to feel left out or not needed however even though there hasn't been too much he can do with Bub, Joel has made it his mission to be the rock of this family, protect, provide & show up in every way he can to ensure I feel supported through this transition to motherhood 🥹♥️ Something I am truly very grateful for as I won't lie, my emotions have been a roller coaster lately & although I'm SO HAPPY, it's also not easy. So an update: Riv is cluster feeding at the moment & given I'm breastfeeding this is a very demanding full time job 🤣 He's growing right before our eyes & I'm soaking it all in staring at him 24:7 to make sure I don't miss a thing 🥹🩵 He's sleeping really well he's just hungry all the time like his Dadda 🤣 What a gift it is to be a mother...to be his mama 💫 I'm loving this season so much & as I approach my birthday this week it's got me crying at the thought of "I literally have the best birthday present ever" 😭

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