Throughout her entire pregnancy, Matilda Green would go to bed at night visualizing her dream birth – a calm, natural labor at home with hubby Art at her side.
Although enduring more than 24 hours of unrelenting contractions, no sleep and even a power cut wasn’t part of the plan, on a sunny afternoon in September the young mum got her to wish as the couple welcomed their adorable little man Milo Kenneth Green into the world in the comfort of their Warkworth abode.
“Taking in Milo’s perfect wee face for the first time was the most indescribable, life-changing experience,” beams 29-year-old Matilda. “It was an overwhelming feeling of relief that he was born safe and healthy, and pure joy that I was finally meeting the little person I’d been talking to in my belly all this time.”
Finding himself with “front-row seats”, proud dad Art, 31, was the first to clock eyes on their handsome little lad when Milo was born into his arms after a peaceful, drug-free birth on September 4.
He shares, “There’s absolutely nothing that can prepare you for the moment you become a dad for the first time. Name any emotion, when Milo was born I was feeling it – there was laughter, tears, bewilderment, amazement, disbelief and intense concentration as I tried to keep a firm grip on his small, slimy little body.
“To top it all off, I’d just witnessed Matty giving birth to our boy, and my love and respect for her just went through the roof. Matty never gave up, she was so powerful, strong and in control – I was really in awe of her.”
This story is from the November 11 2019 edition of Woman’s Day Magazine NZ.
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