Samantha Harris shares labor and delivery story, chats about Josselyn
E! News correspondent and Dancing With the Stars co-host Samantha Harris, 33, blogged her pregnancy for Fitness magazine — and has now updated post-delivery with an entry detailing 9-day-old daughter Josselyn Sydney‘s birth and life thus far.
Click below to read her blog entry.
Josselyn is here, and we’re thrilled. Everyone tells you what a beautiful, magical experience it is to have a baby, but it’s hard to wrap your mind around the concept while you’re pregnant. Now that she’s arrived I totally get it. Michael and I couldn’t be happier she’s in our lives she’s amazing!
Speaking of the arrival: Josselyn decided to make her grand entrance two weeks early. On Friday, September 21st, I was doing a photo shoot for a magazine story, and started to feel a little crampy. It was definitely not what I imagined contractions would feel like, so I just thought I’d pushed myself a little too hard. So I rested for the remainder of the day.
Saturday morning, the cramps continued. Around 4:30, I started timing how far apart they were. Lo and behold: Six minutes. So I called my doctor, who told me to come to the hospital.
Turned out those “cramps” were most definitely contractions; but because I still wasn’t dilated at all at that point, I asked my doctor if I could go home to continue getting prepped for the Dancing With the Stars premiere.
She started cracking up and said, ‘Samantha — you’re having a baby tonight!’ I guess I was amazed that it was happening so early — and so fast! Michael and I were now so excited.
Pretty soon after that, I got an epidural (Michael was right there holding my hands), and the delivery was smooth sailing from there. Because I had hardly any pain, it was truly a blissful experience.
We hadn’t wanted to know the sex, but we did have a boy and girl name picked out. So she was Josselyn Sydney from the start.
For a guy who always dreamed about tossing a ball around with a little boy, Michael is totally enamored. He’s been the most amazing husband anyone could hope for. While I’ve been a human milk machine, he’s been Superdad, changing almost every diaper.
Thank goodness — I was moving pretty slowly in the days following Josselyn’s birth. My doctor says that I shouldn’t be up and walking briskly outside for at least another two weeks — hard for an avid exerciser, but it totally makes sense given how sore I am.
And working, of course, is out for now. (No one tells you how hard the days following delivery can be — although by day 7, I’m feeling much better).
Oh — and as for my show’s big premiere night? We ended up watching Dancing With the Stars in the hospital room, which was completely surreal.
Despite all they had going on, the DWtS cast and crew sent along a huge floral arrangement, as did BBC Worldwide, which produces the show.
I’ll post another blog entry soon, and a photo when I can. I can say Josselyn has dark hair like both of us and deep blue eyes sort of like mine, although I guess they could turn later.
Basically, she’s adorable — and, right now, very hungry. Time to go!
Click here for Samantha’s pregnancy blog entries.
Source: Fitness
