- This video is brought
to you by Squarespace. - Even though it was common, it was fun. Like as I'm pushing and they're saying well it's because it also helps you. - Giving birth was fun. - The most asked question is why did we name her Hunter Jayne? Like what is the story behind her name? Hey guys. - Hey everybody how you doing today? - We are coming to you
as brand new parents. We are officially at home and we have someone we would like to introduce you to. - Officially not in the
hospital at our house. - This here, like how do I hold you up? (both narrators laughing) This is little Hunter Jayne. She's our new little baby girl. She is what's made us parents. (upbeat music) - And she's been so good to us. It has been so much fun
the last one, four weeks? - Yes, she' four weeks. Today she's officially a month old. - This is crazy. Like, I feel like it was like a week ago that you were in the hospital. - Oh my God, this is crazy. We can't really try to get a smile. She is so close to smiling, aren't you? (both narrators laughing) You're so cute. But I thought we would jump
on here because we've had so many questions ever since we shared our birth vlog and the hospital vlog. And so I thought we could do a little kind of like a birth story video answering all of your questions because. - It was literally thousands. - It was lot. - Also we wanted to say thank you so much to everyone for your kind words. Like, honestly it was so nice. Like everyone was so supportive
of her name and everyone, you know, loved watching Jess. I suppose you're putting
yourself out there. - Yeah, putting out like a
birth video is very vulnerable but I think I just had like,
such an amazing experience that I wanted to share it with you all. And it's kind of nice having that memory because it's a major life event. - And it's gonna be so cool
and like Hunter's old enough to kind of understand
what's going on or like in the future she's like,
"Oh, how was I like born?" And she starts asking us those questions. - I wish I could watch mine,
that would've been cool. - I know, I don't even
think I have any photos. Do you have photos of the actual birth? - Oh no, just after. Yeah, but I've written
down all the top questions. I'm gonna go through them today. And the first one that
I thought was actually a really interesting
question was someone asked, did I wish for a baby when I dropped the coin
in the Welland Slovakia? - Wow. - That is such a good question
'cause I actually did. So in that clip, you would
have seen that I dropped a coin and Stephen said, "What did you wish for?" And I think I said I'm not telling. So before better I want
to make a bitch ready, but we have to hold it together. - Wait, what am I wishing for? What if we wish for separate things? I'm gonna wish for more
chocolate marble cake. - You wish for more chocolate marble cake? Alright, ready, set , go. Oh, my dream's come true. And I did wish for a baby
and another really fun fact is in April last year when
we were in South Korea, we did a talk one day class. And right at the end they said that if I could chop a piece
of wood with my foot. And write on a piece of wood. I wish it will come true. And I secretly wrote
really tiny the bottom of the piece of wood. "I wish that I'd fall pregnant this year." And I did. Something that was really cool. - So another very funny,
what really question was, we have a Hungry Jacks because it's the same
initials as Hunter Jayne. - So if you haven't
watched the birth video my last meal request was the HJ's meal, a Hungry Jacks and follow
you Americans out there. That is what we call here
in Australia Burger King because when Burger King
tried to come to Australia there was already a Burger King. So they couldn't use the name. So they decided to use
the name Hungry Jacks. But I feel like maybe it was
like a, what do they call it? - What is like a subliminal. - Subliminal thing where I was thinking I'm the Hunter Jayne is
coming or I feel like jets. I don't know why I felt like it. So it wasn't on purpose but
she's just very good like yeah. It was a great last meal. So another question was, how did I cope without Stephen
during the start of labor? And you can watch the video. So I went into the hospital at 10:00 AM on Monday morning and got induced. And I went into labor at
around 7:00 PM that night. And because I was in the induction area because of COVID, Stephen
is allowed in that area. He was only allowed to come
into the birthing suite once I was two centimeters dilated. And so once I got into
labor, I labored by myself for nine hours straight
before Stephen could come. And at the beginning of
that time you'd have seen I called Stephen and I was
like Stephen, I don't know how I'm going to like cope or handle this because I just knew it was
probably going to take all night. Oh my God, it's so bad. Now it's making me feel
like I'm gonna throw up. - Really? Hey babe just wanted to say
such a good effort today. You were amazing. You did so well today. I'm so proud of you. - I think the way I got through it was. I said, I went into like Jess Zen mode. Where what I would do is
every time a contraction came, I would just close my eyes
and know that it'll be over soon because contractions
are kind of like a wave. So they start off slow and they build up to like the peak of pain
and then they go back down. So I just knew that once I got like over that pain would go away. So I'll just breathe through
my nose, close my eyes and just kind of deal with it. Just know it'll be over soon. Just once and contracting
goes it's easier to talk. And also which was kind of weird. I had my contractions
in my back not my front. So every time I had contractions was like really bad
pain in the lower back. And I'm so right in the end
like the last three hours I went and actually went into the shower. So I ran hot water on my back
for three hours straight. And that really helped as well. - And how painful was it like? - Oh yeah a lot of people
I'm seeing out of one to 10. And I feel like for me because
remember I had an epidural for us to send it by four
centimeters dilate it. So I didn't feel like I didn't get into like the full blown
10 centimeters feeling. But for me it was probably, it got up to like a seven out of 10. - And just like a big pain threshold. Like I feel like she has a way higher pain threshold than me. - That's really how it
looked like I was so calm when I was going through
them, cause all I would do is this is what I looked like when
I was having a contraction. (Stephen laughing) I literally just had to do when I close my eyes,
breathe through my nose. I said to Stephen, it was like, what I do when I'm on a
really scary roller coaster. Sometimes when I get so scared of a roller coaster, suddenly
I go from screaming to this. So I use the same technique. - So like this is what
now I was able to come and see Jess at 3:00 AM on Tuesday. So she had already been in
like the induction suite at about 10:00 AM on Monday. And then she called me
3:00 AM the next day. - And it was so funny because
from the induction room to the birthing suite, of course
I didn't film any of this. Once they said, "Oh, you're
like two centimeters dilated. You can move to the birthing suite." I was like, awesome. And they're like, "Can you walk?" I was like, yeah, I'll
walk and I'm walking along. And every time I'm having
a contraction I'm leaning against the wall just closing my eyes. And then I'm calling
Stephen as I'm walking and then having contractions
I hold on, just wait. And so yeah, it got to three
and so I called Stephen. And another question that came up during that time is
why that Stephen vomit. So you already heard me in the video. Stephen's been very good here,
at least through at once. (both narrators laughing) The problem is Stephen, do you feel good? - Yeah I feel good. - Saying that Stephen vomited
and now it feels way better. So you can explain why you vomited when you first went in the room. - Couple of reasons,
getting a call at 3:00 AM. 'Cause I wasn't expecting it. I think in our head like
what was going to go on, was Jess was going to get
induced on the Monday? And then they'll get to break
her waters 24 hours later. - Yeah. - So I think I was thinking cool I'll get a full night's sleep. I couldn't even come and
see her till 10:00 AM. So like my brain was somewhere else. You get a call at 3:00 AM. It's kind of like. - From me as well. - From Jeff's been like
I'm an active lady, I'm two centimeters dilated. So I'm like. - You need to come. - Oh my gosh, it's going time. And that feeling in your stomach
of like, you just woke up. It's like jet lag meet
with maybe hangover. You feel like sick. So and then on top of that, it's the mental thing of like your wife is about to give birth. So there's that excitement. Like it's a cocktail going on there. And then I drove up to the airport. - To the airport, to hospital. - To hospital, so I felt like jet lag, drove up to the hospital. But the second biggest
thing is I have a phobia like a legit phobia of blood,
needles, hospitals, like. - I didn't even know if he was going to be able to stay in the
room that's how bad it is. - Yeah, like I think that was
my anxiousness the whole time. - He almost passed out from getting a whooping cough vaccination. - You can show this. - We had to give him a
lollipop to get through it. - So I think it was like
feeling sick in the belly and then just walking
in and it's like cool. I'm in my fear, it's a hospital. And then on top of that it was like the smell of anesthetics. (Jess laughing) Like, you know, if
you've been to a dentist, like it was just that smell. And then I think. - And also when you first walked in I was having contractions. So I wasn't talking to Stephen I was lying on a bed just going. - And the room was dark and
I walked in and I was like, hey Jess, how you doing? And I think she was
ingested more, so I think. - And I told him, you
explain how you threw up. He walked into the room,
sat down on the couch, grab the bucket, like grab the bin and just throw up in the bin. That's the first thing he did
when he came into the room. - Yeah, so my HJ was officially out. (both narrators laughing) - And I'd be throwing up all night by the way from the contractions. So HJ probably wasn't the
best idea to it, but okay. - I'll be outside, you
know, if you've been sick before that it's always
better out than in. - Better out than in I always say. - And I'm so actually glad that I threw up because it just made
me feel so much better. - Yeah, and I cannot believe it. He lasted like the rest
of the entire birth he watched the birth. - Yeah. - Someone who is a big, huge
phobia of like blood, surgery, everything and you've watched the birth. So that was really cool. But yeah, that is why he threw up. (Stephen laughing) - We just wanted to say a huge thank you to our friends over at Squarespace. They're massive supporters
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I regret getting an epidural and what does an epidural feel like? 'Cause for me I didn't exactly
know what an epidural was. All I knew is that it
would help with pain. And I knew I was going to get one but that was always my plan. And so once I got into the birthing suite, oh, she's falling asleep. (Stephen laughing) She is cute. Yeah, so the moment that she told me I was four centimeters dilated
as I call it an epidural and you'll see me telling
Stephen like I'm getting an epidural, so you should
go get a coffee or something. - And I've organized the
epidural and I am just waiting. And I already told her that
when the epidural person comes she's going to show you
where the coffee room is. - That cool. - Maybe you should leave the room. And then I went to the midwife. I was like, can you be my husband just for like the next five minutes? And she was like, yes,
I can be that for you. 'Cause I knew Stephen
wouldn't be able to handle it. But it really wasn't as bad as it sounds. So basically what you do is
you have to sit on the edge of the bed and like curl over
like this and I'm hugging a pillow and I'm just
holding my midwife's hands. And what they do first is
they numb you in your back. Kind of like what you would do if you were numbing your wisdom teeth. - You are just like major dental service. - Yes, it was like a little
tiny needle that numbs your back and then they bring out the
big needle which I didn't see. You don't feel the big needle. You just have to, the
hardest part is you have to stay completely still and
you're having contractions. So that's why I was just
holding onto the pillow and holding up to the midwife's hands and just like breathing
through the contractions. So you're not really thinking
about what they're doing. - And you're saying like your contractions are seven, eight out of 10. So then what would the
numbing needle feel like? - Oh, it feels like a little tiny pinch. - So it's like one out of 10. - Yeah, like it doesn't even hurt. So then once I had the
epidural, I guess everything kind of goes numb from your tummy down. That's why I stopped feeling anything. But it's not like you're
numb where you can't move. Like I could still wiggle my
toes, kind of move my legs. If you pressed my legs I
could feel you're touching it. The only thing is I wouldn't know if what you're touching me
with is hot, cold, sharp. So it's like you don't
get any more of like the pain feelings but you
still can move your legs. You can't, of course you couldn't stand up and walk but that's the thing. You're not like completely
numb that it feels like you've just completely gone. No which I think was really cool. And then from there I was
able to then dilate from four to a 10 all day have
naps, talked to Stephen, we listened to Jack Johnson and children. And that's why I knew I wanted one because for me like I knew
it would keep me more calm. I've had the epi and I feel
amazing and I'm so ready now. - You look so much better. - I don't know for me,
it's like the technology and the medicines there and
I don't need to be in pain. I feel like I want to take it especially 'cause I would never go
and get like a root canal without having like numbing. - Not me. - Yeah, so I don't know
that's just what I. - I could personally
see like the difference, like Jess walking in not
even able to speak to me at like 4:00 AM and in what you have the happy at 5:00 AM find it. And then from there she was
like happy, she was chill. - I need to see this one. - Like, I mean she didn't
stop pushing until 6:00 PM. If it was that same nine
hours that she had already gone through without any pain medication to then do that for a further 13 hours. - Yeah, it would have been crazy. So I'm glad I got it. - It was a nice day. Like I think we both had a nap. I think I set up the
bed and we just listened to Jack Johnson all day, we just chatted. - Which goes to another
question which everyone said, well, is it as calm as it looked? And it was so calm. And even when it got up
to the part where she was at your 10 centimeters
dilated and it's time to push, even though it was so common, it was fun. Like as I'm pushing and they're saying, well it's because it
also helps you have fun. But it also helps that you
literally feel no pain. It's like you feel the
pressure of the contractions pushing her down but
no pain to go with it. So every time a contraction came I could feel the pressure of her head. And it's so exciting because
then I've got Stephen and my midwife who was amazing saying, "Oh my gosh, I see your head
and being so supportive." That part was amazing, like so fun. But again, another question is how long did you push for? And I always pushed for two hours. - It's five to six, June 2nd. - Five to six, okay. Definitely having an evening, baby. Yeah, it's not. So the issue is after
pushing for almost two hours, I realized that I've got a
quite a small birth canal. And so a head just wouldn't get. it's like a little bend
I guess, where they need to have needs to get
around the bed to crown and then you can push her
out and I've got quite a small birth canal so she
just was not coming out. And that's why the video, I say, "I think, Oh my gosh." Dramatic entrance into the
world after I gave birth because in the last 10 minutes
I suddenly had four doctors come into the room and tell me, okay, you've got a
really small birth canal. I'm not too sure if
she's going to come out. So then they ended up
having to do an episiotomy and use a vacuum which
like kind of attaches to the end of her head and sucked it out. And they said that if I don't get her out in the next push it's gonna
be an emergency C-section. Cause they were worried that
she was going to get stuck down there and she wouldn't be able to get out. So they did the episiotomy
they put the vacuum on her head and I pushed like it was
the hardest I ever pushed. Like I felt my head was going to explode. I was like, I need, - Give you three pushes. It was like push, push
and then she was like. - Wait, the next contraction,
we have to deliver your baby. - You get her out on
this one also C-section and Jess was like, oh
no I'm pushing it hard. - And I pushed so hard and then they were like,
oh my gosh, I see her head. And they were able to get it out. And I was like, thank goodness. So they got out and. - 'Cause you started pushing out, I think I said just
after six in the video. - And she was born at 7:44 PM. - It's crazy. - I know this, it felt like I pushed for like 10 minutes though. Like in the moment, time goes
so fast when you're pushing and it's really exciting especially again, if you don't feel all the pain. But that's why it sounded
dramatic at the end because I just couldn't get
her around the bed like. But luckily they were
able to get her out for me and then she was completely healthy. It was all fine. And then she was here and all that moment of when they first put her on my chest because I hadn't slept all night. - You haven't slept. - And you gonna see my face. I was like, oh my goodness, I'm so tired. And she's finally here. And there was that little
stressful bit at the end. And that was probably
that's like the best moment in my life when they put her on my chest. I always wait. Okay, now I'm gonna cry. I cried too much. I'm going to cry. All right let's say you sit
next I stood next question. Oh yeah, and this was another
question a lot of people ask is how do I feel about birth now that I've actually experienced it? And would I do it again? And totally like, even I said to Stephen like the moment I had her, I was like Steve, I
would do that all again. Like it did not scare me off at all. I think it was an incredible experience. I mean, I went to like it's kind of crazy. You made life, like I've just
created a brand new human into the world when she's falling asleep. Like what an amazing experience. And now she's all asked to keep and she's just the sweetest little baby. I just love her so much. - Another question you guys
had was, do you think going through pregnancy and birth
has made you guys closer? And I think the biggest example I can use is that when we got married,
a lot of people would think or would say like there would be this extra love that would come out. And yes, our wedding day was amazing but I feel like we love each other. - You just feel different. - Yeah, we loved each other
just as equally as we did the day before our wedding of
course wedding was amazing. But I think when the contract came into our life, I think the is different. There's like this extra love that was just and now we're getting
sappy, just like locked away or they does like I
feel more love for Jess. And I feel like all this
love for Hunter, yeah. - I said, now it feels like what I expected marriage to feel like. - I would say so. - Yeah, which is really cool. - It's not like say that
you're like relationship like needs to have a baby to
be the ultimatum but it was. That's just our experience maybe because we have been
together for a very long time. (both narrators laughing) - No stuffy now and she is just so sweet. And the last question,
the most asked question is why did we name her Hunter Jayne? Like, what is the story behind her name? 'Cause as some of you
picked out or worked out that we had picked her
name out a long time ago. - Yeah, 10 years ago is
when we chose her names. I guess I'll tell you the story. So first of all for my whole
life I absolutely loved really like strong female names. I really liked gender
neutral names for girls as well, as you can
tell by the name Hunter. And it was like 10 years
ago, I was about 20. And my mum was watching a show called Bold and the Beautiful, it's like
a show that she used to love. And one time I was watching the credits and there's this one character
on there called Taylor and the actress's name is Hunter. And when I sold it in
the credits I was like wow, I've never thought of
Hunter for a girl before but I absolutely loved it. And it was like, I know it's like really
strong and powerful sounding. - Yeah, it's a really like, yeah powerful, strong name we absolutely love. - And so then I told
Stephen and I was like, Oh, I love that name Hunter for a girl. And he was like, wow, I love that too. He was like, okay, if we ever have a girl, if we have they'd be,
let's call her name Hunter. And ever since then, I've always known that if we have a girl her name's Hunter. And the moment that we
opened up the envelope, when we were finding out
the gender and saw it was a girl straight away
we were calling her Hunter. We just knew it. - If we had a boy 'cause
initially we were thinking, we gonna have a boy. We wouldn't have used the name Hunter. We had a completely different name Victor. - And when I hear the name
Hunter only can picture a girl. And that's probably
because I've always thought of a girl as Hunter. And that's just how I felt. - And then of course the flip side is because there's such a strong,
powerful, like first name. We needed a more like feminine middle name to like balance it out. So it's Hunter Jayne. But I also knew that if I
was ever gonna have a girl, her middle name was gonna be Jayne ever since I
started dating Stephen. And that's because my
sister's middle name is Jane. - And my sister's middle name is Jane. So it's kind of cool to connect
the two aunties that way. - Yeah. - And like kind of keep a bit of legacy. Like our two families joined together because of course we've
joined our surnames Perry and Valentine to make Perry Valentine. So it's nice to kind of connect. - And like by having both
our sisters be a part of her. - And then we really liked
the unique way of J A Y N E 'cause I think a lot of names is J A N E. - Yeah, I don't know why. - So funny when the Amazon product like the wrong Amazon came
in and it was Jane Austin. That was not planned at all. I promise you and so
many of you were like, "Oh, is the name Jayne? Is it a hint?" - Yeah, I was like, what? This like kind of a hint
to me and by mistake. But I just think it's so
nice that we have both of our sisters to be like a part of her. - Yeah, I know they both loved it. - Yeah, and Hunter Jayne I
think there's so well together, the little Hunter Jayne Perry Valentine. - Little Hungry Jack's. - Little Hungry Jack's,
little Hungry J's but I hope that answered all your questions. And she is still very sleepy, but I'll give you guys
another little look here. - And of course, if you guys
had any other questions, I know it's sort of so specific to the birth, leave
them in comments below. And maybe you can answer
some of your questions below. - Yeah but after this we did film our first proper week
at home with a newborn. So it's going to be the next video. So you can see what it was
like when we were first, like, I guess learning
the ropes of parenthood. - And not being like in the hospital. - Yeah and not being in the hospital. But she has been such a good baby. We've been so lucky. She loves her night's sleep. - So thankful. Yeah, she fights her day naps. - Yeah, she just wants to stay
awake with us all the time. So this is weird her
being asleep right now. Like, I'm like, wow, you've
been very good for us right now. But usually in the day, she's like, I'm going to stay awake with you guys. I don't want to go to bed. And then at night she's like zonked out all night, which is amazing. We're very lucky like that. - And we've done some like
photo shoots with her when like, we want those cute newborn
sleepy face, she refuses. (camera shuttering) She's like, what are you doing? Let's hang it up. - Yeah, what are we doing now? - If we want to do those
sleepy newborns, it would have to be like three in the morning
when she wants that done. - That's what we want our sleep. So it's not gonna be doing that. And also she loves going on adventures. We've been taking her along
with us whenever we go out and have our coffee or
going walks on the beach. We've also been like kind
of travel training her. So she's been loving the car seat, loving the prayer we just got her. - She's so good. She actually sleeps better
during the day when we are out. - Yes, rather than being inside. 'Cause we're actually doing something and then she's like, oh
cool I'll have a nap now. And we just got her a travel cart ready for some upcoming trips. So she's definitely going to
be our little adventure baby. - And yeah, because
we're getting to travel. - Oh my goodness we are
getting the travel beach. Ever since she turned a
month old, I was like, maybe we can go like a little
local getaway before she grows and gets her two month
checkup but oh, she's so cute. All right, say bye. Bye bye. - You think all this is not normal. Thanks so much for watching guys. If you are new around
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