Audrey Roloff Didn't Spare Any Detail About Baby Bode's Birth Story on Instagram

Selena Barrientos

February 8, 2020 at 11:00 PM·5 min read

Former Little People, Big World stars Audrey and Jeremy Roloff welcomed their second child, Bode, on January 8.
Audrey recently shared Bode’s birth story on Instagram alongside photos from the delivery room.

It’s official: Bode James Roloff is one month old.

Since giving birth to her son on January 8, former Little People, Big World star Audrey Roloff has showered her Instagram followers with sweet photos of her family of four. On one particular post though, she shared details about Bode’s birth story, which didn’t happen quite like she expected.

Audrey assumed Bode would arrive late just like his 2-year-old sister, Ember — she was born 12 days past her due date. But both Audrey and her husband, Jeremy Roloff, were caught off guard when their second child came into the world right on time.

“The morning of January 8th I went in for my 40 week appointment???? and I was 3cm dialated [sic] but not having contractions or any signs of labor yet,” the mother of two wrote on Instagram alongside a series of photos. “When I got home from my apt. I snapped a pic of my 40 week belly and posted it saying, ‘Happy due date baby boy, you can come out now.’ Little did I know ... I was just a few hours away from holding our son for the first time. ????”

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The morning of January 8th I went in for my 40 week appointment???? and I was 3cm dialated but not having contractions or any signs of labor yet... other than Bode feeling like he was going to fall out of me he was so low?? I just assumed he would come late because Ember was 12 days late????♀? But since it was my due date there was a little bit of extra hopefulness that just maybe... ????? When I got home from my apt. I snapped a pic of my 40 week belly and posted it saying, “Happy due date baby boy, you can come out now.” Little did I know... I was just a few hours away from holding our son for the first time????? ?? I had lots of Braxton Hicks all throughout my third trimester so I wasn’t really paying much attention to how consistent they were this time around. I just figured I’d know for sure this time around when it was the real deal. But with Bode it wasn’t so obvious???? ?? Around 4:00pm I was having lots of consistent Braxton Hicks contractions, but they were a little more uncomfortable than normal. By 4:30 I thought what the heck... I guess I’ll start timing these just to see????♀?They were about 4 minutes apart. “Just in case” I went up stairs and put the last minute things in my hospital bag and change my clothes. While upstairs the contractions turned into the kind where you have to stop and focus on breathing. ? ? At 5 pm I called my mom and said she better come over to be with Ember “just in case.” I still wasn’t convinced?? My mom showed up at 5:30 and at this point my contractions where about 3-4 min apart and painful enough for me to tell Jer, “I think Bode might be born on his due date.”?? ?? My labor with Ember was pretty fast, so we knew we wanted to air on the side of leaving sooner than later. We ended up leaving right after my mom arrived. Straight into rush hour traffic?? 25 minutes of laboring in the truck while in stop and go traffic????♀? Jer may have run a few red lights???? ?? We checked into labor and delivery at the hospital at 6:30 and I was 8 cm dialated?? ... Bode was born at 7:36 sooooo from the time we got there, things happened fast! Click the link in my bio for the rest of the story! #bodejames #btspodcast
A post shared by Audrey Mirabella Roloff (@audreyroloff) on Feb 4, 2020 at 9:53am PST

Audrey then shared a timeline that spanned a couple of hours, starting with Braxton Hicks contractions (otherwise called "practice contractions") in the late afternoon. Because she was experiencing discomfort, she decided to get her hospital bag ready “just in case.” But in the process of changing her clothes, the contractions got so intense that she had to “stop and focus on breathing.”

Though Audrey wasn’t convinced that the time had come to give birth, she called her mom just in case to look after Ember. Soon after, she told Jeremy, “I think Bode might be born on his due date.” An hour after arriving at the hospital, Bode was born at 7:36 p.m.

Of course, the touching Instagram post inspired emotional responses from Audrey and Jeremy's fans. “That sounds like quite the adventure Audrey! ??” one person wrote. “Aww congratulations...??...having your baby on his due date is amazing,” another added. “Omg that is exactly how my second labor was! I wasn’t convinced either. Pure denial ??,” a different fan said.

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My precious baby boy. I can’t stop staring??
A post shared by Audrey Mirabella Roloff (@audreyroloff) on Jan 18, 2020 at 8:41pm PST

Despite, the rollercoaster Bode took Audrey on, she just can’t get enough of him, captioning a photo of her newborn son: “My precious baby boy. I can’t stop staring. ??”

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