[Kody] Previously on Sister Wives...
I, kinda, noticed you moved me into the garage.
I can't have a marriage that's not an intimate marriage, it's not fair.
The reason I'm not attracted is because I feel betrayed.
And I'm not special to you. And you don't love me.
I feel like, to Kody, Robyn's more important.
Okay, I just got off the phone with Garrison.
Garrison doesn't move out, he gets COVID.
And then, he's mad at me that I'm not coming around.
And he basically just tried to cut relationship.
"I love you Dad, but, this is goodbye forever."
The line is becoming more and more intense.
Choose this side, which is, Kody, Meri, Robyn, and Robyn's kids.
Or choose the side that
includes all of my children.
[Christine] Ysabel really wants to move to North Carolina.
She was just accepted to one of the colleges there.
[Kody] It's too bad that you've gotta go that far.
I feel broken.
And Ysabel's leaving.
I've spent my whole life trying to be the hero for my kids.
And now, they're trying to make me the villain.
Because I wanna protect my children.
[theme music playing]
[piano music playing]
So, today is mine and Kody's anniversary.
Um, it's so loaded.
Is? Was? [chuckles] Anniversary, I don't even know.
I don't consider myself married to him anymore.
At all.
Six weeks ago we had a conversation I just said, "I need you to let me go.
It's over.
I don't wanna be married to you anymore.
And, I'm also gonna be moving to Utah."
So, I just... I haven't...
I don't know when to have a conversation with my sister wives.
I don't know when to tell Truely. I don't know.
But, no one really knows the finality of all of this, I think.
But, anyway, I told him before we left, before I left to come...
Because I'm at Mykelti's house, I'm on baby watch right now.
Mykelti's due to have her baby any day.
So, before we left I said, "You know, our anniversary's coming up
and for our anniversary I'm not gonna pretend."
I'm not gonna post anything on social media.
'Cause he's like, "Maybe we should post something our kids and everything."
And I just said, "You know what?
No."
I asked her if we wanted to post anything on social media.
In a little way as to test, but, you know, protect our kids.
She says, "No."
It's the first time I've ever actually been able to go,
okay, wow. She's serious about this.
I think I wanna keep testing it though. [chuckles]
You know? You never know when she's just gonna realize
that the life she's
looking to create somewhere else
isn't gonna be any better than what she's had or got.
I mean, I don't wear our wedding rings anymore most of the time.
I just feel like they're a noose to be honest with you.
About three months ago I asked him not to come over anymore.
I went up to my room and I took my rings off.
And, gosh! It felt so good just to take them off.
It's over. I don't know at what point it's over.
Like, I don't know what the final...
I'm guessing it's when I asked him to not come over anymore.
That's what I'm guessing.
Kody and I never had a legal marriage. Like, it was a spiritual marriage.
And, I don't know at what point
our marriage is technically over.
'Cause there was no real marriage. Contract.
[soft music playing]
Kody and I were married for 26 years.
This would have been our 27th wedding anniversary.
It's a long time to be with somebody.
We had a lot of great times, we have wonderful kids.
And, we both are who we are today because of the marriage
and the time we had together. So, it's not a failure.
But, I realized there's no real intimacy.
I mean, sex has been something that
has been missing for sure.
But, the intimacy of the marriage, it just wasn't there.
Intimacy needs trust.
Attraction, in my world, needs trust.
And I thought she was being mean.
I was angry.
It's like, God! Man, you're unwinding plural marriage for me.
You're unwinding my whole life, my whole purpose.
No.
[yelling] We're not having intimacy until you get this straight.
And I wish I would've, not even been that angry,
but I wish I would've actually said, "Well, we gotta work on some things."
The future's huge and unknown.
And I wish, so bad, that I could move to Utah right now.
Think that's the saddest part.
That I'm not moving on as fast as I would like.
Ysabel and Gwendlyn still live at home.
And they will live at home until they both move to go to college.
I still will move.
Just, after the girls have moved out.
And, just moving in September.
Anyways, that was it.
It's just been, uh, a weird... [laughing]
a weird day I guess.
But, not expectations, right?
There ya go. [chuckles]
I didn't have any contact with Christine on our anniversary.
And it was just an affirmation that it's over.
But, I'm still wondering.
I mean, goodness, she hasn't even told her sister wives what's going on.
But, I do think she's told all of her kids.
I'll bet you
those who are in the rumor mill know.
[upbeat music playing]
There, it looks like Meri's coming on.
- Nice. - Hey, Meri.
We're all getting together on a video conference
to basically check-in with each other.
- Hello. - Hello.
So, another COVID-19 meeting.
Well, it's important because two major things have changed.
Schools have opened up so the kids and go back into the classroom.
We're having this meeting,
but, it seems like she's trying to actually run our meeting.
Like she's trying to take charge of it.
She's getting, kind of, independent woman now.
There's literally an attitude of I don't need you guys anymore.
And I don't have to... I don't have to, um...
really, uh, submit myself to what the group wants.
Well, let's, let's, first, I mean, I haven't seen
Christine or Janelle for a while.
Or even you, Meri.
Uh, Janelle how is North Carolina?
Uh, it's great. We're doing great.
I'd already scheduled, like, two months ago to be in North Carolina.
Savanah's online school so we just decided to take the advantage and go.
So, Axel and Evie how are they doing?
Yeah, they're doing good.
They're cute, so.
Um, we're enjoying the hangout for sure, so.
You know, I think Kody has his opinions about my choosing to travel.
But, I'm sorta like, you know.
Um, I have to see my kids.
You can choose and I'll choose.
That's what he always says [imitating Kody] "You choose"
and I'm like, "Okay. I'll choose."
[Kody] I'm actually, kind of, experiencing some wish that I could go see 'em.
And be there.
And, you know, I just have to do it via wishful proxy with Janelle.
Um, Christine how's Mykelti doing?
She's having real contractions now. Not just Braxton-Hicks.
I adore Mykelti.
She came to live with me before I married Kody.
And, so, we have a really close bond.
Mykelti has invited me to the baby's birth.
Um, and I am, kind of, trying to figure out if there's a way that I can go.
We're still dealing with COVID crap.
And so...
I'm trying to work it out right now.
So this midwife has done like, I don't know,
60,000 births.
- She's the most experienced. - Okay.
Maybe 5,000. Maybe 1,000 births.
Maybe 2,000.
- 60,000? - Oh, it's insane.
And then she's chill. She's so calm.
Mykelti's... Oh, no, the midwife is calm.
Is Mykelti calm?
Calmer than Tony. Oh, my gosh.
[Kody] Really?
'Cause he's only ever heard of hospital births.
And his mom had hospital births.
And he's never even heard of home births.
So before I met Kody's family, I didn't even know you could have a baby at home anymore.
Still that seemed like an olden days, kinda, pioneer thing.
Or something, right?
Really, truly, I think anybody who's had a home birth
would say that the recovery at home
is miles beyond the recovery in a hospital.
All right, let's talk about school and COVID-19.
The new school policies, what's going on?
This year, the kids have been doing school online.
Because of COVID-19.
And we're in the middle of spring break.
After spring break, they've set it up so kids can go back to school.
I, personally, would prefer 'em to do it from home online
than to go and wear a mask at school.
Savanah has decided to stay home.
And to stay online. I think most of her friends are.
So, Ariella is not in school yet.
And Solomon is doing really good because he's online.
So, all of Robyn's kids will probably just stay online.
So, Ysabel initially...
Like, they were told they could all go back to the classroom.
But, she's like, "I'm a senior."
I told her, I said, "I know you're a senior
so you really wanna go back in person."
And she's like, "I do."
Ysabel's a senior.
After graduation
well, she doesn't wanna stay in Flagstaff.
So, she always has known that.
And because of it, she's got only a few more weeks with her friends.
So, I would like her to go in person.
I don't know what that means though.
I don't know if that means, that Kody, you can't come over
anymore since she's gonna go back to school.
Is that what that means?
They're gonna be really strict protocols,
it sounds like though, at school.
Um...
I wonder how many... I don't know.
There's strict protocols.
But, you're still...
It's not like going in and out of a grocery store.
It's like going into a building and the same room
and sitting there for hours.
You know, breathing the same air
and all that stuff.
I'm really glad that Savanah's staying home.
'Cause that makes it easier for, you know, like, I mean,
we don't have to worry about anything at your house, Janelle.
But, if Ysabel's gonna go back to school
that totally changes everything at your house, Christine.
Okay. So, you wouldn't be able to come over and stuff if Ysabel goes back to school?
I don't know, Kody. I think... I don't know, I guess that's up to you.
I mean, I'm feeling really bad for Yse.
Having to choose between her dad and her friends.
It frustrates me that Kody is making it so much like a
[imitating Kody] "If you go to school I can't see you."
'Cause I don't think... I think that's ridiculous.
Well, she's gonna be able to see her friends, daily.
I mean, if that's... If that's important to her I would do it.
It's just gonna make it so that...
Here's the thing, everybody can do what they want.
But, I can't be exposed to people
and then... I can't be going from house to house all the time.
I feel like Christine's trying to pin me down.
Even Janelle is trying to pin me down on what I'm gonna do.
Because I sometimes feel like, they wanna catch me.
In some, kind of, COVID protocols, uh, hypocrisy.
So, I'm being super careful about answering them. I wanna see Ysabel.
I'm trying to see if how accommodating Christine will be for that.
Because she's travelled like crazy.
Making it so I wasn't able to see the kids anyway.
You know what? I wonder though, Kody, when are you feeling like
you can have a normal life again?
I mean, at what point is the infection rate low enough?
At what point... I mean, like, at what point is that point?
What's your chances, really,
of getting the virus from Ysabel?
Who goes to school and is completely no contact.
I am crossing a line.
But, I don't know. I just can't...
It just frustrates me so much, that I can't keep my mouth shut.
Kody, you can still go see her and be apart from her.
It's your kid.
Go see her in the backyard.
Call her on the phone.
It was snowing when we started this call.
There's more for me to consider here,
and there always has been,
than Christine and her needs.
[somber music playing]
You know what? I wonder though, Kody, when are you feeling like
you can have a normal life again?
It frustrates me that Kody is making it so much like a
[imitating Kody] "If you go to school I can't see you."
I think that's ridiculous.
Well, when I feel comfortable that I couldn't get it
and then spread it to somebody else.
Not worried about me being sick.
Even though I've got, like, health goals that I wanna
be able to focus on and stuff like that.
I'm, kinda, wanting everybody to make their choice, but, I'm really feeling awkward.
Because you can hear it in Janelle and Christine's voice.
I hear this, sort of, nuisance. This sarcasm.
Of, well...
[imitating Christine] "Are you gonna keep doing what you're doing?
'Cause that's really stupid compared to what we think."
And it's this snotty little attitude about
the rules and stuff like that that I've had.
And I'm... I'm, sorta, tired of the snotty attitudes.
So, I'm just being supportive.
Ysabel, go do your thing.
Figure it out.
In my head, Kody's relationship with his kids
is more important than anything else.
I understand Ysabel's desire to return to school.
But I'm also just... [sighs]
I'm really, really concerned about this.
And it's... it's...
something that I just find really, really stupid.
When Ysabel talking about going back Christine? What...
I didn't ask her. I would assume right away.
- Is she not up there with you? - No.
She stayed. She and Gwendlyn are home.
I was gonna go over and see 'em
and she had told me she had gone to the school.
Did she end up going and getting a test?
Um...
She told me she was gonna go talk to you about
getting a test scheduled so she could go test.
She has the link to get herself tested.
- Oh, I'll talk to her. - She's 17.
She's 17 years old she can take care of scheduling her own test.
Um, some people just don't do that stuff.
This is what I'm talking about,
with Christine, sorta like, rejecting everything we use to do.
She would normally set this up.
So that I could go over and see Ysabel while she's gone.
Like, hey, listen, why can't you?
You've got all of her information, why can't you book the testing?
Help me out.
I'm in Saint George, the girls are in Flagstaff.
And I told them, you know,
hopefully Dad'll reach out when he wants to come over
so you guys can get COVID tested.
And... But then he never said when he was gonna go over
so they could get COVID tested.
They're not gonna go get tested every single day.
Hoping and thinking that he's going to come over.
I was waiting to see, kind of, what this conversation was
before I decided anything.
Uh, right now, Solomon and Breanna are still online.
I just wanted to see, kinda, what this conversation was
before anything else was decided.
But, it kinda sounds like...
Well, I've specifically asked that
Breanna and Solomon not go back to school.
So, he asked Breanna to not go back to school in person,
'cause he wants to be around her.
But, he says, Ysabel can go back.
Gosh, Ysabel would love a phone call from her dad saying,
"Can you please not go back to school in person so I can come see you."
"Could you please go get COVID tested
so I can come over and hangout with you, 'cause I really miss you."
But, it's really hard for me that he just doesn't call Ysabel
and talk to her in person.
Or even text her.
And I'll let Ysabel know that she can just make the choice.
I guess.
It's tough.
- It is tough. - Um...
Yeah, she's just gonna have to know what the choice, you know, that it is choosing.
Breanna's not nearly as social as Ysabel,
especially during a senior year, you know?
And Ysabel had already expressed to me
that she was interested in seeing her friends.
She wanted to see her friends. She was struggling that she couldn't see her friends.
So, there's a difference.
And the difference is, where Ysabel is at, what Ysabel wants.
Kody, you could still go see her and be a part from her.
Like, six feet apart in the backyard or something.
- I mean, you know? - That's true.
That hasn't worked through the winter.
I've been really glad I've been able
to go in the house and visit them.
Well, I can do that. But, that's been a real inconvenience so far.
And, it's still not that warm.
I mean, all the time.
But, yeah, [stammering] here's the thing. We're doing that.
And, I'm willing to do that.
It's a bit of an inconvenience.
And, it's like, I need her to just make her own choice.
And then, not be bitter about anybody else having to react to that choice.
- You know? - [Janelle] But, now it's getting to be spring.
Maybe we can. Visiting outside might be the best situation then.
It was snowing when we started this call.
It's hard to not take it personally that he doesn't wanna come over.
So I'm like, it's your kid.
The weather's getting better, it's spring.
Go see her in the backyard.
Call her on the phone.
I understand this is important for Ysabel.
But Truely, every time I go home,
Truely is really excited to see me.
People have their...
What they do interact, they make effort or they don't.
And when it comes to smaller children, I wanna make an effort.
There's a bitterness that I have in what I feel like is unfair to me.
While trying to go through this process and do the best
to make it fair for everybody else.
And, you know, so there's more for me to consider here,
and there always has been, than Christine and her needs.
Teenage kids don't need parents quite like, um, you know, preteens do.
And so, the fact that Truely and I have these long conversations,
we talk about what she's doing and stuff like that.
And she's actually engaging me.
That's still an important factor.
It's important for Truely, it's important for me.
You know, I don't disagree with Kody,
that the younger kids need him.
Absolutely, that's very important.
I also believe...
very strongly, that all of his children need him.
And I...
sometimes wonder if he realizes that.
I don't wanna criticize Kody but...
[sighs]
I just... I disagree.
I think...
I think that kids need their parents for the rest of their lives.
And I know, for a fact, that some of our older kids
they need their dad.
All right, I'm sorry guys.
Talk about the time zone and I can hear the babies and everything.
So, I need to get going, but.
I've pretty much... Like, I've mentally washed my hands of this conversation.
Like, everybody's just gonna do what they're gonna do.
So.
I'mma do what I'mma do.
All right, let's wrap this up.
It's good seeing everybody. Safe travels ladies.
All right, see ya.
Bye.
I have more unanswered questions at the end of this conversation
than I did at the beginning of the conversation.
And really, is this all gonna be Ysabel's decision?
Whether she sees her dad or her friends?
That seems like a very hard decision for a 17-year-old kid.
My mom has been in the hospital for two days.
I found out that, she had been having a heart attack for a few days.
She's coding, and they're working on her,
and I have five hours to get there.
Yeah. Now, it's not looking good. So, I'm...
I've gotta run up there.
[dramatic music playing]
So, I am on my way [clears throat]
up to my mom's house.
She got sick about a week ago.
I found out that, she had been having a heart attack for a few days.
She's coding, and they're working on her,
and I have five hours to get there.
[heavy sigh]
It's gonna take me five hours to drive there.
Mom has been in the hospital for two days.
They've been working on her and taking care of her.
Yeah. Now, it's not looking good. So, I'm...
I've gotta run up there.
[voice shaking] It's not something I'm ready for.
She's only 76.
So, I got in the car.
Um... [heavy sigh]
I called Kody.
And he had known that she wasn't doing well.
He had known that she was in the hospital.
[sighs] So I told him I was on my way up there.
[Kody] Bonnie was my first mother-in-law.
I think I feel in love with her first, you know?
She's just the sweetest lady.
It's amazing to see your family together.
You're a united family.
Yes, you have your problems.
Yes, there's personality conflicts.
Yes, there will always be things that you're working on.
But, you're a united family.
She was always just warm to me.
So, um...
I had a great experience with have her as a mother-in-law.
[somber instrumental music playing]
It was about an hour after
I was on my way that I got the call.
I just got a call from my sister...
that we lost my mom.
[sniffles]
I don't even know...
I don't even know how to do this.
This is just so unexpected and so quick.
It just happened so fast.
[sobbing] 'Cause this is not supposed to happen this way.
My mom was the most giving person that I ever knew.
She was an amazing person.
My mom was my dad's first wife.
You know, like any plural marriage,
things are not easy, you know? [chuckles]
Over the years a couple of the wives had left.
You know, and there was separations in our family.
And that was really hard for my mom.
[voice shaking] She wanted to grow old with her sister wives.
And, she didn't have that.
-[boy] How you been? -I've been great. How about you?
I've been pretty good actually.
- So I've... - So muscly.
Muscly?
I always say that too. That's how I remember how to spell muscle.
[Janelle] You know our culture, very much,
revers matriarchs.
Because really, truly,
the women who live in our faith
become very strong, very independent.
I had a lot of affection for her.
I'm brokenhearted about Bonnie's passing.
She was such a blessing to our lives.
And she was such a blessing in Meri's life.
Not just as a mother, but, as a person who was there for her.
And, um, so it's a sad, sad occasion.
Bonnie always treated me like we knew each other forever.
Every time I was around her it was a sweet experience.
And she always made me feel welcome.
- Hi! - Hey, you weren't on my plane.
[Christine] My mom and Bonnie knew each other well, they were friends.
After...
my mom left our church.
People didn't know what to do with her,
I didn't know what to do with her.
She just always pushed me to reconcile with my mom. Always.
And that's just Bonnie. To the core.
Like, I am so sad. And I just don't even know what to do. And like...
I don't even... I don't even know.
Like, Mariah was here all day.
Mariah and Audrey had come down and...
they hung out all day.
It was really good to have them here.
And... [heavy sigh]
So, there's been a lot... [heavy sigh]
of tears going on here today.
I don't know what...
to do.
Like, at this point, I don't know what the rest of my life is gonna look like.
I don't know [chuckles] about the B&B, you know?
There's just a lot that I don't know that I'm gonna have to figure out.
'Cause she's just always been there.
Yeah, I'm gonna miss her a lot.
[Christine] If Mykelti wanted Kody here
I would be 100% great with him being here.
But, the fact that he's not here that's something that
Mykelti and Tony have decided on.
And that's nothing to do with me.
Good.
There's some strange things happening between Kody and Christine right now.
But, I'm just supposed to stay out of it, you know?
[upbeat music playing]
-[Mykelti breathing] -[Christine] You're doing great,
You're doing so good.
It's April 3rd, Mykelti's finally in labor now. She's a couple days late.
And she really in labor.
Robyn couldn't be at the birth in person
just because of COVID.
And, it was still so important for Mykelti to have Robyn there.
And so, I arranged to have Robyn just come in
on a conference call the whole time.
Because then she can really see what's happening.
- Oh, good. - Oh, hey, Robyn.
- [Robyn] Yeah? - I'm in labor.
I'm not gonna have my dad at the birth.
Because, honestly, it just kinda seems weird
for my male dad to be there at me giving birth
with all of my legs open, and my amniotic fluid going everywhere.
I just, kinda, felt that was a little bit uncomfortable.
Um, and then as far as having only my mom, Christine and my mom, Robyn.
I just, I'm a lot closer to those two.
And I'm a lot more bonded to those two than I am to Janelle or Meri.
I'm just, I'm not close to them.
And I wanted to make sure that my birth was very much about...
Selfishly I want my birth to be about me.
I do recommend either finishing your shower,
or putting some clothes on, however, before you jump on the Zoom.
[Christine] Yep, and then, um, like, we're recording it.
[Mykelti] So, that's why you need to have clothes on.
No, that's legit the only reason. [chuckles]
Robyn and Mykelti have a very, very special bond.
When Robyn came into the family,
she immediately just embraced Mykelti.
And I'll always, always love and respect Robyn for her relationship with Mykelti.
- [baby screaming] - How's it going?
I moved in with Robyn when my dad and Robyn were first courting.
Because she needed some help with the kids for school, around the house.
So, I lived with her for a few months.
And that's why I'm still so close to Robyn and her kids.
It's because of just that special time that just us had together.
[Robyn] Okay, well, that's exciting.
Sweet. Okay. We love you.
[Robyn] Love you too.
I mean, I assume Robyn knows that mine and Kody's relationship is over.
Just because, Kody's moved all of his stuff, you know?
It was in the garage. But, it's not there anymore.
I don't know how much she knows though.
We haven't talked with all of the adults about everything yet.
So, I don't know what Robyn knows. I have no idea.
But, it doesn't even matter.
We're just... We're here for Mykelti right now
and that's what we're gonna focus on.
It's just about Mykelti today.
[Christine] Yes. You nervous?
- Yeah. - [Christine] Yeah, it's hard. Yeah.
-It's hard. It's a little scary. -[Tony] Oh, it's very scary.
Um, Tony is nervous about the whole home birth.
He doesn't know what he's supposed to do.
I think he's more nervous than Mykelti.
I completely get it. 'Cause it's a paradigm shift, you know?
And, you know, years ago when I was younger,
my mom, who had all of her children in the hospital.
Started to advocate for these home birth type of thing.
And then Logan was born in the hospital.
But then the other moms, Christine and Meri,
both wanted to have their at home.
Five of my kids were born at home.
And Truely was born in the hospital.
And they were all great experiences.
[Janelle] So I had half and half.
Half at home and half in the hospital.
Honestly, I would take home birth hands down over my hospital experiences.
Like, my recovery.
Everything was just so much better at home.
I had Mariah at home.
And the midwife that I had, it was a husband and wife team,
and they were great.
So I...
have only had a home birth.
Every single one of my, uh, deliveries have been at home.
They're all with midwife.
But, um, Aurora was born into a pool of water.
It was pretty intense, it was pretty wild.
Yes, but, she also be slippery.
- [Robyn laughing] - I mean, it's like a fruit punch bowl.
She's full of amniotic fluid.
Stools, and then if I catch, like, what if she's slippery?
What if she really smells 'cause she's got poop on her?
And I'm like ugh!
The midwife told me that, uh, yeah, sometimes they slip.
You know, I'm not a nurse.
She's a nurse. She's a pro.
And if a pro can drop a baby.
Tony can absolutely drop a baby by accident, right?
So, yeah, that makes me nervous.
No. [chuckles]
Pray.
Have a pillow underneath.
[Christine] Good job.
Oh good, good.
I mean Tony's concerned.
Watching him, I think he's beginning to realize
there's nothing he can do to protect Mykelti
from the pain that she's gonna have during labor.
Nothing.
And, I think he's just beginning to realize
how intense it's going to be getting.
- [Mykelti breathing] - [Christine] Good.
Through my nipples?
[Christine chuckles] Nose, honey.
Breath in through your nose. [chuckles] Not your nipples.
If Mykelti wanted Kody here
even on, like, the screen.
If she wanted him here I would be 100% great with him being here.
Whatever she needs to have happen is what I'll make happen.
But, the fact that he's not here that's something that
Mykelti and Tony have decided on.
And that's nothing to do with me.
Like, I would never make that call.
[Robyn] It's tough letting your body take over.
[Mykelti] Yeah.
'Cause obviously my body wants to give me pain.
I mean, yes, I know there's some strange things
happening between Kody and Christine right now.
I just know that Christine wants to be here and present for Mykelti and so do I.
I hope that Kody and Christine can get this figured out.
It's not my business.
But, I'm just supposed to stay out of it, you know?
- [Mykelti breathing] - [Christine] Good.
[Midwife] Good.
Mykelti was in labor all day and no baby.
It's so depressing for her.
She's tired. She's just so tired.
And, it's just hard. But, nope. No baby yet.
[Mykelti moaning]
[Midwife] Thanks. I did this just for you Elizabeth.
[Mykelti moaning] Mommy!
Mykelti is working so hard right now.
But Tony is working equally hard.
Every time she goes into a contraction,
he is pushing and rubbing her back.
And she can't do a contraction without him.
[Christine] So, did a bunch of water gush out or just a pop?
- [Tony] Um, I heard some water spill into the bowl. - [Christine gasps]
- [Mykelti moans] - [Christine] This is amazing.
For your water to break on a toilet, that's pretty awesome.
That's a really good thing.
Water breaking is exactly what you want.
Because they really can move down.
So, her water broke and on the toilet,
and it's just progressing now.
It's just gonna progress. [squeals]
[Mykelti breathing rapidly]
[Tony] Hey, deep breaths. Deep breaths. Deep breaths.
Deep breaths. Slow.
Slow.
- [Christine] Good. - Slow.
- [Christine] Good.
- [Mykelti crying] - [Tony] She's coming.
This is starting to hurt Mykelti, I can tell.
As a mom you just wanna go, "I'll take it! I'll take it!" you know?
And we haven't even gotten to the really, really hard stuff.
I mean, we're just in the middle.
But, it's just, kind of, whoa this is a lot, so.
[Mykelti grunting]
[Midwife] Those are great sounds.
Honey, yes!
Yes, let's get her out.
Like, this is a home birth, no pain medication, anything like that.
She wants to do it just completely natural.
It's really hard watching your daughter in pain. It's really hard.
Watching a labor is really tough.
But, she's doing such a good job.
She's so amazing. And she wanted this home birth so bad.
But, there's not much I can do.
It's all on her really.
- Yes, that's means... - [Mykelti grunting]
Avalon's heartbeat just dropped.
Mykelti, look at me. Take a deep breath.
And push with everything you've got.
Everything.
[Christine] Get it out!
That cord was wrapped around her three or four times.
[Mykelti moaning]
- [moaning continues] - [Tony] Squeeze as hard as you need to.
- [Mykelti moaning] - [Christine] Good, yes!
You're bringing her head down here.
We're at the point where she just went through heavy transition.
Major transition and it was fast.
No. I can't even hold it back, this is very exciting.
- What! - Feels like she about an eight.
You're about an eight.
- I mean like seriously almost a 10. - What!
[assistant] An eight is as good as a 10, let's get you...
You're... It's as good, baby. She's coming so soon.
So, there's a couple of numbers in birth that you look for.
One is, like, effaced.
And one is, like, dilated.
So, you have to be at a 10. Like, the baby's head is usually 10 centimeters.
You move from, like, an eight to a 10 incredible fast.
It's just a couple contractions.
[Midwife] Yes. You're so close.
[Mykelti grunting]
It's hard to... [chuckles]
Mykelti's my baby.
And I know that she's Christine's baby first.
But, she is my baby.
And it's hard to see your baby in pain. [chuckles]
There you go, you're 10 centimeters.
[Christine] You're at a 10, honey.
- And I see the head. - [Tony] That's where you want it.
There's the head.
- [Christine] Good job. - Can you see the head?
Yeah. I saw her head.
I just saw her head.
[chuckles] It's crazy I...
We're holding her legs, and there's Avalon's head. It's right there.
It's so incredible.
Robyn, we can see, like, this much of her.
[Midwife] We saw that much head that time.
We saw this much head. [chuckles]
Everything's calmed down.
We're getting the baby's heartbeat,
so I've got a second and I took a picture with Tony's phone really quick.
I just wanna show Robyn.
Just so she knows as well.
And she knows exactly what encouragement or what point that we're at.
So she knows what to say and how to help.
[Robyn] You need to stop for a second,
wait for the next contraction.
- Get her out. - [Robyn] Okay, go.
Let's go. Come on, mamma.
The midwife has been constantly monitoring Avalon's heartbeat.
And Avalon's heartbeat just dropped.
- [Mykelti moaning] - [Tony] You're so close.
[Christine] Her head is out.
[Midwife] Mykelti,
there's a cord there, so I need you to push hard, okay?
That cord was wrapped around Avalon
like, three or four times.
[Midwife] Ready? Ready?
Deep breath and push.
Hard, hard, hard, hard.
Good. Again.
She's been pushing and the baby keeps on getting yo-yoed back up.
But that can't happen anymore, we can't get her heartbeat.
[Midwife] Again. Keep going, keep going, keep going.
- Again, keep going. - [Christine] Go, come on.
[Mykelti grunting]
It's scary, hearing that you lose a baby's heartbeat.
That was... It's terrifying.
Again.
Mykelti, look at me, take a deep breath.
And push with everything you've got.
Everything.
[Christine] Get it out.
- Come on. Come on, mamma. - [Mykelti moaning]
- Yes. Go. - [Midwife] Again.
[Christine] Her shoulders are out. Her shoulder's coming out.
[Tony] She's coming.
There we go. We got it.
Hello.
There's your baby.
[Mykelti] Hey, baby.
Hi.
Hello.
Hi, baby.
Oh, my God!
[Christine] So, Avalon Asa Padron is now born.
And, oh my gosh! She's beautiful.
They don't call it the miracle of life for nothing. [chuckles]
[heavy sigh]
[Midwife] She's a big girl.
- [Tony] Oh, my gosh. - [midwife] Look at her eyes, they're open.
I'm so proud of them, they're an incredible team.
[Mykelti] Robyn, I'm sorry you couldn't be here.
But, honestly, I'm so happy you were here for the whole time over Zoom.
It meant a lot. Like, seriously.
I wish I could've been there.
But, what I got to be a part of was just so special.
Even though she's not my biological kid, she's mine.
That's a blessing that I get 'cause of plural marriage. And I love that.
You know, I really, really love that.
I can't wait to see that baby in person. [chuckles]
- What! - Ten minutes.
[Christine] Is that it?
She pushed for 10 minutes, Robyn. Ten.
[Tony] Oh, she's got little eyes.
[Christine] Some people push for hours, love.
The actual pushing part was intense.
And fast.
And just... I don't remember it being that intense, ever.
Gosh!
She's just a force to be reckoned with.
So, Maddie's birth with Axel
she was in labor for, like, I don't know 60-some odd hours.
And it really was so phenomenally different than Maddie's birth with Evie.
And Mykelti's birth is just as different.
But, as far as being, like biological mom.
Watching Mykelti in pain was harder for me than watching Maddie in pain.
But, soon as Avalon was born it felt the same.
I don't know if the biological mom
makes a difference.
Come see her.
- She has so much hair. - Right!
[Tony] Mykelti did amazing.
She...
powered through it.
She endured.
It's pretty special.
Give me a kiss.
It's really one of the most humbling
things to watch in this life,
is, um, to watch your kids become parents.
It's so instantaneous.
And that baby's going to have the best parents.
I'm just excited for the rest of their adventure together.
[Kody] Next time on Sister Wives...
I'm telling my sister wives that I'm leaving Kody.
I was so worried this is what you were gonna talk about.
Yeah.
I'm not happy right now. I'm not happy with this situation.
I mean, how do we unravel something that's been together for this long?
There isn't an unraveling.
It's not that easy.
Come on you guys, can't we all just our heads out of our butts?
What about Truely?
I think Truely's gonna be fine.
She'll miss everybody, of course.
And it's gonna be hard taking her from Kody.
No, no, no, you can't take her from me.
Because we'll have to have a shared custody. It'll have to be 50/50.
Well, hell. He could've had 50/50 time with us the whole [bleep] time we lived here.