Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves Show Off Baby Levi

Another surprise made it's way into the delivery as well, as the birth Camila and Matthew had planned on fell apart, bit by bit. Camila, who wanted a natural birth without medication, "found a great rhythm" initially, Matthew says. "Contractions started kicking in. I sat there with her, right between her legs. We got tribal on it, we danced to it! I was DJ-ing this Brazilian music. We were jamming!"

Things quickly picked up from there, as the contractions became stronger and more frequent. "[Camila] was sweating. No painkiller, let's go. She just clicked into that gear that only a woman has at a time like this," Matthew explained. "We'd been up for 40-something hours, and we went from dead tired to a really steadfast, 'Let's handle this… let's stay in the rhythm. Don't let the contraction be more than you.'"

Click 'Continue Reading' to learn more about Camila's emergency c-section, who Levi looks like, and Matthew's diary keeping.

Despite Camila's best efforts and Matthew's support, the couple ended up approving a late-stage epidural as an attempt to lower stress on the baby, because the umbilical cord was being compressed with each large contraction. Trying to avoid a c-section delivery, Camila's ob/gyn undertook a vacuum extraction, which failed as well. At this point, Matthew explains, he and Camila, 25, realized the delivery would be taking a different direction.

This is where I learned — and no one tells you this — but having a baby is a bloody, pukey, sweaty, primeval thing! And I mean that as a beautiful thing. It is wild. But the vacuum didn't work, and the doctor said, 'C-section.'

After bringing Camila into the operating room, Levi was delivered quickly, with Matthew being the first to hold him and cut the cord while doctors worked on the Brazilian model. Recording the proceedings in a diary as or just after they happened, the 38-year-old actor is happy to "have it all chronicled." Matthew shared that "becoming a dad is something I've dreamed of doing since I was 10. Becoming a father felt very, very natural."

Now that Levi is here and Camila is recovering, the couple have taken to dealing with more pressing matters -- such as which parent their little boy resembles! Camila revealed, "Everybody thinks he looks like me because of the hair and skin tone. I think he looks more like Matthew every day." Dad agrees, explaining, "I've pulled out some baby pictures of myself, and the resemblance is amazing."

This kid has a lot to learn from us. I want him to come out being a little wiser, a little cooler and a little happier than we are.

Source: OK!