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When did you realize you were really in labor?
I wasn't very sure when I lose the mucus plug and then my amniotic sag started leaking until the beginning of the contraction of which wasn't what I was expecting too. Mine was an excruciating shock wave pain on the lower back type of contraction and none on the uterus front.
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What was the most challenging thing about going natural?
The thoughts of not having ANY interventions especially the drugs and in the end, thank God I did it without any one of it.
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What was the most helpful thing you did to prepare for childbirth?
Being physically, mentally & spiritually prepared with Mama Natural book and the weekly online newsletters via Mamanatural.com. The second thing would be diligently sweat it out with prenatal yoga.
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What surprised you about your birth?
That contraction is not necessarily happen at the uterus area but could happen too, at the lower back. I'm also surprised to find myself delivered my baby in the end without any drugs and how smooth the dilation went.
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Stay active and positive at all time. Think it as a marathon that you need to achieve.
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What pain relief strategies worked best?
Affirmation, the simple words of encouragement by my husband next to me all the way and doing the butterfly flaps on my yoga mat during the first stage of labor.
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What position did you end up delivering in?
Semi-recline sitting up position on the hospital bed
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How did it feel to hold your baby for the first time?
Such euphoria and split second moment of greatest relief ever!
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What advice can you give to other mamas who want to go natural?
Stay active and positive at all time. Think it as a marathon that you need to achieve.
