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When did you realize you were really in labor?
When my contractions were 1 minute apart
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What was the most challenging thing about going natural?
Getting blood tests and scan ready in case we needed to transfer in an emergency
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What was the most helpful thing you did to prepare for childbirth?
Knowing the stages of labor. Understanding my job as a mother and the role of my baby during childbirth
Knowing that I am able to birth my baby naturally without medical intervention
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What surprised you about your birth?
The size of my WAPF nourished placenta that weighed 1.5 kg... it took an hour and 15 minutes to expel it
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Every woman should know that she is created to birth naturally. She and her baby do not need doctors and pharmaceuticals to birth her baby. She has a choice to birth the way she chooses. She can and must protect herself and her baby from unnecessary interventions. More and more women are choosing to birth naturally. It is a life changing experience!!
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What pain relief strategies worked best?
Relaxation and breathing... I had no pain, would describe it as an uncomfortable pressure
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What position did you end up delivering in?
Hands and knees over pillows
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How did it feel to hold your baby for the first time?
Incredible... I felt like I reached the summit of Mount Everest
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What advice can you give to other mamas who want to go natural?
It is so worth it. During my appointments to have my blood tests and ecograph scan done I was aware of how I was just another pregnant Mama. I am so proud to have experienced a unique childbirth of my unique baby!
Having had a natural no pain medication but induced hospital birth with my son, and now a natural home birth with my daughter I will NEVER again have a hospital birth. It was so relaxing, stress free, my baby was responsive and connected. Even though I had a posterior baby and we worked hard for 8 hours I never felt any fear or pain, a feeling of being hurried, a feeling that I could not do it, or a feeling that I needed help. It was a life changing and empowering experience I will never forget.
Every woman should know that she is created to birth naturally. She and her baby do not need doctors and pharmaceuticals to birth her baby. She has a choice to birth the way she chooses. She can and must protect herself and her baby from unnecessary interventions. More and more women are choosing to birth naturally. It is a life changing experience!!
