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When did you realize you were really in labor?
When I video called my sister and she told me! I had to hear her say it to believe it.
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What was the most challenging thing about going natural?
Some awful comments by people who thought I was crazy was the worst part of having a home birth. Someone actually asked me what a midwife was!
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What was the most helpful thing you did to prepare for childbirth?
I made a list of all the essential oils I wanted to use and why or when during labor. For example: Lemongrass-please use when Mom is depleted. Then I posted it on the wall next to a shelf that hadn’t those particular oils on it. My midwife didn’t hesitate to jump in and use whatever was necessary all throughout my birth.
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What surprised you about your birth?
Birth was completely out of my cognitive understanding. Without ever feeling out of control or scared I labored and then gave birth to my girl. I had always heard of women crying for pain meds or to go to the hospital during transition but I didn’t. I must have known with every cell in my body that this was the best place for me. I never could fully comprehend during each moment exactly how it was all happening. It just did, my body didn’t need my brain to catch up. It just did the work!
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These amazing women were all with me and helping me to give birth to my little girl. I cannot wait to show her what powerful women were surrounding her as she came to rest in my arms.
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What pain relief strategies worked best?
For me, I labored mostly in a tall squat while leaning on my table or on my knees leaning on my couch. I just kept finding a position that worked and stuck with it until it didn’t work for me anymore.
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What position did you end up delivering in?
Laying on my right side.
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How did it feel to hold your baby for the first time?
Unreal, I think we both just clung to eachother in complete shock!
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What advice can you give to other mamas who want to go natural?
Have strong, sweet women around you that you trust. This picture shows me just before I pushed my little lady out. I was resting between pushing and my husband took this photo. It’s me laying on the bed and my midwives and my chiropractor are sitting around me. It was a calm moment right before the climax and there they all were, sitting around me telling me how amazing I was. It makes me tear up thinking of it. It was such a powerful photo for me to look back on. These amazing women were all with me and helping me to give birth to my little girl. I cannot wait to show her what powerful women were surrounding her as she came to rest in my arms.
