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When did you realize you were really in labor?
When my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart and everyone around me was telling me it was real. I even asked the nurse if my contractions were real.
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What was the most challenging thing about going natural?
Surrendering to my body. It knew what it was doing and I was just along for the ride and it was a little bit frightening bc I couldn’t stop it and just needed to trust and work with it.
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What was the most helpful thing you did to prepare for childbirth?
Surround myself with positive people who knew what I wanted. Taking the class to empower myself to know that I could do this.
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What surprised you about your birth?
How fast it went. They say second births are faster but from time I set foot into hospital to time she was born was less than an hour.
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Surround myself with positive people who knew what I wanted.
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What pain relief strategies worked best?
Really trying to focus on the fact that it wouldn’t last forever and to take it one contraction at a time. Also I kept telling myself that I was ok and I could do it.
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What position did you end up delivering in?
I ended up having a water birth. At first, I thought I would just use the tub for pain relief but baby wanted to come as soon as I got into the tub and I needed to push.
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How did it feel to hold your baby for the first time?
Amazing, relief, indescribable
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How did the Mama Natural Birth Class help you in your childbirth?
Gave me the knowledge and tools to know I could do this and to trust in myself.
