There is no argument that the more support you having during pregnancy, labor and birth, and beyond... the better! Surrounding yourself with positive women with positive birth stories and supportive family and friends can seriously impact your experience in birth and your stepping into motherhood - whether it be your first, or your fifth time doing it!
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Okay. Hear me out! Although undisturbed, physiological, natural birth in low risk women is extremely safe, no matter how much planning and preparation you do for your birth - one fact remains... birth is unpredictable! There WILL be instances where birth does not go according to plan. There will be emergencies. There will be home to hospital transfers. There will be failed epidurals and precipitous labors.
There are few things in this world as special as giving birth at home and then crawling into your own bed to snuggle with your newborn baby. Since the moment I found out I was pregnant with our first baby, I dreamed of a homebirth. Circumstances didn't allow for that until our third baby, and when it finally did come to fruition, it was even more beautiful than I could have imagined!
You're pregnant?!? YAY! Now we get to have some FUUUUN! The first and (arguably) most important decision you'll make is where you want to birth your baby, because that will determine your options for which provider you can choose! You have three main options for where to birth your baby...
It's been 4 months since this day and I still don't have the proper words for what it meant to me.
I wasn't excited about this day... not like I had been for my previous two babies. Rozzi was 15 months old when Maverick was born. It was not planned for them to be so close together, and I struggled really badly during his pregnancy with the thoughts of "Man, I was so content with just these two girls. I really did not want to add in another new baby right now." I'm sure a lot of my feelings and emotions were exacerbated by my hormones and the difficulty of the pregnancy, but I did not really enjoy my pregnancy with him. I had both my girls at 40 weeks and 4 days. I had him at exactly 41 weeks. Those last few weeks were so hard. I was experiencing SPD and the pain was making sleep almost impossible. I was so resentful towards this poor sweet baby who I'd never even met yet, and who did absolutely nothing to deserve that. Physically I was in pain from such a hard pregnancy, emotionally I was in pain from being stretched so far so fast, and spiritually I was begging God to give me grace because I knew how badly I would need it. |
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