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When did you realize you were really in labor?
When I didn't get any breaks in my contractions.
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What was the most challenging thing about going natural?
The pain but I had a precipitous labor which was a blessing & a curse at the same time.
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What was the most helpful thing you did to prepare for childbirth?
Reading.
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What surprised you about your birth?
I was dead set on having an epidural but after a failed first try of receiving an epidural & by the time I was getting a second epidural, it was too late, the baby was crowing & I had him naturally without any pain relief.
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I felt that I was holding the strongest person in the world since he was born premature.
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What pain relief strategies worked best?
Praying it would be over.
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What position did you end up delivering in?
On my back but I delivered him myself with the help of my doctor. I reached down & grabbed him myself and put him on my belly.
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How did it feel to hold your baby for the first time?
Wonderful, I felt that I was holding the strongest person in the world since he was born premature.
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What advice can you give to other mamas who want to go natural?
That it's possible and you can do it! If I could do it so can you. The pain is temporary and as soon as the baby is born, you'll instantly be pain free.
