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When did you realize you were really in labor?
When I couldn't lie in the bed and labor any longer. I had to get up and move around.
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What was the most challenging thing about going natural?
Staying on top of the pain of the contractions that were coming back to back.
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What was the most helpful thing you did to prepare for childbirth?
Walk, drink red raspberry leaf tea, listen to birth affirmations, and read birth stories
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What surprised you about your birth?
How fast it went! My contractions started about 10 pm and my baby was born at 3:20 am. And how pushing wasn't as painful or as scary as I thought it would be.
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Believe that you can! And drink the red raspberry leaf tea!!
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What pain relief strategies worked best?
My husband applying counter pressure to my back and hip squeezes.
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What position did you end up delivering in?
Semi lying on my back.
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How did it feel to hold your baby for the first time?
Amazing! I couldn't believe I got my VBAC and I was finally holding my baby.
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What advice can you give to other mamas who want to go natural?
Believe that you can! And drink the red raspberry leaf tea!!
