What helped you most

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To deal/tolerate the pain or tolerate it longer before opting for relief/pain meds? With my first baby I went until I was 4-5cm and I wasn’t able to tolerate the pain anymore.. I was miserable. I also was not encouraged to walk or move to get labor going. I got an emergency c section from getting Pitocin (without my knowledge) which made my daughters heart rate drop drastically over 4-5h that they had to act fast... so sad.. I will have my second babe in Germany (I was born here) and I will see my new OB next week. I hope she’ll support my planned VBAC ❤️😭

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Walking, squatting, being in a bath or shower, swaying with my husband, having my husband rub or push lightly in my lower back during contractions, having something to focus on (my husband would show me my ultrasound pictures during contractions), counting, singing, chanting, humming, using a peanut ball, using a yoga ball. Also look into natural birthing classes; hypnobirthing comes highly recommend, I just didn’t get the chance to take a class on it with my first.

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HypnoBabies! And counter pressure on my back when a contraction would swell. I had a painless birth!

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Movement helped me so much. I walked, sat on birthing ball and just kept moving during my whole labor both my unmedicated births. Get into a good mental state where you know you can do it !! Because you can 😉 Good luck xoxo

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With my first and second, water helped.  Third it wasn’t an option so I just focused on relaxing my body as much as possible through every contraction.

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First congrats on your pregnancy.I be delivered 3 babies n had 3 epidurals though the 3 rd one hit too high n my heart rate n babys heart rate were dropping so they had to shut it iff.I didnt habe a doula w #3 but if I dos I wouldve 'remembered' that I didnt want it n hiw I could handle it..my first labor was 26chrs of pitocin induction n my second was 15 hours ..not as bad but I had to sit  up alot bc the cord was wrapped..I wish I did yoga that time bc I knowing wouldve made a difference..All I can say is now doulas step trained in alot ofcplaces in the use of essential oils to help focus your attention on your strength n not on yr pain..and they do massage too.Birth is  o fun party but whatever we go through we get better each time.I only was in labor for 90 min w my 3rd baby but I didnt believe it was going to go this way.Prayers for U Keep us posted❤
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Did this happen to you in Germany? I’m living in Niedersachsen, planning a home birth though.

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