AT HOME, NATURAL BIRTH STORY
My husband and I have off from work every Monday and Tuesday. It was Monday, May 8th, I was 38+6 and I was so ready to meet my son and become a mom. My husband and I walked most of the day, we went on a hike, we had sex, I bounced on my birthing ball, I had eaten pineapple. We were trying everything to get things going! I hadn't lost my mucus plug or had any bloody show at all. I had no signs of labor. The next morning I went to my midwife for my 39 week appointment. She checked me to see where I was at. She said that all the walking and hiking did a lot because I was 4 cm dilated and 80% effaced! I was so excited! My midwife told me that I could go into labor any moment now! I went home and started doing some laundry and get everything prepared for my home birth. I was home for about two hours when I started to have contractions. An hour went by and they started to get closer together and more painful. I let my midwife know and she came to my house right away. I labored on my yoga ball while my midwife set up the birthing tub. My husband was amazing the entire time. He massaged me and would get me anything I needed. When the tub was set up, I got in to see if anything would speed up. My midwife checked me again and I was at 5 cm dilated. My midwife decided to break my water and after that the contractions became very painful. I got out of the tub because I was getting really hot. I continued to have hard contractions for another hour until I was ready to push. I got back into the tub and pushed for about 30 minutes. My baby boy was born at 6:49. He was 6 lbs 12 oz. I had the most amazing experience having an at home, natural birth. Even though I didn't know what I was doing since he was my first, I let my body do its thing. It's amazing what our bodies can do! When I was pregnant, I had SO MANY women ask me why I would ever choose to have a baby at home or they would ask me if I was so scared something would go wrong. Women would share horror stories with me regarding home births. They would make me doubt my decision but I am so glad I did it. I highly recommend it for LOW RISK women.
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