What is something you should’ve told yourself during pregnancy/should’ve done for an easy delivery?!

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What is something you should’ve told yourself during pregnancy/ should’ve done for an easy labor?? I’m 23 weeks pregnant and would love to hear your ladies comments!

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I wish I had planned better for a c section. Thankfully I’m easy going, so when they took me in for the c section I didn’t totally panic. But we had only planned for a vaginal delivery. In packing, my husband taking time off work, I didn’t have anyone to help me once I got home and mentally.

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I honestly don't have any regrets from my pregnancy. But the biggest things I'm so glad I did (and what I recommend others do) was continuing to work out 5 days a week and eating super clean. My health is always my top priority and during my pregnancy I made sure to keep it my top priority at all times. Keeping myself healthy helped so much in allowing me to have a smooth and easy pregnancy, labor, delivery and recovery. I also strongly recommend a prenatal yoga class (especially if you don't typically work out and want to get yourself active a bit). Anyone can take a prenatal yoga class and they're so helpful in strengthening the muscles needed for childbirth. My instructor also provided us with so many amazing resources for motherhood and pregnancy and we had access to some amazing doulas and midwives as well. And it allowed me to spend time with other mamas who we're also expecting little ones. I loved it! A lot of hospitals also have birthing classes and things like that too, but I never did any of them. Don't regret it either haha there's nothing that's going to truly prepare you for labor because everyone's labor is so different. But keeping my body in shape really helped to lessen the burden (? I'm not sure that's the word I'm looking for haha) on my body.

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Perennial massage. I didn't do it consistently and ended up with a level 4 tear. My friend did do it consistently and didn't tear, her baby was a whole pound bigger than mine.

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not worry as much. 
I mean ofc it ain't gonna be comfortable and it does hurt and the ring of fire (omg) butttttt it was no way near as bad as what i thought, what I read, what I was told, what I seen. I mean this is just my experience and I think I was lucky; contractions 22 hours, active labour for 1.5 hours and pushing for 5minutes (literally). No pain meds at all and I didn't tear.  I'm now pregnant with Di/Di twins due in September, my experience this time will be totally different but I'm still hoping I can have a vaginal birth with no pain mess and all my docs & nurses are saying so far so good for that! 
Good luck & try to relax and enjoy! ✨

What is something you should’ve told yourself during pregnancy/should’ve done for an easy delivery?!

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