My super quick natural birth story

equinus

Better late then never. This board and reading the birth stories were such an inspiration for me before I gave birth to my DD. She was born the day before Thanksgiving, and is now 5 months and amazing!  I have been meaning to post this for months, but the time has gotten away from me.

My story is posted here at my Bradley instructors website:

https://www.naturalbirthtampa.com/ivy.htm

My labor was quick and intense. Warning it is very long and detailed.

AmsterdamMa*am

that is such a wild and beautiful story- thank you for sharing!

erpetdoc

Bored at the veterinary ER tonight...and just happened upon your story.  Kudos on your natural birth!  :-) 

There are quite a few veterinarians on TB!  (I hang out on Parenting After a Loss mostly, with another veterinarian, and there are 2 on PgAL, too!)

CaseBride

Thanks for sharing, and congrats!!

vstevens

Thank you for sharing.

I'm super impressed at the way you stood up to your doctor - sounds like you advocated for yourself really effectively. I hope I can do the same!

shellycollelo

"I told him my water had broken, and that I wasn't having contractions yet, so I figured I should bake!"

 LOL! That part made me laugh!

 Thank you for sharing your wonderful story!

mcatmay

What a gorgeous and beautiful story!!! I'm a veterinarian too, wanting to go natural as well - i hope i have your relaxed attitude when i go through this with my LO! Congratulations!

equinus

I didn't realize there were so many veterinarians on the bump! I am an equine vet:)  I really think taking the Bradley classes helped me stay so relaxed through the whole thing, I don't think I ended up utilizing the relaxation techniques so much during the actual labor, but just knowing exactly what was going on really helped me stay relaxed.

I have already told my husband that baby # 2 will be born at home, I really don't want to be in transition in the car again