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my all natural birth story

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Hello ladies! I gave birth to my beautiful daughter Kinley Adele on January 16th, 2012. (Martin Luther King Day!) My entire pregnancy I told myself and everyone else I would be doing this all natural- no medications, no epidural. Well of course, no one believed I would succeed. In fact, no one really encouraged me or said, "you can do it!" So today, I wanted to tell my story and give hope for all you soon to be moms and say YES YOU CAN!!!

 Being my first child, everyone said..."oh just wait until you feel this pain, you'll be screaming for an epidural!" Or, "your crazy girl, why would you want that?!" Im here to tell you first and foremost that it is the most unbelievable experience I've ever had in my life and I wouldn't have done ANYTHING different. The feelings and emotions you have after delivering is the most accomplished feeling I've ever felt. And now, looking down at my baby girl sitting on my lap as I type, she was totally 100% worth it.

 Ok, lets get down to the details. I was due January 10th 2012. On my due date, I was dilated around 3 and was 75% effaced. My doctor scheduled an induction for the 16th, but he assured me I wouldn't make it. ....Well I did. This made me very nervous because like all you ladies, I always came to the bump.com to look for other stories/advice and everything I read said things like "pitocin with no epidural is cruel punishment." Everyone says that pitocin causes the contractions to be way more intense. Being my first child, I don't know any different. (My next child, I will wait for natural labor to inform everyone on the difference.) Anyway, the pain is 100% manageable. Yes, it hurts. Yes, it feels like nothing I have ever felt before in my life. But all you have to tell yourself is, this is natural pain, Im suppose to be feeling this. Nothing is wrong with me and I didn't do anything wrong to bring on this pain. It's Gods way of bringing that precious bundle of joy in the world. I will say a strong support group is a must. My boyfriend was amazing! I was very nervous having him be my support person because hes very laid back and I figured he probably would just be freaked out and not be any help. HE WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MAN. Without him I say without a doubt I probably wouldn't have made it. During every contraction he supported my back, whispered in my ear encouraging words, and would always correct me if I was breathing wrong. Another huge help was the Jacuzzi tub. I labored in that probably 4 hrs. (BTW my labor from start to finish was 9hrs) I didn't feel any pain until 3 hrs into it (when the doctor broke my water the pain was almost immediate.)

 I didn't follow any of the breathing techniques I had learned, I just took a deep breath in, and released...over and over. In between contractions I swear I would fall asleep for that 30 sec break. Your body is in a different state I swear. I would look at the clock one minute and it was 2pm, then a minute later it was 4pm. Finally, around 6:15 I started to vomit, and that's when the nurse called the doctor and said I was ready to push. The pushing is almost a relieve. During the contractions your so focused on pushing that you don't really notice the pain anymore. You just realize that, "wow, all day they have said she will be here soon, anytime now" but now, that's really a reality in your mind. They say to push like your pooping...and That's how I pushed. I was sooo nervous about pooping while pushing but honestly, I don't see how you can't.

My doctor gave me an option of an episiotomy or natural tear. I told her to do whatever she thought best, she cut me. I didn't even feel it and that was the part I was really nervous about hurting bad. Then she said, "the ring of fire is coming!" I honestly didn't feel that either. Your emotions are so crazy about getting the baby out that your just pushing with all your might knowing she's coming out anytime now. And honestly, I was terrified I would have went through all this hard work and then had to get a c-section or something. Good thing that didn't happen! Anyway, I could go on and on and give every little detail...but Ive typed so much already! If anyone has any questions about any details, let me know. Id be happy to answer any of them. Thank you for your time, and good luck!!

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