Wonderfully Made Midwifery

"I felt so present and aware of what my body was doing. I was still conversing with my husband and birth team between contractions, and for once l, I felt like birth wasn't something happening to me- I was the active participant experiencing in its fullness. My body's own contractions felt completely different from the chemically-induced contractions with my previous labors."

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"When I found myself being led upstairs to the birth tub, I was almost in disbelief of what was occurring. I thought there was no way I was this close to having my baby - surely there must still be a lot more painful labor to come before getting into the tub. I was fearful of getting into the water too early - but I trusted my birth team. Once the warm water wrapped around me, my contractions stalled. I didn't have a single contraction for nearly 30 minutes...."

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'Before I could make it to the living room, my contractions beckoned me to my hands and knees. I had planned to wake my husband peacefully, but here we were. All the commotion and labor sounds brought my hubby to my side as I begged for his strong hip squeezes and counter pressure. We staggered back across the wood floor together, step by step, surge by surge- we HAD to get to the phone to call our midwives. by the time we finally reached the phone...'

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'Endless position changes, counter pressure on my back, and a heating pad wrapped around my abdomen, I was hitting a wall. I asked for another cervical check by 8am, and no progression had been made, I was (still) 8cm with my baby not descending. My coping skills were out the window, and I couldn't have felt more defeated. I was asking to go into the hospital. I didn't want to do another contraction.......'

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