When I wake up to baby's kicks and wiggles I say, "Good morning little one, today could be your birthday! Come on out!" It seems like she is listening because on Saturday she "dropped". This just means that the baby drops down into the pelvis signaling the body's preparation for labor and birth. The doctor said he wouldn't be surprised to see her within the next two weeks.
I can only describe myself this week as having tunnel vision. I'm completely focused on birth and the day we get to meet our little one. I'm surely driving everyone around me insane with my constant banter about labor and birth. But it's an exciting time for us and my body has had about all it can take of pregnancy now. I'm still hanging in there though and trying to remember that when the time is right, the baby will come.
As you all know I am choosing to have a natural birth using HypnoBirthing techniques. An important part of a HypnoBirth is releasing fear and staying calm and relaxed during the birthing process. I have found that watching a video which I originally saw in my birthing class of a woman birthing her child through hypnobirth has helped ease whatever anxiety I have had about birthing naturally.
As you all know I am choosing to have a natural birth using HypnoBirthing techniques. An important part of a HypnoBirth is releasing fear and staying calm and relaxed during the birthing process. I have found that watching a video which I originally saw in my birthing class of a woman birthing her child through hypnobirth has helped ease whatever anxiety I have had about birthing naturally.
I really believe that we need to start removing the negative connotations surrounding birthing and replace them with the reality that birth can be a physically challenging yet still positive experience. For that reason I have attached the video.
*****WARING****** This is a real live birth so be aware of that before you click on the link. If I had to rate this clip I would rate it pg-13 only because she breastfeeds her infant after it's born and you get a full view of that. That is the ONLY nudity in the clip though. If you have been curious about how I'm going to make it through birth without an epidural watch this video, it will change your life! Keep in mind that during the entire clip this woman is in the stage where most Hollywood movies portray women screaming and throwing things because of how much pain they're experiencing. See how calmly and serenely she manages the "pushing" stage, INCREDIBLE!
*****WARING****** This is a real live birth so be aware of that before you click on the link. If I had to rate this clip I would rate it pg-13 only because she breastfeeds her infant after it's born and you get a full view of that. That is the ONLY nudity in the clip though. If you have been curious about how I'm going to make it through birth without an epidural watch this video, it will change your life! Keep in mind that during the entire clip this woman is in the stage where most Hollywood movies portray women screaming and throwing things because of how much pain they're experiencing. See how calmly and serenely she manages the "pushing" stage, INCREDIBLE!
YAY! So EXCITING! Dont you just feel so releived now! The video clip is awesome...I sure wish they'd show those on TV instead of the junk they do. Are you going to record the birth?
ReplyDeleteSO relieved to have made it to a healthy baby! I can't wait to see her little face now. I really wanted to record the birth but since I decided against a doula (my insurance won't cover it) and I'm feeling like I'll need Kevin to talk me through it instead of record so maybe there will be a nice nurse who will do it....hopefully:) Are you recording yours?
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