Can't relate to the burst of energy 😅 literally cant keep my eyes open at 38 weeks. Mucus plug is gone and tonnnns of lightening and pressure though.

My homebirths are under 2-3 hours and I'm pregnant again: HERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO: Go have a Massage. A real one! Where they get rid of your muscle knots. IT FUCKING HURTS. Your first instinct is to hold your breath. But keep beating like you would during labor. Imagine that you are willing to relax that muscle that is being tortured. It's hard, i know. Everything tells you to tense up. Try to relax. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS. The more you fight it the longer it takes😬

This video was so encouraging to me just a few days before my home birth experience. Thank you!

Unmedicated?😂now this is how you call the natural birth. Here in romania there is no epidural fashion,like in the US ,if ewerithing is normal you dont get enithing ,ewen for a litle oxigen you have to scream,faint,or who knows,but they don't give you nothing from start

After my open abdominal fibroid removal last year : coughing and going to the bathroom 1/2 was the worst😖 the pillow in front helped quite a bit and it’s the sneeze and coughing. Nothing helped in bathroom had to brace myself. Oh boy, I’m in for it come June but that’s for the tips Also walking is a must. I had laparoscopic bariatric surgery and was walking 4 hrs after surgery nice and slow in the hall. After my myomectomy open abdominal I actually don’t remember doing my walk; it helmet more than rearranging my internal abdominal organs. Actually had horrible gas/spasm pains with the fibroid surgery 😢 it was a night mare

Love the comb idea for deflecting pain 💕

Title should be "how to cope through labor"

You're a lifesaver for this and the postpartum depression video! I've never even been pregnant but this was still amazing to hear for the future, thank you for your work and knowledge

Jesus himself invented the epidural, I'm sure!

Had sex 5 weeks after my CS and now i feel pain on my abdomen and the c section area what fo i do?

I had my first baby last week at 38 weeks. I asked for no epidural, labored for 9 hours and got him out after 4-5 pushes. He's 7lbs, 50cm. No words can describe how excruciating the entire labor was 🥴 I can say yoga helped me so much-didn't just prepare me physically but also mentally.

I'm 37 weeks 3days and I need to get induction

Thank You soo much for teaching us this thing we need to know

Thanks a lot for this..This looks like my story... I wasn't able to make anyone understand what exactly happened, but even I had a chemical pragnancy this Dec 2024. I am gonna send this video to everyone... Thanks..

Your content is so helpful! As an expecting non-binary pregnant person, I really appreciate the gender inclusive language you use in your videos. I feel included and welcome here. Thank you!💖✨

I mean, dentists use to pull teeth without Freezing agents. I'm GLAD that Freezing agents were invented !

But WHY would a woman not have an epidural if it reduces the pain ???

After C section delivery, my wife did not have breast milk, so I ordered Mamicon syrup and capsules from Flipkart and her milk started increasing in 2 days❤🎉😊

1. Never seen that disney character EVER. 2 I would still consider that bag huuge😅

I love how im seeing videos like this AFTER doing a non-epidural labor😂😂

I think I had this with my first one although it was a bit more than 3 hours. I was induced with prostaglandin and no one wanted to believe me that I'm it a ton of pain. Now I'm about to be induced with my second one and I'm absolutely terrified that this will happen again. :(

Doctor is forcing baby out next weekend if he doesn’t come on his own. The hospital and staff are lovely, but I’m praying he arrives on his own beforehand. This was really helpful-many other videos I’ve watched have just made me feel anxious; you just made me feel like it’s not as scary and I’ve got this.

This is so helpful. I am fascinated by labor and have done so much research, yet a lot of this info was new to me. I’ve also been in the hospital for an induction, and no one ever told me any of this. Thankfully my baby decided to come on her own before the induction process was started.

Wow, that ”you can’t fail labor” hit deep. Thank you, I really needed to hear that. ❤️

Amazing video! I'm 41 weeks pregnant. So glad I found this before my second planned unmedicated homebirth 😊

My L&D nurses were my heroes! My OB did awesome, but if I get to visit my hospital again, I want to find and hug my L&D nurse!

Had an unsuccessful TOLAC 2 years ago; due with baby #3 next spring- trying again and hopeful! Baby 1 was OP, water broke and naively went into hospital excited but prior to contractions beginning (hindsight would’ve stayed home overnight at least). 2 full nights laboring and Pitocin …never progressed past 9 cm. C-section was traumatic! Baby #2 (new facility) was breach- successful ECV at just over 37 weeks. Still never properly descended. Tried foley balloon induction at 41 weeks (midwife was willing to wait longer to see if natural labor would start- wish I had’ve just been patient!). Another 3 day labor- worse contractions and never dilated at all. At least C-section was much less traumatic. Currently Getting ready to start spinning babies, especially when I hit 3rd trimester; thinking about starting tomorrow, though, as I just started vacation (24.5 weeks) Or at least doing some 2nd trimester workout videos. Thanks for the info and encouragement! never tried a fan or twinkle lights & want to. Cheers!

If I only had people in the room that I feel comfortable being naked in front of, the doctors and nurses wouldn't be there either, but that's not really an option. I'm only allowing my husband as non medical staff. Luckily, my family is very understanding and accepting of this.

I am due with my first in less 6 days. My doctor wants to induce if she doesn't come on her own, so either way, less than a week, I am having my baby girl. I plan on doing it naturally. Great time for me to come across this video!

I’m having so much anxiety about the process, but your video was so, so calming and informative. Thank you so much.

I'm 20 weeks and getting my 4th c-section in May. The 1St one was terrifying (emergency) my ob even said she was scared she had already lost the baby. 2nd one (planned) was so much better. My 3rd was by far the best, by day 7 i was off all pain meds and almost completely back to normal. Also didn't have any visitors that time. The worst part of a c-section is getting the spinal but it doesn't take long at all and before you know it they'll have your partner with you and are ready to begin. For me i won't allow any visitors until I'm up and walking around again. Good luck. It really isn't as bad as people make it out to be.

I’m 38 weeks and my pelvic floor is hurting bad i feel my bladder being terribly pushed.

Nurse Zabe do you work at Martha Jefferson because I’m delivering there in march ?!

17:35 i had twins. I had pitocin induction, and they amped up the pitocin to the highest. Didn’t have an epidural yet, but I felt no pain. But I went in at 4-5 cm, (had preterm labor scare, and was sitting at 3 cm for 2 months.) But it stalled and they went over the limit of pitocin. Then they were like “let’s break the water,” and then they said “if you want an epidural, now is the time,” That was a time for an epidural, because I went from 0-100.

This! 🙌🏻 thank you for this video. Im 38 weeks and have been petrified of labor and the whole process. This puts me more at ease 🙏🏻

I'm being induced on Monday 12-16 due to high BP & even though it will be my 4th baby, it will be my first induction. Thank you so much for this info.

😢😢😢agree

In breech babies, many women report experiencing prodromal labor! Myself included! (With baby no. 3!)

I was 5cm when I got the epidural, I wasn’t planning on it but I had no idea how painful contractions really are. All the meditating and breath work I learned went right out the window, but I’m still proud of how my labor went ❤ baby girl is now 2 weeks old and it feels so good to finally have her in my arms

It hurt soooooo bad I thought I was in labor 😂 my whole body felt paralyzed, woke up to that calf cramp and moved the wrong way and it got worse 😭I laid still for like two minutes my cat tapped my wrist to see if I was okay

What about C-section scar massage to prepare for VBAC? Is that effective? Does anyone have stories that they are able to share about this?

This was so helpful!!! Thank you so much!!!

You are adorable!

I hated every bit of it

Not pregnant yet (will be soon), but I `ve had a terrible infection down there, that made it very painful to both pee and poop. I thought I am such a weak crybaby for being afraid to use the toilet, that only I`m so spolied to be afraid of something so natural and that everyone goes trough it at some point, and nobody knows because it`s not a big deal, I`m just scared and weak, but this video makes me be more at peace with myself, understanding that there are other people that also suffer from the so-called "fear of pushing out (FOPO)". Hells, the fact that it even got named makes me happy and more at ease :D. I love this video, I love how informative and easy to understand it is. Also, the sence of humour is amazing :D Loved every second of it! ^-^

I just experienced an early pregnancy loss. I was 5 weeks 1 day and it was not planned. My husband and I are nowhere near ready to welcome a little bundle of joy(just married and both early 20s), so he was super relieved when it happened. However, despite it being unplanned I have been going through a whirlwind of emotions that come in waves. At some moments, I feel relief and gratitude to know that it wasn’t our time, since we want to give our baby the best life possible and not a life full of living paycheck to paycheck. Other moments(right now especially since it is still very fresh), I am feeling immense sadness and frustration towards my body. I am still young, but this was my second miscarriage. Both were not planned, which I know were probably blessings in disguise, but I just can’t help but feel inadequate. I feel very sad; I got my first and final positive test during the loss, and of course I was terrified but also a part of me excited. It was the faintest line, to the point where it almost could pass as ‘line eyes’, but it was there. The next test I took that following morning was negative. It’s hard though because my husband wants us to keep it a secret, my suspicion so his parents and family don’t find out, but all I want to do is talk to my mom about it. My best friend knows it happened and also was there when I took that one test, but I just want my mom. I get why he doesn’t want anyone to know and I respect it, but man it’s hard. I think I’m in shock today as well because it finished yesterday, and today it just feels like it was all a dream. Like it never happened but I’m just riddled with this grief over a now intangible thing that was presented to us. Sorry for this being so long, I just wanted to get all of that out.

Thank you so much for your videos and especially for this one. I was feeling nausea during my first labour. I didn’t know it was normal.

Apparently, these can be from lack of magnesium.

Love this!!! Very informative thank you so much!!

I'm prepping for a scheduled C-section with my second, and I'm so glad I came back to watch this video again (saw it in prep for my first, ended up with a vaginal birth). With my first I learned that my anatomy really requires me to sit upright to breastfeed, so after watching this just now I bought a MBF pillow despite already owning a Boppy. It's important to me that I can establish a good breastfeeding relationship with my second baby for her health; and knowing the challenges that C-section mamas tend to have with breastfeeding, also knowing what I know now about my own milk production, it was worth the investment to me. I'm not going to "wait and see," I'm going to do what is best for my own recovery this time!