My Birth Story + Advice for Expecting Blind Moms | Blind Mom Series

In this video I’m talking about my childbirth experience from labor and delivery to postpartum recovery. I touch on specifics of giving birth as a blind person, and offer advice to other expecting blind moms.

[@marienhornyak1941]

Thank you for your openness. Your story brought me back to when I had my first baby 24 years ago ❤️. My blindness has given me two kids who are kind, patient, non judgmental, and helpful ❤️. Enjoy your little one; they do grow up way too fast. ❤

[@CaylawithaC]

I know it. It’s going so fast already

[@darquequeen]

Congratulations again to you and Ethan on the arrival of your beautiful daughter. 💕🩷

[@CaylawithaC]

Thank you so much!

[@BoysAreSmellyo]

Way to go, superhero Cayla!

[@MerilifeMerikahaniyan]

Yes I also suffering from retinitis pigmentosa and sharing my own story now I am a young girl

[@BlindGirlCan]

Amen 🩷 Amen 🩷 Amen 💞 Love you and love this video! Thank you for normalizing the difficulty in bonding after baby is born. Thank you for sharing the good and the bad. Thank you for speaking on so many aspects of childbirth. Unfortunately, I didn’t do enough research and was very blindsided. No pun intended, by a lot that happened to me. Awesome suggestions to really know and trust your OB and to hire a Doula if possible. Even with the greatest of husbands, it is hard for them to be husband, father to be, and advocate at the same time. If we are blessed with another, I will definitely have a Doula and make sure my OB is much more trustworthy. You spoke on so many great points! Thank you again for sharing your story! 🩷 Looking forward to future episodes! You are amazing momma!

[@CaylawithaC]

Thank you so much for this comment!! When I was making my notes for this video I hesitated on if it was even worth making, so this comment means a lot ❤️

[@ramblingmillennial1560]

Sounds like you've got a great husband there! So glad he was there for you when you needed some help and needed time to recover.

[@CaylawithaC]

Thank you! He really is the best

[@ginajohnson168]

Congratulations !!

[@peanutpablo9596]

Me: not a blind mom, nor do I ever plan on being a blind mom, because I'm a guy also me: watches the entire video start to finish

[@CaylawithaC]

I love that!

[@dorottyakacser-varga3607]

Even though I’m sighted, I had a similar experience as you when they put my girl on my chest. I mostly remember the ‘fishy’ feeling. 😅 I needed MONTHS to be able to bond with her. And since we know her exact condition, I was able to close that chapter of my life and now we are best buddies. ❤

[@asecretcourtofcrowsandcloc4084]

Best wishes to you and your family

[@sethbied5043]

Now you are rising a baby please tell me you day by day live is like. What is the hardest part of being blind mom.

[@CaylawithaC]

I will definitely add those to my list of video topics

[@ShesRell]

Did you or are you dealing with any postpartum?

[@CaylawithaC]

Yes I did. I plan to talk about it in a future video

[@collegegoingSGvlogs]

Nice

[@Jordan-gc3qg]

Hi, I’m 23. One day I would like to have a child on my own. I’ve been looking at videos of blind moms because I am blind and I want to know what it’s like and this is the first video that I found.

[@english_bae]

Very informative thank you for sharing Cayla❤we are loving the content

[@MerilifeMerikahaniyan]

I also share my stories on my own KZbin channel like you dear I am also suffering from Retinitis Pigmentosa

[@xanthippikipou2531]

I am so proud of you that you were not anxious and you tolerated the pain, for me every time I give birth I get super anxious although I have experienced it before so well done brave mommy, you are the best❤❤❤ Also my first time giving birth I was as exhausted as you can describe and I couldn't feel the magic of the moment too, it's natural, we love them more every day that goes by, that's the important thing💓💓

[@rabrubaker296]

Thanks so much for sharing. Your hair looks so healthy and vibrant! I love the shade of color!

[@CaylawithaC]

Aw thank you so much! It’s my natural color, and I can’t see what it looks like, so that’s nice to hear

[@tomhocutt2013]

But did the gross stuff smell?

[@CaylawithaC]

Not that I noticed. My baby did have an odd smell though. It wasn’t gross, just odd