Thinking back on my personal birthing experience seems easy to now since 6 years has gone by. When it was taking place I thought it was the worse pain I’ve ever felt in my life. It started out with me being induced a few weeks early, my water was broken manual by the doctor and it seemed to go down hill from that point. I went in with the idea that I would go natural but that went out if the window after the 4th contraction. Soon after receiving my epidural I was told that I could start pushing. I pushed maybe a good 10 times and he was out. I thought the worse part was over but I ended up losing a lot of blood in the recovery room and ended up have to get a blood transfusion. Overall it was hard task but the end result was amazing.
I choose to research how births happen in Africa and I ended finding a very interesting story about a lady who gave birth in a birthing pool. She talked about how relaxing it was to be in the warm water in her own home. Her husband was able to be in the pool with her, but the most amazing part was she got to be home so no 3 day hospital stay required!
I think being able to be in a comfortable and familiar environment was helpful for mom the go through the birthing process and less stressful on the baby to born in its own home. It didn’t have to be welcomed into a sterile environment with harsh lighting and loud noises.
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