But after being eight days overdue I scheduled a labor inducing massage and I just happened to have a midwife appointment right after. I also walked a lot and bounced on my exercise ball. Even then I would just try nipple stimulation (TMI anyone?) when I started having contractions to see if that would help strengthen the contractions I was already having. I really didn't try things to induce labor until after I was a week overdue. I loved that mentality, so I made my best effort to create that same mindset. The same friend that had a water birth (she is such a birth warrior, seriously!) said she wasn't worrying about her due date or stressing herself out trying to induce labor, she said with her last baby she just sat back and let her body do its thing. The difference is that "practice labor" stops and gives your body a rest before starting again in a day or two. There's nothing "false" about it your body is actually in labor (contractions are pushing down and slowly opening the cervix preparing itself for a shorter, more efficient labor). Turns out that practice labor is good and normal. I had been having practice labor for weeks and I was SO READY. My mom came a couple days after my due date, and I was sure the baby would come. My due date was on Labor Day (September 4, 2017). But after hearing a friend's experience (thanks, Julie!) I was more open to it, and after doing some reading and research I was determined to do it! I didn't even consider it with my first two. Before Theo I thought that water births were gross. I also decided to try a water birth this time. The doctor said he went through their qualifications and equipment lists and felt very good about it. But I told him yes and he said "My wife had two of our three babies at home, we loved it!" Turned out they had the same midwives as I did. He looked at me and said "Did you have a homebirth?" I was nervous to answer because the medical community isn't known for being pro-homebirth. When Sawyer had his head injury a couple years ago he was being stitched up by a doctor as the children's hospital when I mentioned my midwife. If you don't know about my midwives, please read Calvin's birth story because it is worth learning more about Certified Nurse Midwives. But I didn't know if this one would be the same. Calvin's was beautiful and "uneventful" as far as complications. We prayed very hard about it, because I feel that each woman and birth is unique. You can probably tell how much a third child has rocked my world.Īaron and I decided to have another home birth. Calvin's was a little over a week, and Theo's took six months. I literally had Sawyer's birth story written in less than a week.
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