Birth Story Number Two
This is the story of an unmedicated, vaginal delivery, which capped off a planned and wanted pregnancy. I feel so grateful and fortunate to be telling this tale. I know many friends who have struggled/are struggling to get pregnant, are searching for a partner for the parenting journey, and who have had the heartbreaking experience of losing fetuses through miscarriages and babies during labor. I know my story won’t be for everyone to read. I want to share it because I love talking about pregnancy and labor and want to share my experience of unmedicated labor as it continues to constitute only about ~27% of births in this country. I feel immensely privileged to have had bodily autonomy in planning this pregnancy, that my partner and I were able to conceive, and that I was able to gestate and deliver a healthy baby. I know none of these are to be taken for granted. My doula shared a belief that labor and birth teach you what you need to know to be the parent you need to be for you...