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Would you believe me if I told you my natural birthing experience as a first time mom was everything I wanted it to be? Well it's true, as unpredictable and scary as having a natural birth, with no medical interventions, can be scary especially for first time moms. BUT it's possible and in this video I'm sharing 10 of the most important tips for preparing for a natural childbirth, plus one bonus secret that will make your labor and delivery go much smoother and faster.
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labor can be scary especially for a
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first time expecting mom but what if i
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told you it doesn't have to be today i
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am sharing 10 extremely beneficial
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natural birthing tips that have helped
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me and other moms throughout their
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birthing experience
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[Music]
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hello and welcome to the vlog my name is
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kevin and today i've got 10 essential
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natural breaking tips to help you have a
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successful natural birth when i was
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pregnant with my son i was blessed to
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have learned so much information that
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made me confident and knowledgeable on
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what to expect going into labor with
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that information i was able to have a
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successful natural birth with no
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medicines or medical interventions and
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most importantly i absolutely loved my
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birthing experience and i know that is
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something that is normally unheard of
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but yes it's true it is possible to
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actually
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love and really appreciate your birthing
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experience with the right preparation
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and expectations and i know you can't
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always know
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what's going to happen during labor but
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what you can do is know typically how
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labor progresses what you can or should
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expect and be prepared for certain
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things if things does come up i have
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heard so many moms when they were
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pregnant tell me that they just want to
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have a natural birth and they're hoping
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they can have an extra birth and they're
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going to try to have a natural birth but
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they have been so discouraged based on
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things that they've been hearing from
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other women so before i go into these 10
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tips i want to say that it is extremely
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important to not necessarily ignore what
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other moms are saying but try not to
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compare what your birthing experience
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would be to what someone else's birthing
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experience was because even when i was
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pregnant i experienced the exact same
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thing i told people that i'm going to
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have a natural birth and some of the
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feedback that i received was mostly
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negative people telling me that it's
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easier said than done or they've tried
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it and it just wasn't possible or i'm
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saying that now but once i get into
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labor i'm going to change my mind and
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that was very discouraging especially
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since i was a first-time mom so i just
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want to say make sure that you kind of
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just zero out those negative
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distractions and make sure you focus on
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your goal focus on what it is that you
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want to do
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and don't compare it to what other moms
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have experienced because everyone's
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experience is going to be different i
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don't care what anybody says
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everyone's birthing experience is going
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to be different and you may even have a
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different birthing experience for every
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child that you have so even if you tried
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to have a natural birth or you wanted to
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have a natural birth with your last
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child and you're worried that this time
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it's not going to be possible remember
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that every birthing experience is going
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to be different and it's all about
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keeping your eye on the go and making
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sure that you provide yourself with
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enough encouragement and confidence
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going into your natural birthing
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experience so here are my 10 tips for
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how to have a successful natural
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birthing experience that will be safe
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for you and baby and that you will love
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my first tip is to create a natural
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birth plan having a natural birth plan
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not only gave me confidence but it also
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gave me something to look forward to it
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kind of made me feel like i had control
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over a very unpredictable labor because
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labor is unpredictable one of my biggest
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fears when i was pregnant about going
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into labor was having my water break and
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not knowing what to do and not having a
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plan once contractions started and keep
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in mind sometimes contractions will
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start before your water break and
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sometimes they will start after your
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water break you just never really know
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how it's going to go so that was my
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biggest fear so i think that when you
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create your birth plan make sure you
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figure out what your biggest fear and
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your biggest worry is and find a way to
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put that into your birthing plan create
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a plan for different scenarios that
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could occur for what your biggest fear
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is the point of a birthing plan is so
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that you can have a plan and know how
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you want things to go so that your
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support person that's going to be in
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labor can know how you want things to go
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and what to expect and so that you can
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also share that with your doctors your
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ob your midwives or whoever is going to
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be with you throughout your birthing
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experience your birthing plan can be as
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simple or as extravagant as you want it
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to be just make sure you actually have a
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plan because believe it or not many
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mamas don't actually make a plan they
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just know that their water is going to
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break and then once their water breaks
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they go to the hospital but there's so
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much more that goes into the labor
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experience and having a plan and knowing
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what to do what slavery gains helps to
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lower stress it helps you and other
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people around you to stay calm and these
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are both
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very important for helping labor
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progress as we all know that stressing
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yourself out and having people around
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you who are stressed can also put a lot
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of stress on your body and it can also
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put a lot of stress on the baby which
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can slow down labor so that it will not
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progress the way or as quickly as we
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want it to be so doing whatever you can
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to try and prepare as much as you can by
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creating a birthing plan can just help
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take away some of that anxiety some of
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that fear and some of that stress for
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both you
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and the people surrounding you if you
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don't know how to create a birthing plan
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i will leave a link down below in the
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description box on where you can go to
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create your own birthing plan i followed
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what to expect
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tips on writing a birthing plan my
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second natural birth tip is to take care
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of yourself and your diet throughout
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your pregnancy when your doctor hands
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you a booklet full of things to and not
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two eat and drink all of the medicines
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to throw away out of your medicine
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cabinet and a bunch of precautions to
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take throughout your pregnancy i know it
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can all be very overwhelming but i
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recommend following as many of those
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precautions as you can even the ones
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that are commonly said to be okay
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or fine to do based on others
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experiences and again i say this because
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every mama every pregnancy and every
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birth is going to be different so if
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you're giving a precaution that you
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should take i recommend you take that
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precaution if that is what your doctor
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is telling you over what another mom is
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telling you she did and it was just fine
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and she didn't have any complications
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because remember that your body is not
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the same as her body so take as many of
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those precautions as you can i know it's
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hard especially to cut out some of those
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things that we love so much for me it
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was crab legs because for some reason
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when i was pregnant i just wanted all of
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the seafood i wanted a ton of seafood
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but i couldn't have certain types of
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seafood that had mercury in it and one
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of those was crab legs and it bothered
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me so much but
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remember that it is all going to be for
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your precious little baby it's only
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temporary and when you have your healthy
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baby you're going to be happy that you
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took those precautions that you were
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told to take my third tip is to stay
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both active and hydrated throughout your
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entire pregnancy and throughout your
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birth and yes i know you have heard this
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before and it's tiring it's exhausting
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it's annoying it's difficult and i'm not
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recommending that you sign up for some
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pregnancy fitness class or pregnancy
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yoga or even do a 30 minute workout on
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youtube every day i am simply suggesting
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that you stay
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active like try not to sit in one spot
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every day and i know like in the
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beginning when you're first starting to
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feel those pregnancy
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symptoms like the nausea
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and the headaches and the exhaustion i
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know how hard it is to want to do
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anything except sit in one spout all day
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i am guilty for at least three weeks in
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my first trimester i don't think i left
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the house like i'm pretty sure i stayed
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in one spot most of the day and that's
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okay if you have to do so just like for
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a short period of time because you're
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not feeling good that's completely okay
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but just don't do that throughout your
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entire pregnancy you have a 40-week
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pregnancy so if you need to take a break
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and here and there you find yourself
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resting do so listen to your body
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because you do have to rest but if you
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can and if it is possible for you to be
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able to get up and move around and be
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active i do think you should do so maybe
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just walk around the house up and down
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the stairs a few times walk through the
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store and do some baby shopping or take
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a walk to your favorite park or local
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spot for me it was the ice cream parlor
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up the street talk about motivation like
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that was all the motivation i needed it
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was my favorite ice cream shop and it
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was right up the street it took me about
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five maybe ten minutes walking to get
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there only once i got bigger but it
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worked five minutes to go and get my
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favorite ice cream and that was a good
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way for me to stay active especially
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during my third trimester of pregnancy
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that worked so find what motivates you
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and find a way to stay active and just
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walk throughout the house walk up and
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down the stairs you know just be active
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in some type of way because it's going
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to help you it's going to help labor
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progress once you're in labor and it's
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going to help you to stay healthy
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throughout your pregnancy after 35 weeks
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pregnant 10 squats once or twice per day
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is helpful for getting to lower and hip
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circles are great too sometimes if i
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didn't want to stand for too long but i
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knew i wanted to you know get active and
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do some squats or some hip circles i
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would just do so on my pregnancy ball
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and guys i got my pregnancy ball for
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five and below it was just five dollars
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and i use it throughout my entire
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pregnancy and it worked wonders i was
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able to bounce up and down on the ball
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to help lower baby i wasn't going crazy
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it was just like a comfortable little
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bounce and do like a little rock and
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like swinging your hips and like hip
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circles these are all things that you
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can do on your pregnancy ball that helps
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you to stay active to help lower baby
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and so that you're not just sitting in
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one spot all day you can even sit on
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your birthing ball while you watch
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television and it actually in my opinion
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it kind of helps you to feel better
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because it can become uncomfortable just
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sitting in one spot all day long but
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again make sure you don't do any heavy
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you know fitness routines or any like
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squats until at least 35 weeks of
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pregnancy then it's okay to do a few
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squats here and there and those hip
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circles are going to be helpful as well
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my fourth natural birthing tip try not
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to lay back and recline too much during
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the ending of your pregnancy or
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throughout the birthing experience and
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you guys i know this is so hard
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especially when you're in labor but
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trust me on this one guys it is going to
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help a labor to progress so much more
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quickly of course there are still some
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complications that may have again
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because everyone is different and my
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experience won't be your experience but
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this one is definitely known to help
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so much and the crazy part about it is
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how ironic it is because a lot of the
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birthing experience or labor experiences
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that we hear about or that we have seen
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on television or from family members or
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other friends
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is kind of just sitting in that hospital
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bed leaning back relaxing with like
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pillows all up under your head and all
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up under your back with people massaging
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you and the massages yes they work but
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that whole just leaning back and
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relaxing experience it kind of doesn't
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really help to move labor along
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like you really are kind of just
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relaxing and maybe he's probably up
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there just chilling and relaxing too and
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it's like babies waiting and we're
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waiting and everyone's waiting for baby
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to show up but we're not doing anything
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to help labor progress you know and
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towards the end of the pregnancy mamas
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are always like you know i don't think
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this baby is coming out you know maybe
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it's comfortable and that's that's true
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baby is comfortable so i'm not saying
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make baby uncomfortable or even make
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mama uncomfortable but what i'm saying
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is that if you can find ways to help
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baby move down like if you just envision
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and picture your baby moving down into
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the birth canal and if you just picture
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and envision or take a look at like a
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picture of what the
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birth canal looks like there are ways
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that you can actually help your baby you
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know get head down into that perfect
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position sitting him straight or leaning
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forward and practicing the child's pose
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helps baby to get down into that perfect
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head down birthing position and it also
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relieves pressure on your back and
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lowers your chance of developing
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sciatica or back labor my fifth tip is
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to eat drink and rest plenty before you
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go into labor when you're getting close
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to the big day you definitely do not
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want to be
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hungry sleepy angry angry cranky you
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don't want to be any of those things
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when it's time for the big day because
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you need all of your energy to help you
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deliver that beautiful baby try to get
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in as many hours of sleep as possible
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being tired can cause you to want to
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throw in the towel too soon during labor
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you're going to need all of your
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strength you ever heard mama tell you
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like i was doing so good and i didn't
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have any payments and i didn't get the
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epidural and then like after waiting so
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long i just got tired and i couldn't
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take it anymore and i was just like
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bring me all the drugs well
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yeah that happens like i remember about
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i don't know two to three hours into
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labor i was so tired you guys and i just
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kept saying like i'm tired i'm so tired
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because
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i was so tired i worked a lot throughout
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my pregnancy i didn't stop working until
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i want to say maybe days before i went
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into labor i worked in a dance studio up
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until my second trimester of pregnancy
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and throughout my second trimester and
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into my third trimester of pregnancy i
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worked in an office and then towards the
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end of my pregnancy i was working inside
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a hair salon so
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i was kind of tired
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but i had a really great support team
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that did not let me give up they knew
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what the goal was for me they knew what
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my birthing plan was i gave them my
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birthing plan we discussed my writing
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plan they knew what i wanted just as bad
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as i knew what i wanted so they didn't
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let me give up i didn't let myself give
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up i just kept picturing baby moving
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down into the birthing canal and i just
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kept picturing and thinking up and
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remembering what the goal was and i
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caught pushing forward but if you can
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try to get a lot of sleep and make sure
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that you're eating well resting well and
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sleeping well before the big day if
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you're at 38 weeks then it's time if
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you're at 37 weeks then it's time so
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right when you get into that last month
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you know try to get some sleep because
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you never know when it's gonna happen be
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sure to aim for energy boosting foods
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and plenty of water instead of fast food
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and greasy food those will only make you
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even more tired and when you're packing
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that labor back obviously they're going
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to have water you know at the hospital
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and i don't know every hospital is
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different i was able to eat and drink at
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the birthing center while i was in labor
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but i didn't want to i didn't want to
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eat anything i didn't want to drink
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anything but everyone is different so if
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you like to like snack on peanuts and
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you want to take some gatorade with you
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to give you a little extra hydration and
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a little bit more energy while you're in
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labor then definitely do so discuss it
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with your midwives and see if that's
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something that's doable and try it out
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you may actually want to eat something
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or drink something while you're in labor
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and if you can do so make sure that it
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is going to help you keep up your energy
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levels and your nutrition levels natural
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birthing tip number six is to hire a
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doula or birthing coach i did not have a
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doula although i did want one i met with
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three different doulas and they were
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awesome they were amazing and even
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though they weren't with me throughout
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the labor experience they gave me a ton
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of helpful information and tips going
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into labor doulas are there to support
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mama before
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during and after labor they are very
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experienced and knowledgeable about
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hospital and birthing center procedures
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and they will even come to your home if
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you're planning a home birth their job
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is to work one-on-one with you and your
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family to help you create a birthing
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plan that is tailored to your and your
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baby's needs to find a doula or birthing
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coach you can contact the hospital or
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birthing center where you're going to be
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having your baby at and they should have
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a list of doulas or birthing coaches
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available or some that they may
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recommend otherwise you can check online
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and just search for it and i'll also be
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sure to leave a link in the description
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box below what i had was something
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called a maternal infant health
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supporter so they were actually free to
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me because of my medical insurance and
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they actually reached out to me after my
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birthing center referred me over to them
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and oh my gosh this woman was like
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absolutely
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amazing my maternal infant health
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supporter her name was mary and she was
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an absolute gem to me she was a doula
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and midwife and a breastfeeding
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lactation consultant and she just
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provided me with a lot of support and
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encouragement she came to visit me every
17:59
two weeks before i went into labor and
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after i had my baby she came to visit me
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every two weeks within the first two
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months and then every month up until my
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baby was one years old so make sure you
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check with your health insurance company
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or your birthing center to see if maybe
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a maternal infant health supporter can
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be covered under your health plan as
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well because she was absolutely amazing
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so if you can i recommend hiring a doula
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a birthing coach or checking to see if
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you can get a maternal infant health
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supporter tip number seven is to attend
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a natural birthing class at your
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birthing center or hospital where you
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will be delivering your baby birthing
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class is actually mandatory at the
18:41
birthing center that i gave birth to but
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my husband and i received so
18:46
much information that i felt confident
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enough to not even need a doula going
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into the labor experience birthing
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classes will teach you and your partner
18:55
what to expect during labor how to
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prepare for labor positions and exercise
19:00
tips and demonstration different pain
19:02
relief as well as possible interventions
19:05
we were also given the chance to learn
19:07
about hypnobirthing hypnobirthing helped
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us to really visualize what we wanted
19:13
our birthing experience to be like but i
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definitely recommend that you at least
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take one birthing class we took about
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five i believed about a month before we
19:23
went into labor and they were extremely
19:25
helpful it helped my husband to kind of
19:28
get involved in the birthing experience
19:30
before labor even began so if you're
19:34
worried that your partner is going to
19:36
get there and not know what to do if
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you're worried that he's going to be
19:39
nervous or squeamish or not know what to
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do and not be very helpful then
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attending a few birthing classes before
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labor will help him to kind of just get
19:48
into the mood because as a mama
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obviously we've been in the moon we have
19:53
spent the past eight months pregnant but
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for men and for the father it could be a
19:58
little different for them so going to
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that birthing class helps them learn how
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to
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give you those massages that you're
20:04
going to need those pressure points that
20:06
are going to help you
20:08
really give you the support that you
20:09
need the encouragement that you need and
20:11
help them to also know what to expect
20:14
going into labor but going to those
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birthing classes really helped eliminate
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a lot of that fear and kind of just gave
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me an idea of what to expect and what to
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do tip number eight is to utilize
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support and resources there is so much
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information and so many resources
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available to expectant moms now that i
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think you should try to take advantage
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of most of them all of them as many as
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you can so a good place to start is to
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call your insurance provider and your
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birthing center or hospital and see what
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resources they have to offer and then
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you can also look some up online or
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speak with other mamas that you may know
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to see what are some of the things that
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they did when they were pregnant some of
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the helpful resources and support
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systems that they utilized aside from
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receiving our maternal infant health
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supporter completely free on our health
21:03
insurance we also attended a free baby
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safety class a free car seat safety
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class and we even received a free
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pack-and-play a free car seat for our
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baby some water testers to make sure
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that like the water temperatures in the
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home aren't too hot air quality testers
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there are so many things that you don't
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even think of or so many things that you
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do think of and worry about when you're
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pregnant so just attending some of those
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classes that may be completely free to
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you if you just contact your hospital or
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birthing center will help you to again
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eliminate some of that anxiety some of
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that fear and just kind of gives you a
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really big boost in confidence you know
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makes you feel like you know what you're
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doing so that you have that confidence
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with you when you go into labor and even
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after once you take your baby home aside
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from third-party resources it's also
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really important to have a surrounding
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support system in terms of people like
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friends or family having someone to talk
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to helps calm some of the nervousness
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anticipation confusion and fear that
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comes with being a first-time mom so
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reach out to your friends not
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necessarily always for advice especially
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if they're going to be discouraging you
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from from having the natural birth that
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you want to have but more so just being
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an ear someone to listen to you vent
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about some of the things that you're
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worried about you know and if they do
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have some good advice to offer them that
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is great as well but it's important that
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you get it out get all of that anxiety
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nervousness all that fear just get it
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out put it out on the table so that you
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don't take that into the birthing
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experience with you even though more
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people are leaning towards natural birth
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now it can still be scary so it's really
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important that you go into it with all
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the confidence and all of the readiness
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and all the preparation tip number nine
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is to stay positive having negative
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thoughts about birthing and labor can
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really your experience again
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people can tell you so many negative
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things without even trying they will
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tell you that you're crazy for choosing
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to have a natural bird they will tell
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you that your crazy for not wanting to
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use any medication they will tell you
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stories of how they too wanted to have a
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natural birth but couldn't do so because
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the pain was so unbearable and you will
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feel discouraged from all of those
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people around you who do not believe in
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you and this will make you go into labor
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with the wrong mindset so it is
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important that you
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believe in you and surround yourself
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with people who also believe in you
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try to stay positive as much as possible
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think happy thoughts think positivity
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think of your baby let go of all the
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negativity because it is very much
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possible you can do it you can have a
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natural birth it is
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possible with the right confidence
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knowledge and support you can succeed at
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having a natural birth tip number 10 is
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to drink raspberry leaf tea now before
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you take my advice and follow this tip
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be sure to speak with your midwife or
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your ob
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before you do this but i recommend this
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tea if it is your first pregnancy you're
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not at risk for preterm labor you are
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past 37 weeks pregnant and you received
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approval from your doctor raspberry tea
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is beneficial in strengthening the
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uterine wall which makes contractions
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more progressive and shortens labor
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duration i had two to three cups of
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raspberry leaf tea the day before i went
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into labor and i believe it helped a lot
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so ask your obstetrician or midwife
24:34
about raspberry lately so there you have
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it my 10 tips on how to prepare for a
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natural birth and now i have one more
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extra tip that i want to share with you
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guys for when you're actually in labor
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and during the birthing experience of
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all of the natural birthing tips that
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i've shared
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this one is my absolute favorite and it
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is for once contractions start my bonus
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tip is try to sit upright through the
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contractions and throughout the entire
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labor
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if you can and i know i mentioned this
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earlier but you will want to do this
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when you are in a traditional hospital
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labor room they'll normally have your
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bed reclined back for more comfort but
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it does not help progress anything
25:20
leaning back and reclining will help to
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slow down your contractions which are
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really great if you just want to take a
25:27
break from the intensity but again it
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doesn't help to progress anything so try
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not to
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lean back very often and try not to take
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too many of those reclining breaks if
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you want your contractions to be more
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helpful more beneficial and more
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progressive so if you want to get it
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over with keep the contractions coming
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by sitting upright leaning slightly
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forward and try not to slouch or sit in
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a recliner instead try walking around
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sitting on a birthing ball and don't
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forget to breathe through your
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contractions utilize pain relief
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techniques such as warm water warm
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showers and various massage techniques
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to lower your stress levels and keep
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your blood pressure even but most
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importantly
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believe in yourself and your body and
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that is all i have for you guys today
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those are my 10 tips plus my one bonus
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tip on how to have a successful natural
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birthing experience if you found these
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