Submitted by Brenna.
Birth without fear is wording it perfectly. I gave birth to my son 10 days ago. I told myself going into the entire experience, “Don’t be afraid. God made our bodies to do this. You’re stronger than you know!”
31+ hours of active excruciating labor, throwing up the entire time with back labor 1/2 way through. But, I was able to follow my birth plan and go completely natural. It was the best decision I could have ever made. I wanted to truly experience what labor and birth had to offer, and although it was THE hardest thing I have ever gone through, I would do it 10 times over to feel what I felt seeing my son for the first time! So worth it!!
The pain is temporary for the greatest reward of your life! I want to thank this page for all the encouraging posts, amazing pictures of other brave mamas, and for empowering woman everywhere to birth without fear.
One Comment
Jess @ Along Came Cherry
My labour was in hospital and I ended up having all the drugs as I was so terrified and it had such a negative effect on my body, second time round I wanted to do things differently so I listened to a hypnobirthing CD and read lots of books. I wasn’t scared at all when it came to it and had the most amazing home birth without any drugs at all. I find it so sad now when I hear people say they are scared of it because that fear can really affect the outcome of the birth. I think programmes like One Born are to blame and I didn’t watch it at all during my pregnancy and haven’t since as it’s just not a good representation of birth I don’t think x