8cm and in awe- Woman shares her story of experiencing her dream natural birth
Post description: A Woman beautifully shares her birth story. From arriving at the hospital being 8cm dilated with waves of excitement and nervousness taking over, to finally holding little Laynlee in her hands. Calls it “The most empowering moment of her life.”
To my surprise, when I showed up I was 8cm dilated with a bulging bag of water!!!!!!!!!! WHAT I was shocked!!!! At this moment, I felt so proud of myself and knew my goal of having a natural delivery was so doable. Now, remember me saying I had back labor due to her position. Yeah, so I had some work ahead of me to get her to rotate. I cannot thank my mom, husband, amazing co-workers, and midwife for the constant encouragement, counter pressure, massaging, and just being there.
I labored in various positions, I found talking to myself and baby girl helped me too. I had worship music playing the whole time and it made me so emotional in a good way. I remember at one point, the song This Is Amazing Grace came on and I just cried happy tears that I was going to get to meet my daughter today.
I felt so calm and at peace my whole labor, which was a fear of mine through my pregnancy. I prayed constantly through my pregnancy for the Lord to give me peace and calmness in labor and He delivered. I felt so in control and knew each contraction had a purpose and my body was doing the work it needed to. Movement is key in labor while also balancing rest in between contractions. I found myself almost sleeping between contractions I felt so calm and no pain while resting.
It was finally time to push, I wanted to make sure I did not start too early and really wanted to listen to my body to ensure I did not tear bad. I pushed for about 30 minutes and actually enjoyed this stage because it gave me something to do besides just wanting to move. It was relieving to push against the pressure.
I reached down and felt her head as she crowned and I knew the moment I had waited my whole life for was so close. The last contraction came and we got to welcome Lynnlee Kay Voyles into the world.
The sweetest, best, most joyous moment of my life. I will never forget the feeling and emotions that flooded over me. I felt on top of the world. I fell in love with her. I was so grateful and thankful she was here and I got the labor and delivery experience that I had prayed for. 🤍