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(via mayumiharris)

We hope you enjoy the visual story of the unassisted home birth our 5th child/1st daughter. I am a non working RN and former midwifery student. I had to unlearn all of my training as a professional, while tapping into my innate ability as a WOMAN to give birth to this beautiful soul. We did our own prenatal care which was common sense care…healthy eating, low stress, herbal teas…blah blah blah. We had no testing down during or before the birth. We did not check for dilation nor track progress, as our little lotus flower was destined to come on her own time. We remained in an upright position the entire labor, as gravity is a birthing mother’s friend. It also facilitated the baby’s own removal of mucous when she was born (it all came out her mouth as she came out). thus, there was no need for the invasive suctioning. I did not have someone telling me when and how to push. As Lotus and I danced, I knew at the moment that she knew, that it was time to push. After 2 pushes she crowned, I felt the intense “ring of fire”, one more natural push and her head was out. Last push….we had a baby! We did not capture the actual delivery…it was either Daddy grabs the camcorder or catch the baby, as she began crowning the moment we realize the camcorder was off. Because of this type of pushing, I did not tear. We also did a partial lotus birth, where you refrain from severing the umbilical cord. We weighed our baby at the post office. She has not and will not visit the pediatrician unless there is a need, and vaccines ARE NOT a need!!!! Our baby was not poked and prodded under some one size fits all system. This birth came after 3 hospital epidural VBACS. So the experience was intense!!! If we should ever get preggos again, we would do it all over, just the same.

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