I took my class online through Hypnobabies: www.hypnobabies-store.com/?ref-hyp=shaylachristine If you're interested in getting on the email list for updated blog posts please hop on here: mailchi.mp/b220ee310651/guidesignup I also wrote a blog post about it: living.blog/2020/07/09/my-hypnobirthing-birth-story/
I had 4 babies (all back labor, 9+ lbs., all natural) and l never had that mushy gushy “I’m in love” moment as soon as they were born. I was too exhausted to appreciate what just happened. It took months, maybe a year to get over the trauma of my first birth and really love my baby. He’s 39 now and I kinda like him.
I appreciate this so much. You sound like my mom, who I know loves me endlessly…but she just kind of likes me 😂😂 but I mostly appreciate the honestly with the exhaustion and not having an immediate love. Birth is a lot. Hormones are a lot.
Lol that last bit cracked me up 🤣 you sound like my granny when she told me she's glad I had an epidural to make up for generations of women in our family who didn't have that option 🤣 we both had sunny side up babies with back labor. She had 3 kids, I'm on #2 😅
Im so happy you said it can take a while to feel that connection with your baby. For a month I thought something was wrong with me because I didnt feel this beautiful bond everyone talks about right after delivery. I wish someone told me it was normal and I wasnt an awful mom for it... I spent over a month crying, starring at my daughter thinking I wasnt meant to be a mom.. 1 year later and we are best friends and shes my world. IT IS NORMAL. IT IS OKAY.
It's so cool because everything you were asking for, delayed cord clamping, skin to skin, delayed body washing, etc., are standard practice for my hospital! The labor and delivery liaison said that if hospitals are following scientific research then they should be doing everything that way too. I'm so excited to be giving birth again, so I'm really enjoying hearing people's birthing stories!
I’m 3 weeks away from having my first baby, and tell me why this is the best L&D video I’ve ever seen, you got me sobbing and laughing all at the same time 😂❤
I am 34 weeks and have listened to a lot of birth stories. This is hands down the one I resonate with the most. Sounds like we are right on par with how we want/wanted it to go. Hoping with all my heart that I have a similar experience to you! Also ‘No Seth, this is transition’ - I’ve never laughed or gone back and watched a part of any birth story before. You have made my day 😂 👏🏼 I feel like I can do this because of you 👍🏽
Stop that actually makes me emotional!!!!! Girl you can do this, you were made for this! Let your body do its thing! Sending you all the calm and positive labor vibes! Also dm me on IG when you have your baby and let me know!
I am 39 weeks 2 days and this story was the exact one I needed to hear!! I love that you said you were open to an epidural if you needed it to progress but wasn't your first choice and you never felt like you needed one. I am holding on to that tightly! :)
I don’t recognize you but I know you’re mine was exactly how I felt for weeks, maybe months... it’s like having to make a new friend but also feeling that intense responsibility to keep that new friend safe and healthy.
It makes me so happy to see people talking shamelessly about not having that instant connection to baby. I remember being pregnant with my daughter and talking to her the whole time she was in my belly and feeling so connected. And then she came out and I was like who the hell are you 😂 of course the connection came. 2.5 years in and it's still developing more and more every day 💖
You are the best. I love how real you are about it all. You are so right about people not saying anything about it if glossing it all over. Even my closest friends. 🤨😕😆 I WANNA KNOW!! Lol Thank you, thank you, thank you.
This was one of the best birthing videos I’ve seen and I’ve seen a bunch. Just love seeing mom’s giving life to a human. My 2nd child was born from start of the first contraction to his first breath in less than 4 hours. Kept saying “I can’t believe I have a baby” over and over again. Like I didn’t know before he was born. 😂 Enjoy every moment. It goes fast! ❤️
I rarely comment on videos. I’m 7 months pregnant with first baby dreading labor and you just gave me so much PEACE❤️❤️❤️. I just laughed, smiled, and relaxed. Thanks girl 😆😘
Best delivery Story I’ve heard in 50 years!!!!! Listening to you tell about your delivery was better than watching a video! And it’s real, down to earth true. I know I’m late but, congratulations.
How your contractions started was exactly how my entire labor went. I didn’t feel any Braxton Hicks and I didn’t feel any contractions. I didn’t even feel anything until I was 8cm and even at that point it was only pressure. I only felt pressure the entire time. My shaking didn’t start until my baby was already out.
This is so refreshing!! Childbirth is a beautiful natural process and, in my opinion, it has been made so “medical” I love that you went inside yourself, focused so hard, and delivered your baby! Beautiful!!
omg yes yes yes on what you said about a fog being lifted after delivering. I think I had my eyes closed from like 6cm until delivery and suddenly after he was born I was like dang I didn't even know the room looked like this 😂
This video is so real, and I love it! I gave birth 5 weeks ago, and you hit on all the thoughts I had, which is so nice to hear from someone else. So many feels for "right after birth I don't think I can do this again. 3 months later, yeah! I can!"
Currently binge-watching all your videos related to pregnancy and birth as I'm pregnant with my first and I'm enjoying it so much 😂 You are the perfect blend of "hippie granola" and down-to-earth with a sense of humor. It actually makes me more excited about this journey haha!
My experience was so similar! Especially the moment when she was born and i really got to meet her.. i expected her to be familiar, but she was not.. i started feeling a true connection and love the moment she started to intentionally smile at me.. before i thought she would not mind if it was me or a nurse taking care of her..
Living On A One Way Thanks for talking about this so frankly! I do that too in my circle of friends, because I thought if inever have one friend who felt the same, at least she would know she’s not alone. You are doing us all a huge service with your platform! Much love from Canada! I subscribed after this video! ☺️
I felt like that with 2 of my three babies. "Ok, I guess your mine and I will take care of you. I do not recognize you, you feel like a stranger that I am inclined to care for. You look nothing like I expected. I did just push you out, I know because I was there..."
I lost my baby 3 weeks ago when we were over the moon at 18 weeks pregnancy. I was planning hypnobirthing and my friend had recommended this video that I didn't get to watch back then. I'm surprised I was able to watch this now and enjoy your experience. Thank you for such an honest and fun description.
You are one of the few out there that can narrate and hold my interest the entire time. Your sense of humor and out look is so refreshing and uplifting! Thank you. Coming up on 6 1/2 months along, and I'm doing everything I can to prepare, stay calm, and move forward. Your words and advice has been a Game. Changer. God bless ❤️
Yassss 🙌 finally a down to earth, detailed AND positive natural birth story, thanks so much for sharing. I’m due in 5 days and I always wonder why woman can’t go into details with their birth. I’m always like, wellll, what happened?! This is my 2nd baby and I’m hoping to not use epidural this time, wish me luck. Thank you mama!
Right?! What happened in there!!! 😂😂 You’ve got this!!! Relax relax relax let your body and baby do it’s thing. Someone recently told me they “breathed baby down” instead of intense pushing and said sometimes she even didn’t feel like pushing and that allowed the baby to reposition a bit! 🤯
I love that you tell the truth about everything I’ve never seen such a honest labor and delivery video I’m 25weeks now and I’m hoping for an unmedikated hypmobirth
This is the most honest and real recounting of labor and delivery I have scene. Your right not enough people talk about what it is really like. Not just the medical milestones but also the emotional and mental moments throughout. The lifting of a fog after baby is born, the falling asleep between contractions...100%. It is a full body experience like no other. The mental piece is also. Your brain is so involved with the process that thinking isn’t an easy task. What’s crazy is that after the labor and delivery, you remember it but you don’t. My kids are 7 and 3 and I still look at them and think, how did you get here? I remember them being born and can recount all the nuances of those days but it feels like an out of body experience like I was in the room and watching it happen. It’s hard to describe. It’s what experienced mama’s say “you remember it but you don’t”. It’s that fog. The intense experience almost puts the mind into a state of consciousness that you don’t experience otherwise. And the whole, “hi baby, but I don’t know you” is so true and I think people need to know that. I think so many people go into this thinking they will have an instant bond and are saddened or stressed when they don’t have that experience. It can take time to get to know them and that’s ok. News flash...kids continue to change as they grow so this “I don’t know you” thing happens throughout childhood. There will be moments of tight bonding and moments with less. Just keep loving them and doing whatever they need in the moment to grow. Great job mama!
When I had my twins (where I live you automatically deliver multiples in the OR) they had me lay flat on my back, my legs in large stirrups that were the length of my legs, strapped my legs in and told me to grab my thighs like I'm doing a crunch and push. I was like wtf I didn't do crunches before I got pregnant how am I gonna do a crunch now? GTFOH.
Currently 36 weeks was watching positive natural birthing videos and came across your channel. Now a subscriber, cause girl your’re my people. I’ve binged watched various videos of yours while nesting and throwing those thumbs up because more people should know what’s up. Congrats on your new LO and thanks for the vibes you bring to the world.
Wow! Honestly? I am all over birthing videos right now and so far I have not been able to listen to an entire story that was just told... Except yours! You told it quickly and to the point and on top of it in a very funny and relatable way. I know I am a few years late, but that was interesting to hear. Congratulations to baby girl!
I just stumbled across your channel and I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. I felt every single bit of this down to the tip toes of my soul. Im currently 31 weeks with #4 and I can relate to all of this. Congratulations and baby is beautiful!
So true about the feeling of constipation- before I knew I was at a 10 and ready to push, I begged for a bedpan and tried apologizing for needing to pee or poop on their bed.....nope, that was a baby coming out 🤦🏻♀️
OMG!! you have just verbalized SO MANY of my L&D feelings!!! The Fog being lifted, the knowing it is your child, but literally not recognizing them and it's the weirdest thing in the world!!
I have not given birth yet but I know what you mean when you say “I know that your mine but I don’t recognize you”.. I feel my son everyday and I know I love him in ways I cannot explain. But I do not know who he is, I Imagine all the time what he will be like; and I think people like you and I allow so much space for our children to flourish that we are patient to wait and to see, and be amazed by them.
I just gave birth to my second son on Aug. 4, 2020..and literally like 5 minutes after he was born I looked at my husband and said, “another?” He laughed and said let’s wait a bit lol But I understand the feeling of not being connected to baby right away. It happened with my first son. I knew he was mine and I was protective of him but I didn’t feel that “unconditional” love that some mamas feel right when they see their babies. It took me a few months to get to know my first son and fall in love with him.
Loved this. The no nonsense story. The gory bits, the weird emotions. Perfect. So much better than the plinky plonky music with the perfect birth stuff. Thank you
Not only was this kinda relieving for me but also hilarious. I'm 21, almost 22 weeks and labor and child birth have been so mortifying to think about but this made me feel better lol
Shayla, this is so strange. Just had my son (first kid) on 9/15. I watched this video before I gave birth to help mentally prepare for labor, along with about a million other unmedicated birth videos. Just watched yours again today, and realized I had almost an identical birth experience to you. Like, from beginning to end: labor starting and stopping, intense back labor, things progressing super quickly once you got to the hospital, hypnobirthing, no epidural, only pushing for 20 minutes, his hand being up by his face during birth requiring a lot of stitching...pretty much all of it. Almost makes me feel like watching your video and using it to mentally prepare helped me manifest the same birth story, lol. Anyway, thank you so much for sharing your story. It was nice to re-watch this and reflect on my own experience today to process what a wild ride labor and delivery is 💙
This is probably the most relatable birth story I’ve watched, thank you! I’m 36 wks and getting geared up for labor. STM and I’m freaking out bc I know what it was like so I know how much it hurts but I loved hearing your husband snack and coffee stories bc honestly thats gonna be my husband. Every birth story I’ve watched husband is like 150% ready to go and I’m like umm my husband is gonna be like babe I’m hungry LOL
This was my first time watching a video by you and I loved it. I'm 37+5 right now and getting through it via TH-cam videos telling me what to expect. I subscribed and turned on notifications. Your humor and editing is my fav.
Omg so close!!!!!! Yay!! You’ll do great let your body do it’s thang! Stoked let me know if you have any questions (because maybe they’ll make good videos too haha
Gosh I love you and your story telling! I am currently 39+2 and want this baby OUT 😄 doing all the things... and will try Hypnobirthing too! Congrats again on your baby girl ❤️
Hypnobirthing is the best. I listened to it leading up to my birth every night. Practiced my breathing and practiced different birthing positions with my partner. So my labour started 18th June 2020 at 5am every two minute apart consistently. My sister came to keep my two sons at my house. Arrived hospital 7.15am got checked and I was 8cm dilated and gave birth 7.55am. It was quick and natural no medicine plus I gave birth in the water pool. Made videos in between my contractions for my boys and updated family members. Seriously best birth. I can honestly say the pain was manageable and I could breath through it. Only time I felt pressure and pain is when baby head was coming out and I made moaning sounds. My midwife started her shift 7.30am came to me and literally was there for my birth which was amazing. I was anxious of CoVid hospital experience but because I opted for birth centre (midwife led unit) it was amazing and smooth. I had a baby girl.
36 weeks and this was the first L&D story I have watched fully because I was so intrigued about everything. I hope my L&D goes like yours! I have alot of the same wishes and just the way you describe and explained certain things made me feel so much better about giving birth. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing - loved hearing your story :) I'm due to have my first (a boy) in November and I feel like we have very similar values and want the same things for our pregnancy/birth, so it's comforting to see your story. Glad to hear that everything went well! Would definitely love to see more videos on hypnobirthing and any other techniques and tips you have for l&d. Congratulations to you and Seth!
AHHH congrats!!!! I wrote a blog all about it Labor and Delivery prep but don't judge the writing... this is why I do videos! haha! living.blog/2020/08/04/labor-delivery-prep/ I also started an email list for blogs/videos if you want to hop on that! mailchi.mp/b220ee310651/guidesignup
I also delivered unmedicated in a hospital using hypnobirthing techniques, it was so helpful! I remember telling the nurse to check me after transition and she was amazed I was fully dilated! I joked around between pushing if the anesthesiologist was there yet to give me my epidural haha. The nurse was hilarious, went along with it.
When I was pregnant and in labor with my first son, I told my husband we need to leave for the hospital right now. He says “okay let me make some eggs and do the dishes first.” And that’s what he did 😂 it was great and worked out well. Was 7cm by the time we got there and had a natural healthy baby
I can really relate to the fog you kind of enter when transition starts and theres no clarity until baby is out and then youre suddenly more aware of everything. Ive had 5 babies, expecting my 6th. 3 out of the 5 were unmedicated and one of those unmedicated labors was a pitocin induction.
I've had 3 babies and I'm about to have my fourth. I came across your video because I'm studying hypnobirthing. I had all three natural births but I'd like to help more with my pain management this time. I just wanted to say I totally relate to the weird brain fog of labor. Every single baby it's like once you have the baby in your arms your like present all of a sudden. So weird , could never explain it. ❤ love it I know this video is old but just had to add that.😊
Loved this video. I’m doing Hypnobirthing and am due September 20th! This was a much more encouraging birth story and loved how it wasn’t like other birthing videos talking about “raw unmediated birth” with a screaming mom on the thumbnail! Great job mama! I hope I can stick with the Hypnobirthing during labor.
I always found the fog lifting to be soooo wild. Like, I had a complete out of body experience with my son and even then once he was born, the pain disappeared and reality SLAMMED back onto me. One second I was in a dream and the next I was cuddling my new baby. It's insane.
You are great! I didn’t hypnobabies and almost had my first baby at home on the bathroom floor. Really hurt, not gonna lie but I could relax. Just eyes closed and shut everybody out and had that baby.
“No Seth, this is transition 😶” Dedddd 😂😂😂😂 thank you for the laugh out loud! I’m only 9 weeks along but I am watching all of your videos from prepping for birth to maintaining relationship with your partner when baby is here. I am loving all of it and thank you so much for your knowledge and content!
So happy for you. Currently five months pregnant hysterically laughing with tears at 11:58 at night while I lay on my partners chest.. he keeps asking what’s wrong 😂😂😂 This video gave me so much peace, thank you!
I’m so glad I found your videos for real. Seriously the only thing I have found so far that feels so completely where I’m at with wanting natural but practical and funny info/advice. 🙏🏼 Congrats!
Thank you for sharing your birthing story. I am preparing for my second round of this (L&D as well as hypnobabies) and this brings me much comfort. I also didn't have a strong attachment for awhile with my first child but eventually the notion "he is MINE!" settled in :) I appreciate your candor.
Congrats! She's beautiful. Love how you told your story. Great editing. Super funny ( "I forgot the ice coffee ." - the face ) and so much info. This is by far my favorite birthing story ever.Thanks for sharing.
thank you so much for normalizing labor i am really nervous , my first baby and i dont know what to expect . its either a horror story or a beautiful thing and they never give details of what happened so thank you so much
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THANK YOU for a candid, helpful birth story. As a future mom, I want to look forward to having kids and birthing and everything, but we hear way too much negative that it makes it really scary sometimes. Thank you for sharing!
I’ve never seen any of your videos but this video made me so much less nervous about giving birth for the first time in February! I subscribed immediately. Your honesty is much appreciated and I can’t wait to follow you on your journey of raising your little girl.
Just found your channel and love your blunt truth! So glad you decided to come back to earth. Please keep your pregnancy, birth & baby videos coming. Xx
I love this! Your honesty is a breath of fresh air. I have 4 and I did feel the connection with all as soon as they got my chest, but I have many friends that it took time, and that’s ok!!!!!! You’ve got a beautiful family ❤️❤️❤️
Omg your video just mad my day 🤣😂 my husband and I have 8 grown children and oct 14th 2021 our 10th grandbaby was born. Our youngest daughter stay with us in her last month and it was me that drove her back and forth to the hospital until Leiara was born. As it is I might be pregnant, we dont have any children between us, we dated as teens then spent 31 years looking for each other. This would definitely be a miracle and as my husband said it we are pregnant, better late than never. Hes 55 and I'm 53 and both my Grandma's, Aunts and the women in his family had babies late in life without any intervention. Who knows twins runs on both sides of my family and his. 🤣😂❤❤ thank you for sharing your beautiful story and may you and your loved ones always be blessed ❤
You are such a great story teller, I had such a similar experience I had with all 4 of my experiences. You are going to love this journey. Embrace it and be prepared to give yourself plenty of grace.
OMG!! I dont know how or why your pregnant and hypnobirthing video popped up on my feed but I said, what the hell...why not, I’ll watch it. Shayla!!! Your I’m pregnant video had me laughing!! You are so genuine, down to earth, not full of fluff and you’re so honest and real!! So then I saw the next video and I just couldn’t stop laughing!!! You’re story telling is unbelievably true, raw, hilarious and so relatable....even tho I’ve never had kids and never will, I feel like how you’re describing laboring and all the things racing in your head and how you’re telling the story is what would happen to me and how I would tell my story! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank you for making laugh and keeping me on my toes (it’s how you tell a story, I tell ya!!)....for this I have now become a new subbie!!!!! Now I have to watch your videos from the beginning!! PS happy parenting!! 🥰👍🏼🙏🏼❤️💁🏻♀️ PSS the pop-in of your skin to skin facial expression picture was freaking priceless!!!!!! you had this “now what do I do??” 😬😳 look!! Freaking dying over here!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼🤣
Pretty sure I love you, our personalities are so similar 😂 your so funny the way you explain everything and it paints the perfect picture. My last birth I remember those shakes during transition, I prepped so hard with hypnobirthing and during transition I screamed “I NEED THE EPIDURAL” and my young nurse was like whatever you want and I’m like “YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT THAT” lol I had a strict birth plan. My husband kept saying you’ve got this and then all of a sudden I’m like I’m pushing my body is just doing it. I never experienced a drug free birth before, my first two were epidurals in fact my first birth was an emergency c section so with my third birth I so desperately wanted all natural no drugs, I tried to pretend I was back in the 1800s. Also I was induced so I was pretty darn proud of myself and thank god my labor was 4 hours. Pregnant again and 35 weeks so I’m of course kind of dreading the natural birth again. But your story made me feel better!
Giiiirl!!! I loved everything about this... and I am not a mom. It is still incredibly mind blowing to me - even working in medicine - that you GROW a HUMAN!!! 🤯 And your little one happens to be the most beautiful. 😍
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I took my class online through Hypnobabies:
www.hypnobabies-store.com/?ref-hyp=shaylachristine
If you're interested in getting on the email list for updated blog posts please hop on here:
mailchi.mp/b220ee310651/guidesignup
I also wrote a blog post about it:
living.blog/2020/07/09/my-hypnobirthing-birth-story/
Did you do their home study course or another course?
What were you listening to?
I had 4 babies (all back labor, 9+ lbs., all natural) and l never had that mushy gushy “I’m in love” moment as soon as they were born. I was too exhausted to appreciate what just happened. It took months, maybe a year to get over the trauma of my first birth and really love my baby. He’s 39 now and I kinda like him.
😂🙌
Got damn.
I appreciate this so much. You sound like my mom, who I know loves me endlessly…but she just kind of likes me 😂😂 but I mostly appreciate the honestly with the exhaustion and not having an immediate love. Birth is a lot. Hormones are a lot.
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Lol that last bit cracked me up 🤣 you sound like my granny when she told me she's glad I had an epidural to make up for generations of women in our family who didn't have that option 🤣 we both had sunny side up babies with back labor. She had 3 kids, I'm on #2 😅
Editing? Gold. Bad ass power? Incredible. Humor? priceless. Im a doula, loved your story, way to go mama!
Omg thank you!!! Dude you have the coolest job in the world!
Im so happy you said it can take a while to feel that connection with your baby. For a month I thought something was wrong with me because I didnt feel this beautiful bond everyone talks about right after delivery. I wish someone told me it was normal and I wasnt an awful mom for it... I spent over a month crying, starring at my daughter thinking I wasnt meant to be a mom.. 1 year later and we are best friends and shes my world. IT IS NORMAL. IT IS OKAY.
Omg I agree!!!! Idk why more people don’t talk about it!!
It's so cool because everything you were asking for, delayed cord clamping, skin to skin, delayed body washing, etc., are standard practice for my hospital! The labor and delivery liaison said that if hospitals are following scientific research then they should be doing everything that way too. I'm so excited to be giving birth again, so I'm really enjoying hearing people's birthing stories!
That is GREAT!!
This was the first video I have watched of yours and I was literally laughing out loud! 😂 You are hilarious. *subscribed*
hahah amazing!!! Welcome, but really I'm stoked you liked it!
Definitely agree, my first video I watched of hers and I just had to sub for more 😁
Same!!
SAME, exactly what I was thinking
Med School with Lexi me too! No Seth! I’m transitioning! 😂😂
"No Seth, this is transition" lmboooooooo. Congrats!
bhahahaha I knooooow!
Haha I was literally going to comment this. She’s great
Hahaha I died at that part
At that point, I also busted out laughing!!
I’m 3 weeks away from having my first baby, and tell me why this is the best L&D video I’ve ever seen, you got me sobbing and laughing all at the same time 😂❤
I am 34 weeks and have listened to a lot of birth stories. This is hands down the one I resonate with the most. Sounds like we are right on par with how we want/wanted it to go. Hoping with all my heart that I have a similar experience to you! Also ‘No Seth, this is transition’ - I’ve never laughed or gone back and watched a part of any birth story before. You have made my day 😂 👏🏼 I feel like I can do this because of you 👍🏽
Stop that actually makes me emotional!!!!! Girl you can do this, you were made for this! Let your body do its thing! Sending you all the calm and positive labor vibes! Also dm me on IG when you have your baby and let me know!
I'm 14 weeks, I'm so nervous 😬
By the time I'm commenting your little baby is here hope you and he or she is okay! X
You are so sweet, thank you! She arrived just over two weeks ago 🥰 Xx
@@Gibbbsey ah congratulations! X
I am 39 weeks 2 days and this story was the exact one I needed to hear!! I love that you said you were open to an epidural if you needed it to progress but wasn't your first choice and you never felt like you needed one. I am holding on to that tightly! :)
I don’t recognize you but I know you’re mine was exactly how I felt for weeks, maybe months... it’s like having to make a new friend but also feeling that intense responsibility to keep that new friend safe and healthy.
Same here
Protective. I felt intensely protective right from the start, the lovey dovey feeling didn't come for a few more weeks
First video of yours I've watched and now I've subbed. This weirdly took ALL my worries away. Thank you so much! You're a godsend
Amazing!!!
It makes me so happy to see people talking shamelessly about not having that instant connection to baby. I remember being pregnant with my daughter and talking to her the whole time she was in my belly and feeling so connected. And then she came out and I was like who the hell are you 😂 of course the connection came. 2.5 years in and it's still developing more and more every day 💖
This was the most honest, candid birthing story I've watch so far. Thanks for sharing!
You are the best. I love how real you are about it all. You are so right about people not saying anything about it if glossing it all over. Even my closest friends. 🤨😕😆 I WANNA KNOW!! Lol
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
This was one of the best birthing videos I’ve seen and I’ve seen a bunch. Just love seeing mom’s giving life to a human. My 2nd child was born from start of the first contraction to his first breath in less than 4 hours. Kept saying “I can’t believe I have a baby” over and over again. Like I didn’t know before he was born. 😂 Enjoy every moment. It goes fast! ❤️
Omg,me too. 3hours and 45 minutes! Felt like I was going mad! Nurses kept asking me if it was my first birth because the Labour was going too fast.
I rarely comment on videos. I’m 7 months pregnant with first baby dreading labor and you just gave me so much PEACE❤️❤️❤️. I just laughed, smiled, and relaxed. Thanks girl 😆😘
Good!!! Read ina mays guide to child birth and skip to the second half! It will give you more peace ❤️❤️
Best delivery Story I’ve heard in 50 years!!!!! Listening to you tell about your delivery was better than watching a video! And it’s real, down to earth true.
I know I’m late but, congratulations.
Haha yay!!! I’m so glad you liked it!!!
Thank you ❤️❤️
I said “Never again” right after I birthed my first son. Now I’m once again pregnant with my 2nd one. 🙃 Oh how you forget...
Hahaha 🙌🙌 I think we’re designed to forget!
OMG I did the same... I'm pregnant with #3...
Same here after every delivery. Now I’m pregnant with baby #5! 🤣
How your contractions started was exactly how my entire labor went. I didn’t feel any Braxton Hicks and I didn’t feel any contractions. I didn’t even feel anything until I was 8cm and even at that point it was only pressure. I only felt pressure the entire time. My shaking didn’t start until my baby was already out.
Whaaaaaaat 🤯🤯🤯
This is so refreshing!! Childbirth is a beautiful natural process and, in my opinion, it has been made so “medical” I love that you went inside yourself, focused so hard, and delivered your baby! Beautiful!!
I had my babies 35 plus yrs ago and this is probably the most honest birth story I’ve heard. Thank you for sharing. 😊
Thank you!
omg yes yes yes on what you said about a fog being lifted after delivering. I think I had my eyes closed from like 6cm until delivery and suddenly after he was born I was like dang I didn't even know the room looked like this 😂
Right!!
This video is so real, and I love it! I gave birth 5 weeks ago, and you hit on all the thoughts I had, which is so nice to hear from someone else. So many feels for "right after birth I don't think I can do this again. 3 months later, yeah! I can!"
Currently binge-watching all your videos related to pregnancy and birth as I'm pregnant with my first and I'm enjoying it so much 😂 You are the perfect blend of "hippie granola" and down-to-earth with a sense of humor. It actually makes me more excited about this journey haha!
hands down this is the BEST L&D story telling I've heard. I loved your delivery, pun intended!
I was listening to a worship song during transition and I flipped my midwife off 😂😂
omg bahahah a
me to a t 😂
That’s hilarious!
I am laughing SO hard 😂
Hahaha!
Priceless .. 60 year old single lady watching a strangers birth story and giggling and smilin! Thanks darling 🤗
Normally I despise when people sit and talk about their births cuz its boring but this was GOLD. Thank you 😁
Hahahaha Im glad you liked it!
My experience was so similar! Especially the moment when she was born and i really got to meet her.. i expected her to be familiar, but she was not.. i started feeling a true connection and love the moment she started to intentionally smile at me.. before i thought she would not mind if it was me or a nurse taking care of her..
YES!!!!! Me too!!!! The intentional smiles!!!
Living On A One Way Thanks for talking about this so frankly! I do that too in my circle of friends, because I thought if inever have one friend who felt the same, at least she would know she’s not alone. You are doing us all a huge service with your platform! Much love from Canada! I subscribed after this video! ☺️
Man you're so relatable. I feel like I'm listening to someone I've known forever! Thanks for sharing your story!
I felt like that with 2 of my three babies.
"Ok, I guess your mine and I will take care of you. I do not recognize you, you feel like a stranger that I am inclined to care for. You look nothing like I expected. I did just push you out, I know because I was there..."
I lost my baby 3 weeks ago when we were over the moon at 18 weeks pregnancy. I was planning hypnobirthing and my friend had recommended this video that I didn't get to watch back then. I'm surprised I was able to watch this now and enjoy your experience. Thank you for such an honest and fun description.
You are one of the few out there that can narrate and hold my interest the entire time. Your sense of humor and out look is so refreshing and uplifting! Thank you. Coming up on 6 1/2 months along, and I'm doing everything I can to prepare, stay calm, and move forward. Your words and advice has been a Game. Changer. God bless ❤️
Yassss 🙌 finally a down to earth, detailed AND positive natural birth story, thanks so much for sharing. I’m due in 5 days and I always wonder why woman can’t go into details with their birth. I’m always like, wellll, what happened?! This is my 2nd baby and I’m hoping to not use epidural this time, wish me luck. Thank you mama!
Right?! What happened in there!!! 😂😂
You’ve got this!!! Relax relax relax let your body and baby do it’s thing.
Someone recently told me they “breathed baby down” instead of intense pushing and said sometimes she even didn’t feel like pushing and that allowed the baby to reposition a bit! 🤯
I love that you tell the truth about everything I’ve never seen such a honest labor and delivery video I’m 25weeks now and I’m hoping for an unmedikated hypmobirth
This is the most honest and real recounting of labor and delivery I have scene. Your right not enough people talk about what it is really like. Not just the medical milestones but also the emotional and mental moments throughout. The lifting of a fog after baby is born, the falling asleep between contractions...100%. It is a full body experience like no other. The mental piece is also. Your brain is so involved with the process that thinking isn’t an easy task. What’s crazy is that after the labor and delivery, you remember it but you don’t. My kids are 7 and 3 and I still look at them and think, how did you get here? I remember them being born and can recount all the nuances of those days but it feels like an out of body experience like I was in the room and watching it happen. It’s hard to describe. It’s what experienced mama’s say “you remember it but you don’t”. It’s that fog. The intense experience almost puts the mind into a state of consciousness that you don’t experience otherwise. And the whole, “hi baby, but I don’t know you” is so true and I think people need to know that. I think so many people go into this thinking they will have an instant bond and are saddened or stressed when they don’t have that experience. It can take time to get to know them and that’s ok. News flash...kids continue to change as they grow so this “I don’t know you” thing happens throughout childhood. There will be moments of tight bonding and moments with less. Just keep loving them and doing whatever they need in the moment to grow. Great job mama!
😂😂😂😂 This was so great!
“I can’t even twerk like this if I try” I’m crying 😭😭😭😭😭
One of the best labor and delivery video I have ever watch! Direct to the point, no bs, no sugar coding! Loved it!!!
I've had four babies and this was the best, most acurate, description of labor i have ever heard 😂 love it!
When I had my twins (where I live you automatically deliver multiples in the OR) they had me lay flat on my back, my legs in large stirrups that were the length of my legs, strapped my legs in and told me to grab my thighs like I'm doing a crunch and push. I was like wtf I didn't do crunches before I got pregnant how am I gonna do a crunch now? GTFOH.
Hahahaha you’re hilarious!!!!
Currently 36 weeks was watching positive natural birthing videos and came across your channel. Now a subscriber, cause girl your’re my people. I’ve binged watched various videos of yours while nesting and throwing those thumbs up because more people should know what’s up. Congrats on your new LO and thanks for the vibes you bring to the world.
Omg favorite comment!!! Thank you so much you have no idea how much it means to get positive comments like this!
Thank you so much for these videos! It’s so reassuring to hear these things. Especially that not everyone feels the immediate bond with their babies.
Wow! Honestly? I am all over birthing videos right now and so far I have not been able to listen to an entire story that was just told... Except yours! You told it quickly and to the point and on top of it in a very funny and relatable way. I know I am a few years late, but that was interesting to hear. Congratulations to baby girl!
Haha thank you! Third is on the way in 2 months 😅 wish me luck 😂😂🙌
I just stumbled across your channel and I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. I felt every single bit of this down to the tip toes of my soul. Im currently 31 weeks with #4 and I can relate to all of this.
Congratulations and baby is beautiful!
Haha amazing!! 31 weeks?! Gaaaah so exciting!
“There are 5 people in the room.?” LOL!! Going into another realm during a birth is unbelievable!
So true about the feeling of constipation- before I knew I was at a 10 and ready to push, I begged for a bedpan and tried apologizing for needing to pee or poop on their bed.....nope, that was a baby coming out 🤦🏻♀️
Hahahaha!!!
OMG!! you have just verbalized SO MANY of my L&D feelings!!! The Fog being lifted, the knowing it is your child, but literally not recognizing them and it's the weirdest thing in the world!!
Right!! So bizarre!
This is by far the most refreshing and interesting birth story I’ve watched and I can tell you, I have watched hundreds. Cool vibes.
I have not given birth yet but I know what you mean when you say “I know that your mine but I don’t recognize you”.. I feel my son everyday and I know I love him in ways I cannot explain. But I do not know who he is, I Imagine all the time what he will be like; and I think people like you and I allow so much space for our children to flourish that we are patient to wait and to see, and be amazed by them.
Exactly! She’s 4 months now and my heart is exploding but it took building that relationship for me
I just gave birth to my second son on Aug. 4, 2020..and literally like 5 minutes after he was born I looked at my husband and said, “another?” He laughed and said let’s wait a bit lol
But I understand the feeling of not being connected to baby right away. It happened with my first son. I knew he was mine and I was protective of him but I didn’t feel that “unconditional” love that some mamas feel right when they see their babies. It took me a few months to get to know my first son and fall in love with him.
35 weeks prego here and this is the kinda content I’m here for 😂 so up my alley with honestly and blunt funny truth to it all.
Loved this. The no nonsense story. The gory bits, the weird emotions. Perfect. So much better than the plinky plonky music with the perfect birth stuff. Thank you
Not only was this kinda relieving for me but also hilarious. I'm 21, almost 22 weeks and labor and child birth have been so mortifying to think about but this made me feel better lol
Shayla, this is so strange. Just had my son (first kid) on 9/15. I watched this video before I gave birth to help mentally prepare for labor, along with about a million other unmedicated birth videos. Just watched yours again today, and realized I had almost an identical birth experience to you. Like, from beginning to end: labor starting and stopping, intense back labor, things progressing super quickly once you got to the hospital, hypnobirthing, no epidural, only pushing for 20 minutes, his hand being up by his face during birth requiring a lot of stitching...pretty much all of it. Almost makes me feel like watching your video and using it to mentally prepare helped me manifest the same birth story, lol.
Anyway, thank you so much for sharing your story. It was nice to re-watch this and reflect on my own experience today to process what a wild ride labor and delivery is 💙
Omg hilarious (and amazing!!!) congratulations!!!
This is probably the most relatable birth story I’ve watched, thank you! I’m 36 wks and getting geared up for labor. STM and I’m freaking out bc I know what it was like so I know how much it hurts but I loved hearing your husband snack and coffee stories bc honestly thats gonna be my husband. Every birth story I’ve watched husband is like 150% ready to go and I’m like umm my husband is gonna be like babe I’m hungry LOL
Thank you so much for this! Its such a nice change from all the fear filled or toxic positivity stories!
Oh my gooood I can’t wait. My baby girl is due in December. 😭 I’m so excited to experience labor and birth and hold my little bean!
This is the greatest video I’ve watched about labor! You make me feel so calm about the experience!
This was my first time watching a video by you and I loved it. I'm 37+5 right now and getting through it via TH-cam videos telling me what to expect. I subscribed and turned on notifications. Your humor and editing is my fav.
Omg so close!!!!!! Yay!! You’ll do great let your body do it’s thang! Stoked let me know if you have any questions (because maybe they’ll make good videos too haha
The shaking part "No, it's transition". The "You have to. -I can't. -It's for your baby. -Ok 😬". 😅😅. Thank you for this testimony. 😄
Gosh I love you and your story telling! I am currently 39+2 and want this baby OUT 😄 doing all the things... and will try Hypnobirthing too!
Congrats again on your baby girl ❤️
Thank you!! And a CONGRATS!!!! You’re SO CLOSE!
Hypnobirthing is the best. I listened to it leading up to my birth every night. Practiced my breathing and practiced different birthing positions with my partner. So my labour started 18th June 2020 at 5am every two minute apart consistently. My sister came to keep my two sons at my house. Arrived hospital 7.15am got checked and I was 8cm dilated and gave birth 7.55am. It was quick and natural no medicine plus I gave birth in the water pool. Made videos in between my contractions for my boys and updated family members. Seriously best birth. I can honestly say the pain was manageable and I could breath through it. Only time I felt pressure and pain is when baby head was coming out and I made moaning sounds. My midwife started her shift 7.30am came to me and literally was there for my birth which was amazing. I was anxious of CoVid hospital experience but because I opted for birth centre (midwife led unit) it was amazing and smooth. I had a baby girl.
36 weeks and this was the first L&D story I have watched fully because I was so intrigued about everything. I hope my L&D goes like yours! I have alot of the same wishes and just the way you describe and explained certain things made me feel so much better about giving birth. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing - loved hearing your story :) I'm due to have my first (a boy) in November and I feel like we have very similar values and want the same things for our pregnancy/birth, so it's comforting to see your story. Glad to hear that everything went well! Would definitely love to see more videos on hypnobirthing and any other techniques and tips you have for l&d. Congratulations to you and Seth!
AHHH congrats!!!!
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@@heyshayla Thank you :) I will check it out now!
I also delivered unmedicated in a hospital using hypnobirthing techniques, it was so helpful! I remember telling the nurse to check me after transition and she was amazed I was fully dilated! I joked around between pushing if the anesthesiologist was there yet to give me my epidural haha. The nurse was hilarious, went along with it.
Hahahah I love this
When I was pregnant and in labor with my first son, I told my husband we need to leave for the hospital right now. He says “okay let me make some eggs and do the dishes first.” And that’s what he did 😂 it was great and worked out well. Was 7cm by the time we got there and had a natural healthy baby
Omgggg lol
I can really relate to the fog you kind of enter when transition starts and theres no clarity until baby is out and then youre suddenly more aware of everything. Ive had 5 babies, expecting my 6th. 3 out of the 5 were unmedicated and one of those unmedicated labors was a pitocin induction.
I've had 3 babies and I'm about to have my fourth. I came across your video because I'm studying hypnobirthing. I had all three natural births but I'd like to help more with my pain management this time. I just wanted to say I totally relate to the weird brain fog of labor. Every single baby it's like once you have the baby in your arms your like present all of a sudden. So weird , could never explain it. ❤ love it
I know this video is old but just had to add that.😊
That’s helpful!!! Bc you just don’t know what other ppls experience is!
I would love to see a video on “dos and don’t s” such as vaccinations, tests, birth plan, etc.
Thank you for this!!
Loved this video. I’m doing Hypnobirthing and am due September 20th! This was a much more encouraging birth story and loved how it wasn’t like other birthing videos talking about “raw unmediated birth” with a screaming mom on the thumbnail! Great job mama! I hope I can stick with the Hypnobirthing during labor.
How was it
I always found the fog lifting to be soooo wild. Like, I had a complete out of body experience with my son and even then once he was born, the pain disappeared and reality SLAMMED back onto me. One second I was in a dream and the next I was cuddling my new baby. It's insane.
You are great! I didn’t hypnobabies and almost had my first baby at home on the bathroom floor. Really hurt, not gonna lie but I could relax. Just eyes closed and shut everybody out and had that baby.
Omg!!! That’s amazing and insane haha
This was the best story. Like talking to a girlfriend in the living room. Great editing!!
The little clip of him rubbin noses with her 🥺 my heart 😭❤
Bless it, too sweet
“No Seth, this is transition 😶”
Dedddd 😂😂😂😂 thank you for the laugh out loud!
I’m only 9 weeks along but I am watching all of your videos from prepping for birth to maintaining relationship with your partner when baby is here. I am loving all of it and thank you so much for your knowledge and content!
2:28 had me dying. All I saw was a red blob moving out your window
thanks for this so laid back story telling! Also the honesty about delayed bonding! Can totally relate! She's a cutie!
This was so entertaining and inspirational to watch! I am 39 weeks and needed this positivity!
So happy for you. Currently five months pregnant hysterically laughing with tears at 11:58 at night while I lay on my partners chest.. he keeps asking what’s wrong 😂😂😂 This video gave me so much peace, thank you!
I’m so glad I found your videos for real. Seriously the only thing I have found so far that feels so completely where I’m at with wanting natural but practical and funny info/advice. 🙏🏼 Congrats!
Yay!!! Thank you I’m glad you’re loving it!
and congrats to you too!
Thank you for sharing your birthing story. I am preparing for my second round of this (L&D as well as hypnobabies) and this brings me much comfort. I also didn't have a strong attachment for awhile with my first child but eventually the notion "he is MINE!" settled in :) I appreciate your candor.
Congrats! She's beautiful. Love how you told your story. Great editing. Super funny ( "I forgot the ice coffee ." - the face ) and so much info. This is by far my favorite birthing story ever.Thanks for sharing.
Omg thank you so much!! I’m glad you liked it!! Haha
thank you so much for normalizing labor i am really nervous , my first baby and i dont know what to expect . its either a horror story or a beautiful thing and they never give details of what happened so thank you so much
This was spot on. You definitely nailed the whole birthing process. I related so strongly to this whole video.
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I've watched this video twice and greatly enjoy your humor and transparency. I loved hearing about your story! Thanks for sharing.
Oh good!! I’m so glad you find it helpful!
This is probably the best birth story video I have watched so far!
Haha that’s amazing!
THANK YOU for a candid, helpful birth story. As a future mom, I want to look forward to having kids and birthing and everything, but we hear way too much negative that it makes it really scary sometimes. Thank you for sharing!
Of course!!! I’m glad you liked it!!
I’ve never seen any of your videos but this video made me so much less nervous about giving birth for the first time in February! I subscribed immediately. Your honesty is much appreciated and I can’t wait to follow you on your journey of raising your little girl.
Yes girl!!! Your body knows what to do, the hard part is letting it! You’ve got this!
That was great! Gone throught this 4 going on 5 times and it was fun hearing your discriptions.
Just found your channel and love your blunt truth! So glad you decided to come back to earth. Please keep your pregnancy, birth & baby videos coming. Xx
I’ll do my best!! There is so much I want to talk about!
My wife and I were 5:35 into this video 2 weeks ago and her waters broke. I came back to watch the rest of the video holding our little girl Meadow ❤
I love this! Your honesty is a breath of fresh air. I have 4 and I did feel the connection with all as soon as they got my chest, but I have many friends that it took time, and that’s ok!!!!!! You’ve got a beautiful family ❤️❤️❤️
Omg your video just mad my day 🤣😂 my husband and I have 8 grown children and oct 14th 2021 our 10th grandbaby was born. Our youngest daughter stay with us in her last month and it was me that drove her back and forth to the hospital until Leiara was born. As it is I might be pregnant, we dont have any children between us, we dated as teens then spent 31 years looking for each other. This would definitely be a miracle and as my husband said it we are pregnant, better late than never. Hes 55 and I'm 53 and both my Grandma's, Aunts and the women in his family had babies late in life without any intervention. Who knows twins runs on both sides of my family and his. 🤣😂❤❤ thank you for sharing your beautiful story and may you and your loved ones always be blessed ❤
Oh man this is the exact labor and delivery story as mine. Pretty much my thoughts and experiences put into words. Love it! Congrats.
You are such a great story teller, I had such a similar experience I had with all 4 of my experiences. You are going to love this journey. Embrace it and be prepared to give yourself plenty of grace.
Best advice yet! G. R. A. C. E.
OMG!! I dont know how or why your pregnant and hypnobirthing video popped up on my feed but I said, what the hell...why not, I’ll watch it. Shayla!!! Your I’m pregnant video had me laughing!! You are so genuine, down to earth, not full of fluff and you’re so honest and real!! So then I saw the next video and I just couldn’t stop laughing!!!
You’re story telling is unbelievably true, raw, hilarious and so relatable....even tho I’ve never had kids and never will, I feel like how you’re describing laboring and all the things racing in your head and how you’re telling the story is what would happen to me and how I would tell my story! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank you for making laugh and keeping me on my toes (it’s how you tell a story, I tell ya!!)....for this I have now become a new subbie!!!!! Now I have to watch your videos from the beginning!!
PS happy parenting!! 🥰👍🏼🙏🏼❤️💁🏻♀️
PSS the pop-in of your skin to skin facial expression picture was freaking priceless!!!!!! you had this “now what do I do??” 😬😳 look!! Freaking dying over here!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼🤣
Hahah I love allllllll of this! 🙌🙌🙌
Pretty sure I love you, our personalities are so similar 😂 your so funny the way you explain everything and it paints the perfect picture. My last birth I remember those shakes during transition, I prepped so hard with hypnobirthing and during transition I screamed “I NEED THE EPIDURAL” and my young nurse was like whatever you want and I’m like “YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT THAT” lol I had a strict birth plan. My husband kept saying you’ve got this and then all of a sudden I’m like I’m pushing my body is just doing it. I never experienced a drug free birth before, my first two were epidurals in fact my first birth was an emergency c section so with my third birth I so desperately wanted all natural no drugs, I tried to pretend I was back in the 1800s. Also I was induced so I was pretty darn proud of myself and thank god my labor was 4 hours. Pregnant again and 35 weeks so I’m of course kind of dreading the natural birth again. But your story made me feel better!
Omg hahahahahaha “I tried to pretend I was in the 1800s!” Hahahahaha pleeeeaase read ina mays guide to child birth!
Giiiirl!!! I loved everything about this... and I am not a mom. It is still incredibly mind blowing to me - even working in medicine - that you GROW a HUMAN!!! 🤯 And your little one happens to be the most beautiful. 😍