CincyBabies

Birthing Pearls of Wisdom
-If you feel like your labor may begin soon, don’t worry about tying up loose ends. Get your rest. I was exhausted from not sleeping for about 36 hours when he was finally born because I stayed up to 1:00 working.
- The biggest benefit I got from HypnoBirthing class was removing the fear of giving birth and making me believe that I could do it naturally. Being surrounded by like-minded people really helped us to achieve the birth we wanted and we even learned about things we didn’t know that we would want but ultimately became very important to us like delayed cord clamping.
- Having a supportive partner, doula and doctor are key. I switched doctors at 33 weeks and I think it was the best decision of my pregnancy. I knew that there would be a time when I didn’t want to do it anymore, but I had my team to tell me that I was already doing it and that I could keep doing it and that was essential. My husband was the perfect partner and 100% positive and supportive. Dr. Bowen was also a wonderful source of positive energy. If I had stayed with my old doctors, I know that when I started saying that I didn’t want to do it anymore they could have easily been like, “you don’t have to, let’s call anesthesiology.” But I’m so glad that was not my experience.
We discussed cord blood banking in class. We opted to do it and to do the delayed cord clamping. I wanted to share that the sample my doctor collected was 10 times that minimum stem cell requirement despite letting the cord pulse out for nearly 15 minutes. So, these two things are not actually incompatible as some people think.