Makaylas Empowering Homebirth
Makayla's birth was empowering, mindful, and so very intuitive. She took a break after pushing for four hours- and after waiting for her body to be ready her baby was born soon after!
Makayla is a first time mom and a Birth Academy client!
Read her whole story below:
“I went until 1 day before 42 weeks.
I started having little contractions at 8:30 pm but they weren’t bad so I went to sleep and woke up around 2 am- things were getting more intense but not awful.
I started timing my contractions at 2:30 am and I was just breathing and squeezing a comb through them while sitting on my birth ball.
After each contraction, I would do a little hip circle to ease the pain and get my body to rest.
I called my midwife at 3 am.
When my midwife got to my home At 4 am I was already at 8.5 cm.
They immediately started setting up the birthing pool and getting everything ready as I just continued what I was doing.
I got in the birthing pool and was at a 10 so I could start pushing. That was around 5 am. I wasn’t really feeling the urge to push yet but I was anyways because I didn’t know what that would even feel like until probably an hour later...
I really started feeling the urge to push.
I stayed in the pool for a while but wasn’t making much progress so I got out and we tried a side laying position and a laying position with my hips elevated and nothing.
Then my midwife hung a sheet from a door and had me squat while pushing and I started making progress.
By then I had been pushing for about 4 hours.
I got back into the pool and took a 2 hour break!
I finally felt like I was ready to go again.
My midwife ended up getting a kitchen chair and my husband sat on it and I sat facing him and after about 15 minutes she was out!
I couldn’t believe I actually did it!
I just stayed calm and in tune with my body and it was perfect!
It was all so worth it!!
Honestly after so long I was like I will literally push so hard to get her out I don’t even care haha.
It was such a relief and I was like holy cow I actually just did that!!!
I felt like such a strong woman, I can’t even describe how awesome I felt.”
What a beautiful story of strength and intuition! Here’s what Makayla had to say about Birth Academy:
“I loved Birth Academy!! I definitely couldn’t have birthed without it. I learned so much about the history and everything too that was super interesting to me!
This academy really prepared me for my birth! I couldn’t have had my dream natural birth without it! If you are looking for an empowering and memorable birth this course is for you!”
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Hi, I'm Carlee 👋🏻 I’m a Childbirth Doula + Online Educator who helps moms prepare for the unmedicated birth they have been dreaming of. I’m a mama of three, an outdoor enthusiast, a positive thinker, a crunchy wannabe, and a big-dreaming doula who LOVES supporting pregnant moms in their unmedicated births. I believe that birth can be beautiful, positive, and empowering- and I believe in YOU!