What happens next, Kara?

At this point, so I've been laboring, really uncomfortable.

I start talking to my team about, "What's the plan?" Like, "What can we do to help get this baby out?" And they're kind of looking at me like, "You know, we'll stay here as long as you want, but there's nothing else that we can really recommend to try.

We've tried every position.

We've done every single thing, and you're in a lot of pain.

So the question is, do you want to go to the hospital, try to get an epidural, and see if you can get your cervix to relax and open up to get you to 10?" And at this point, I can't believe we're talking about hospital transfer after all night laboring, after everything, and how much work I've put in.

So this was just, like, a moment of feeling really a sense of despair and a sense of, like, total letdown.

Mm-hmm.

What are the pros and cons of having the institution available to you or, or having the baby there versus at home?

It's a really good question and one that I thought about pretty heavily, right, before making this decision.

I think that the pros-- I'll start with the pros of the institution.

I think a lot of women, maybe myself included, feel safe there.

You have a lot of medical experts.

You have doctors, you have nurses, you have a staff, and the entire point of it, that, you know, whole floor is designed to make sure you have a baby safely.

You also have things available to you if something is to go wrong, right? And if something does go wrong and you need a cesarean, you know, you have hemorrhaging, whatever it may be, shoulder dystocia, there's so many things that can go wrong in labor, um, you have people there who can help you.

I think we can all relate.