Shaina Brickner
Shaina Brickner, BSN, RN, IBCLC, is a former labor and delivery nurse who runs Preparented, teaching birth, breastfeeding, and newborn care classes in Los Angeles, and co-hosts The Birth Nurses podcast with Liz Wade.
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Sep 2, 2026
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My first two, I, well, my first, I attempted to go all the way, totally unmedicated.
Shaina BricknerGUEST
And then at nine and a half centimeters, well, I was feeling pushy around six or seven centimeters, similar to Liz's.
Shaina BricknerGUEST
So they had me do these like grunty pushes just to like satisfy the urge that I had to push, but to not do full on sustained pressure to push.
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