#17: Bethanie's Birth Story

Um, I think I had a fairly easy pregnancy overall, um, compared to [laughs] some people.

I didn't have, like, a lot of morning sickness, was just a little bit tired and, um, stuff like that.

But I really tried to prepare physically and mentally.

Your course was super helpful.

I watched almost all the videos with my husband, and I did the workouts.

Especially, I would say, that last, like, month or so when I didn't feel like going to the gym, I was able to do the at home workouts, which were great.

And I'm still doing the postpartum workouts that you have, so those have been good.

I love it.

[laughs]

Um, but I think just, like, trying to listen to positive birth stories and mentally prepare, um, and kind of think about, like, what I would do in different situations, 'cause you can't plan everything out perfectly.

Mm-hmm.

So kind of having an idea of what I wanted to do if different things, um, popped up, and just focusing on, like- ... affirmations, different-

Mm-hmm

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Bible verses, things that could get me through.

Uh, but I think the mental and the physical prep both did play a lot, um, play a big role in my birth.

What, what was your feeling toward birth during your pregnancy? Were you...

Was it something that you were excited about? Was it something you were like, "Oh my gosh, I'm, like, kind of dreading that, and that's why I'm preparing." What was your, what was your feeling towards it before you had given birth?

Um, I would say I was pretty nervous just about, like, the pain, about maybe something going wrong.

My mom was a labor and delivery nurse when I was really young, so I think-

I didn't know that.

Wow, that's-

Yeah

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so cool.