YIKES!!! I remember seeing this image before both of my children were born and thinking who in their right mind would refuse to get an epidural? Never thought I would do it twice! After my first natural childbirth experience being so long and painful I thought a few times about getting the epidural. But at…
Category: natural child birth
It’s NEVER what you expect
Isn’t that one true fact in life? Nothing ever pans out the exact way you expect, no matter how much you put into planning. I imagined and replayed over and over in my head the day that my son was born before it happened. I created what I thought I was going to feel, what…
But won’t your baby drown?
My favorite question asked when people find out we are doing a natural water birth; “Won’t your baby drown?” And coming in at a close second, “They make drugs for a reason”. Holistic Birthing Center at St. John West Shore, where we plan to meet our little man. My philosophy on child birth is very…
Coach Shanna Marie 