Something that you never forget is the experience of bringing your baby into the world. And for me,

I remember how nervous I was of the unknowns of both pregnancy in general and giving birth for the first

time. I think I listened to every single birth story podcast that I could find. I would read people's

birth stories on my phone at 2 a.m. You know, when I had pregnancy, insomnia. Like, I just wanted to

feel more prepared and less scared. Today's guest, Leesle Teen, she's a labor and delivery nurse, who you might know from social media as mommy labor nurse.

And she is exactly what I wish I had all her resources when I was pregnant for the first time, even the second time,

because she helps pregnant women with the tools and the knowledge and confidence that they need to go

into the birth experience feeling more in control and knowing what to expect no matter how they

deliver. Leisel and I are going to talk about some of the best ways that pregnant moms can be

prepared for birth. She shares a bunch of her favorite hacks that she's learned along the way in all her years as an L&D nurse supporting moms.

And she just helps us feel more normal about all the interesting and weird things that our bodies do in labor.

Music weird things that our bodies do in labor. This is the Mama Nose Nutrition podcast, and I'm Casey Barnes, registered dietitian

nutritionist and mom of two in Dallas, and I help make feeding toddlers and young kids

less stressful. But I also like to havelers and young kids less stressful.

But I also like to have fun guests on to talk to about all different topics related

to motherhood because one of my biggest missions is to normalize all the stuff we go through

that is not picture perfect and help moms feel less alone in this really challenging stage of life

of becoming a parent and having little kids. All right, let's chat with Leasel. Hi, Leasel. Hi, Casey. How are you?

I'm good. How are you? I'm good. I'm here. Let's chat about birth.

Yeah, let's do it. Okay. I think probably most of the people here know who you are, but for those of them who don't, tell us about yourself.

Yeah. So my name is Liesel. I'm a labor and delivery nurse from Raleigh, North Carolina. I have been one for about eight-ish years now. And I'm also the founder

of Mommy Liver Nurse, which is, if you just Google that, we have a nice blog, we have

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