Are You Afraid Of Labor? Pooping, Tearing, Contractions, & More!
Mommy Labor Nurse
Liesel Teen
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2020
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
There are a lot of questions and fear surrounding labor! In this episode, I go over some common labor and delivery fears such as pooping, tearing, C-sections, and more!
- Will I poop/what if I poop?
- What if I tear/how bad will I tear?
- What if I have to have a C-section?
- How bad does labor actually hurt?
- What if it’s too late to get an epidural?
- How does a baby legit fit through my vagina?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Mommy Labor Nurse Podcast episode number 28. |
| 0:04.4 | Hi everyone, I hope everybody is doing good out there and staying safe. |
| 0:09.0 | This week I did a solo Q&A again, and I went over some of the common fears that we have during labor, |
| 0:18.7 | because I know very well that labor and delivery is like nothing that you've really experienced |
| 0:25.4 | before if you've never experienced it and it can come with a lot of anxiety and a lot of |
| 0:30.6 | fear. |
| 0:31.6 | This is completely normal, okay? Anytime you go into something |
| 0:35.2 | that you've never done before, it's normal to feel some anxiety and feel some fear. |
| 0:40.8 | That's why I stress education so heavily because if you're |
| 0:45.1 | educated on a subject that you're fearful of, most likely that's going to help you |
| 0:50.9 | take away some of that fear. |
| 0:52.9 | So that is really what my whole brand is about. |
| 0:55.4 | That's what my whole Instagram is about. |
| 0:57.1 | That's what my courses are about, my podcast. |
| 0:59.4 | I just want to help you guys ease some of that anxiety. So this podcast episode is all about fear and I really |
| 1:08.7 | you know through the time that I've been a labor and delivery nurse and I've been mommy |
| 1:11.9 | labor nurse on Instagram I've seen that there are a few just very common fears. So we're going to address those today. We're going to address pooping. Will I poop poop what happens if I poop what if I tear how bad will I |
| 1:27.5 | tear what if I have to have a C section what happens then how bad does labor actually hurt what if it's too late to get an epidural and |
| 1:37.2 | how does a baby actually fit through your vagina? scary stuff, but once we break it down |
| 1:45.0 | and once I explain it more to you guys, |
| 1:47.0 | I have a feeling by the end, |
| 1:49.0 | and by the end of this episode, |
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