[Birth Stories] You CAN Do Hard Things
Birthful
Adriana Lozada
4.7 • 706 Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2017
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
We continue with our “Birth Stories” for the summer series! Today’s story comes from Elizabeth Nigro, who first broke up with her OB, then was in denial that labor was even happening, but once she let go of perfect, she ended up with an amazingly beautiful birth where she felt safe, supported and like a super woman.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the birthful podcast. I'm Adriana Lozada and we continue with our birth |
| 0:17.2 | birth stories for the summer series. Today's story comes from Elizabeth Nigro, who first |
| 0:22.2 | broke up with her OB, then was in denial that labor was even happening, but once she let go |
| 0:27.8 | of perfect, she ended up with an amazingly beautiful birth where she felt safe, supported, and like a |
| 0:33.2 | superwoman. Stay tuned. This episode of Birthful is brought to you by Expectful, an evidence-based guided meditation |
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| 0:46.2 | Reduce your stress, reduce your complications, and improve your connection to your baby and partner. |
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| 0:56.1 | birthful. The Birthful podcast, talking to maternity pros to inform your intuition. |
| 1:04.9 | Hello, mighty mamas and mamas to be and mighty dads to be. Thank you for listening and also |
| 1:10.8 | for all the love you give the show |
| 1:12.3 | through the ratings and reviews and just by telling all your pregnant friends about the podcast. |
| 1:17.8 | Keep on doing all of that. And if you like what you hear, then make sure to subscribe and leave a review on iTunes, |
| 1:24.0 | even if that's not how you usually listen to it, because it really does help. |
| 1:28.8 | All right. Today we continue with our birth stories for the summer series, but before we |
| 1:33.5 | jump into today's story, here's a few questions for you. How prepared are you for life with a newborn? |
| 1:40.0 | Do you know what to expect in terms of eating, sleeping, and growing, of, you know, your baby's eating, sleeping and growing? |
| 1:46.8 | How are you going to deal with figuring out the baby you got and your new identity as a parent while being in a time continuum of 24-7 baby care for more than six weeks? |
| 1:58.4 | Do you and your partner have a plan and how you will come together as a team |
| 2:02.0 | and prioritize your sleep, nutrition, and recovery? If you're feeling overwhelmed by the mere |
| 2:07.4 | mention of all these questions, do yourself a favor and check out my Thrive with Your |
| 2:11.5 | Newborn Online Postpartum Preparation Courses at birthfulcourses.com. You know life with a newborn is going to be hard. |
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