Birth Story: Unmedicated First-Time Birth During a Georgia Snowstorm

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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What happens when your due date collides with a snowstorm in Georgia? When I first connected with Abby, I knew her birth story was going to be special, but GAH!! It’s so good and I just know it’s going to inspire every mama listening. As a first-time mom, she navigated early bloody show, a surprise snowstorm, and nearly three days of labor with an amazing, calm, grounded intuition that’s absolutely contagious. From the nausea that knocked her off her feet in the first trimester to the “crunch...

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0:00.0	So I'm pushing and I kept thinking that I'm not doing this right. And my OB, he said, you know,
0:09.4	reach down and you can feel your baby's head. And I was like, holy, you know, oh my gosh, I am pushing
0:16.8	right. And I was so excited. I felt her head and it was amazing and when I was pushing, I just felt like it was very spiritual for me. I'm a Christian and it just felt like there was a very thin line between me and the universe at this time. I don't know how to explain it. It just felt like I was the only one who existed. Getting pregnant and giving birth are two of the most exciting things you can
0:47.2	ever hope to experience in this life. The moment you think you could be pregnant, you're
0:51.6	frantically searching for all the best information,
0:59.8	which is why you're here today. I'm Stephanie King and with my many years of experience as a professional childbirth educator, doula, and lover of all things, pregnancy birth and postpartum, I'm here to make
1:06.1	preparing for your birth enjoyable, empowering, and totally easy.
1:15.5	Each week, I'll cover different topics, interview professionals, and get into the nitty-gritty birth stories from mamas just like you.
1:18.3	And when you're ready for more, you can join me in the My Essential Birth course at myessential
1:23.1	birth.com, where I take you step by step through exactly how to prepare your mind, body,
1:28.8	spirit, and partner for a birth you love. So let's get started.
1:38.6	We are back this week with another birth story podcast episode for you guys. And with me today, I have Abby.
1:45.3	With that, Abby, will you say hello to everybody and just tell us a little bit about you?
1:50.1	Yeah, hi. So my name's Abby. I'm 27. My husband, I'm married to my husband, David, and he's 34.
1:57.2	We're both in health care. I'm a stay-at-home mom now, but I used to work in the ICU, and he also still works in the ICU.
2:03.9	So that's how we met.
2:06.0	We have two golden retrievers, a Yorkie, a cat, 11 chickens.
2:11.6	I'm pretty, consider myself a pretty crunchy mom.
2:14.9	My husband's not so crunchy.
2:16.8	I garden, make sourdough,
2:19.0	all that good stuff. And together we have our almost mid three month old baby girl. Yes. And you guys
2:28.5	can't see her in this moment unless you will be watching the video, but she is a doll. She's so cute. I just want to hold her.
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