Birth Story: Unmedicated, Hospital Birth with Sally Steffy

Pregnancy & Birth Made Easy

My Essential Birth

Mama, Courses, Kids & Family, Pregnancy, Labor, Natural, Breastfeeding, Birth, Pregnant, Parenting, Class, Baby, Health & Fitness, Doula, Vbac, Education, Childbirth

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Sally shares her unmedicated, hospital birth experience despite dealing with family loss the same week she went into labor. She talks about the goodness of God and how her experience of giving birth has brought her and her husband closer than ever before. We also talk about a few small things to have with you during labor that will help you keep your energy up, keep you hydrated, and distract you from the pain of contractions. She also talks about how her fitness lifestyle before pregnancy ...

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0:00.0	Women have been giving birth for centuries, so it's a pretty natural experience, right?
0:04.7	Wrong.
0:05.4	I'm Stephanie King, professional doula, childbirth educator, and the creator of the My Essential
0:10.2	Birth Course, the online childbirth education course that's helping women everywhere confidently
0:15.1	achieve their best birth.
0:16.8	Today's culture would have us think that births should be treated like an illness or an emergency
0:20.6	and that most of us need other people telling us what's best for our bodies because we aren't the
0:25.6	experts. So sit tight because if you're tuning into this podcast, you'll probably start to believe
0:30.3	in your body, your intuition, and find yourself empowered and confident to do what it takes to have
0:35.4	the birth of your dreams. If you like listening to me
0:38.0	take you through these weekly topics step by step, then you're going to love the My Essential
0:42.2	Birth Course. Make sure that you're subscribed to the podcast and definitely head over to myessential
0:46.9	birth.com for the free downloads mentioned right here in these episodes and to join the
0:51.6	birth course and community full of pregnant moms just like you.
0:55.0	I have to add a disclaimer that I am not a medical professional and I cannot provide medical
0:59.1	advice. All of the information expressed in this podcast are based off of personal, professional,
1:04.0	and educational experiences and are my own opinions. Please work with a provider you trust for
1:09.1	medical advice during your pregnancy and birth.
1:12.0	Welcome back, you guys.
1:13.1	This week's reviewer of the week is Kylie DeLulo, and I hope I said that correctly.
1:18.4	But she says, best birthing preparation podcast.
1:21.9	This is hands down my favorite birthing podcast.
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