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We're really excited to talk to you today about transition. Now, if you know anything about the stages of birth, you've probably heard

about transition and you've probably heard things like, oh, it's the toughest. This is when you're

going to be asking for an epidural. It's like the

hardest part of labor. And I feel like then that that word transition starts to create a lot of

fear or dread in women, right? And so we kind of want to talk to just, we're going to hone in

on this part of labor and talk to you about how you can make it so that

transition isn't something that you fear or dread and that you can hold it for what it is

and it's a beautiful space and part of your labor. And so let's talk about the mindset approach

and the physical hands-on approach you can take to help make this a great

part of your birth. In fact, transition can be the most exciting time of birth. I know for a lot of

moms. For myself, when I hit that point, I remember thinking, this better be transition.

Yeah. But realizing that I was in that space meant I was really close to

having that feeling to push and meet my baby. So it was a positive experience. Definitely.

It's kind of all in how you frame it mentally, right? So let's talk about what is it physically?

What does it actually mean for you, for your body, what's going on physiologically?

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