Unassisted Birth Q&A

1. Do you get nervous during labor or does it just feel natural to you now? (No one warned me it’s natural to get anxiety during transition/pushing)
2. Did you have a MW or was it unassisted?
3. Any signs of complications during labor, birth or afterwards?
4. Did you ever have diabetes?
5. Was this your fastest labor?
6. Did your birth go as you hoped or were there hiccups?
7. Tips for looking glam during labor & birth?
8. Was this the most painful birth out of all the time you gave birth?
9. How long was your labor?
10. Was your birth easy and how did it compare to your others?
11. Who was the woman with you and what was she doing with her hands?
12. How were you prepared in case of a real emergency?
13. Is the baby checked over by a pedi afterwards (like how they do at a hospital)?
14. Were you super quiet because there were kids in the room?
15. What did Emersyn think about catching Sutton?
16. Would Emersyn consider doing it again?
17. Now that others have watched Emersyn do it would anyone else want to catch a sibling too?
18. What is the story behind his name?
19. Do you ever get overwhelmed having all the kids around during labor? Ever want to be alone?
20. Do you think the membrane sweep helped or was your body already doing its own thing?
21. Did your midwives and prenatal providers know of your unassisted home birth plans?
22. Were they supportive?
23. I want to know more about the nuchal cord and how you handled it like a pro?
24. Which birth was the most difficult and painful?
25. How did you stay so calm during pushing?
26. How did you prepare your little one to help catch the baby?
27. How was the placenta with being postdates and how did it compare to your last post-term pregnancy & placenta?
28. Was there meconium in your water?
29. How was the bleeding afterwards?
30. With homebirthing how do you still feed the whole crew at dinner? Who is helping with food while you heal?
31. Did you tear? How do you heal? Do you get stitches?
32. Did Emersyn actually get to catch the baby? It’s hard to tell from the video.
33. How do the kids feel and what do they think about having 7 siblings?
34. Did anyone miss the birth? Why?
35. How do the kids feel about watching the birth?
36. Did you have any worries you haven’t previously had during labor since you were post-term?
37. How was your feelings and head space regarding pain this time around?
38. Was the tearing better or worse?
39. Do you think there will be more babies?
40. Did anything not go the way you hoped?
41. Do you think any of the labor encouragement worked and if so what do you think helped the most?
42. Where does this birth rate out of all your births?
43. Were you scared of what he’s going to look like because of the potential syndrome?
44. Can you do an update on baby having chromosomal abnormalities?
45. Would you say Joel already knows what to do and when before you tell him to?
46. What was the most complicated birth you have had?
47. When you were slapping the pool and the lady came and you hugged her and she hugged back, was that some kind of “code” thing you wrote in your birth plan?
48. What are the rules of the children coming in and out during the birth?
49. Can we see your birth plan?
50. Best coping mechanism you learned in all you births?
51. If you have more kids are you going to do another homebirth or do you want an epidural at the hospital like you were mentioning?
52. Do you have a MW on call incase you need them?
53. What made you want to do an unassisted birth?
54. How serious were you in saying you wanted an epidural?

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