Home Water Birth Video

This Is the Planned Home Water Birth of Our 3rd Child. We didn't Know the Gender Ahead of Time, So we Nicknamed the Baby Sticky. This Is Our First Homebirth and I wish I had done it this way Every time. I Don't know how Anyone can cope through Contractions strapped to a bed with Monitors on your belly, Sitting or laying on your back. In fact I didn't cope the previous 2 times, but resorted to Drugs both times and even an Epidural with My 2nd. Being able to move through the contractions, to lean on the arm of the couch, the kitchen counter or my bed, and have my husband apply counter pressure to my Lower Back and belly Took SO MUCH of the pain away!

In Fact I was in denial right up til I was pushing, thinking labor would stop or stall that day because the pain was quite manageable, and because my contractions were not consistently spaced. They Started around 4 or 5pm the previous Night, 15 minutes apart for a few hours, then 10 minutes, then we went to bed around 12 or 1 am, frustrated and desperately wanting labor to happen!

The contractions Woke me at 5 am, and I putted around the house, making tea, cleaning, getting things laid out 'just in case'. The Contractions were 10, 4, 7, 9, 5, 13, 3, 8, 2, minutes apart for hours. Never really a consistent pattern, and the gap would be wider when I was resting or sitting.