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Pregnancy & Birth Made Easy

8 Surprising Facts about Birth

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

4.4696 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Stephanie shares eight essential and often overlooked aspects of childbirth. These include the possibility that your water might not break, the reality that an epidural doesn't eliminate all sensation, understanding your options, and having the right to refuse any tests or procedures. Links Mentioned: My Essential Birth CourseMy Essential Birth Postpartum CourseMy Essential Birth InstagramGET IN TOUCH! 🤩 Reach out at any time to [email protected]. We love hearing from you! L...

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Now that you know you're going to feel some things, when you get the epidural, many moms still feel something.

0:07.9

And particularly in the way of we need to feel a little bit of something to get moving for progress

0:14.0

sake or for pushing or whatever the case. And so that can be a little disheartening to moms who are like, no, I wasn't

0:24.0

planning to feel anything. So now what do I do with these sensations?

0:33.7

Getting pregnant and giving birth are two of the most exciting things you can ever hope to experience in this life.

0:40.2

The moment you think you could be pregnant, you're frantically searching for all the best information, which is why you're here today.

0:46.8

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.

0:56.1

I'm here to make preparing for your birth enjoyable, empowering, and totally easy.

1:01.6

Each week, I'll cover different topics, interview professionals, and get into the nitty-gritty

1:06.2

birth stories from mamas just like you.

1:09.0

And when you're ready for more, you can join me in the My

1:11.9

Essential Birth course at MyEessentialbirth.com, where I take you step by step through exactly

1:17.3

how to prepare your mind, body, spirit, and partner for a birth you love. So let's get started.

1:35.8

The reviewer of the week this week is trying to cancel one zero-zero-eight-eight-eight.

1:41.1

So I hope you're not trying to cancel leaving awesome reviews because I liked this one.

1:42.5

She said, great host.

1:44.0

Stephanie is a great host.

1:47.9

She asks thoughtful questions and her conversations with her guests are easy to follow.

1:50.6

Great advice and education for new and expecting moms.

1:52.1

So thank you so much for that.

1:56.0

Again, if you guys haven't left a review, go leave one now.

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