Everyone in your life should be supporting you at this point.

And that means when you come to your mom and you talk about your desire for not having an

epidural for this birth or your desire for getting pregnant even though you're having a hard time

trying or whatever the case is, that the reception of that, it should be validation

and love. And people close to you are going to have their own concerns for different reasons and

whatever and that's fine, but validation and love. And that comes first. And it's not that there

can't be conversations about other things. That is normal, that is natural, but you set the boundaries.

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

in this life. The moment you think you could be pregnant, you're frantically searching for all the

best information, which is why you're here today. 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. I'm here to make preparing for your birth enjoyable, empowering, and

totally easy. Each week, I'll cover different topics, interview professionals, and get into

the nitty-gritty birth stories from mamas just like you. And when you're ready for more,

you can join me in the My Essential Birth course at MyEessentialbirth.com, where I take you step

by step through exactly how to prepare your mind, body, spirit, and partner for a birth you love.

So let's get started.

All right. This is a little bit of what I normally do, but I felt like there might be a need for it.

And so we're going to dive into this topic today.

That topic is, you are enough. And I hope that, yes, you know that.

Subjectively, you know that you are enough. But do you really, do you really, when we're going through the things that we go through to become

mothers, when we're dealing with infertility, when we are growing a baby, when we are in the

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