When you're in that position and you're feeling all those feelings of like labor and delivery,

and you, you get scared. It's super easy to get scared. And if there's people you don't know who are telling you like,

oh, well, just do this, just do this. You don't, like, don't push yet. Don't do anything. We should

break your water right now because that's what needs to be done. Then you're like so vulnerable that you're willing to listen to them,

even if it's not something that you really wanted to do going into your birth.

And like versus with my second birth, I would say things like,

I'm really worried about that I'm stalling.

And my midwives would be like, you're not stalling.

We can tell because you can tell your baby's moving through your pelvis.

You can feel her getting lower and lower. You're not stalling. You're fine.

Or I'd be like, I'm feeling pushy. I don't know if I should push. Like, what if I've stalled?

And they're like, you haven't stalled. Listen to your body, you're doing okay. And like, I knew these people. I had relationships

with them. Like, it was a night and day difference to have someone instead of having my

provider say, listen to me, like, listen to me as the provider. They were saying, listen to yourself

as the person giving birth. Like, you have intuition. Use it. Let's get started with our reviewer of the

week. And this week, it is

Nat K. Hernandez, who says, first time mom love this podcast. This podcast has been one of the few

that have brought me some peace and overall knowledge without scaring me about pregnancy.

I love the positive birth stories and the educational ones like Rogam, hemorrhages, etc.

Thank you. And I will be joining the course for the next baby. Thank you for your review. And here is another birth story for all

of you guys that are listening. So without further ado, Marin is here with me today. She's a my

essential birth student. She's a mom. And if you would, please take a moment and talk about yourself just a little

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