"At 11:00pm on 12/11, I had my first intense contraction after standing up from cycle 2 of the circuit and stopped to breathe through it. 5 minutes later I had a second one, and decided to tell my husband to get the pool out to blow up *just incase* but to not put air in it yet.
A few more contractions came and I was unable to time them because I was so focused on birthing pain free. At this point I asked my husband to blow up the pool and call my doula. he took his sweet time because I was being so calm he didn’t believe I was in labor 😂
The pool had finished blowing up at 12:15 and my husband stuck the hose in. I immediately jumped in, even though there was hardly any water because I felt like I needed some relief.
My husband still didn’t believe me because I was so calm.
At 12:17 my husband Called my midwife per my request and she decided to come. Right as she was about to hang up, I told her i felt like I needed to bear down. She decided to stay on the phone incase anything happened.
I had two more contractions after this point, one where my water broke, and the second one that brought my baby earth side.
I never pushed intentionally, and FER took over to deliver my baby!
It was a crazy whirlwind and I NEVER expected to labor so fast and feel practically no pain. I would do it again in a heartbeat though. . .
Literally can’t thank you guys enough. I went into my first birth feeling super confident even though I had done no preparation. It didn’t turn out how I wanted and your course gave me the redeeming second birth I needed!"