I’m a labor and delivery nurse. I hope I can help my patients have as beautiful of an experience as yours. I’ve helped deliver over a hundred babies. It never gets old and your story still made me cry.❤
I'm 8 months pregnant and watching these types of videos have helped me so much. I'm naturally a very anxious person and I don't do well with the "unknown" but hearing people share their stories and experiences has helped me so much! Thank you for being vulnerable and filming this coffee talk!
"Gross.. Sorry!! Not gross.. Normal!! Just different!!" Hahaha the go-to phrase of the video!! I like that 💯 So happy for you!! Happy tears while watching ❤️❤️
I literally got teary eyed listening to this, it was so beautiful 😢. I’m so terrified about the idea of giving birth someday, but watching your journey has been really comforting, especially listening to your labor story.
As someone who had two births, one with an epidural and one without…both experiences were equally as magical and fulfilling. I don’t feel any different about one vs the other. I believe your body will tell you what you need and when. You know if you’re coping and when you’re not, if you need rest, etc. I appreciate you not being hard on yourself for getting one! Women should not be embarrassed or put pressure on themselves or have any expectations.
Could you potentially do a video on things you have/had that were helpful during and after the birth? Would be interesting to know what was helpful to you! 👶🏼
I haven’t given birth myself, but I’ve asked my mum about mine and my brother’s briths a few times. When I’d ask her about the pain, she would always say it was quickly forgotten and overshadowed by the joy of holding us in her arms after, and “you’ll understand when you have your own kids”. Given how everyone says how painful labour pains can be, I could never fully believe her, I thought she was probably embellishing a little bit or remembering everything through rose-tinted glasses. But hearing you say how you had forgotten about the pain the next day, and it’s probably nature’s way of ensuring we’re not put off having more babies - it makes so much sense now! 😅 I’m glad everything went so well for you and you’re holding your precious healthy baby in your arms. Sending love x
Thank you for sharing! I right away want to mention that I feel like even these 'Oh, how do you do it all? How do you do so much?' Is a kind of mom-shaming. Some cope by doing things, some by relaxing. Some handle change by sticking to old routines and continuing what they did before, some by letting themselves drop into 'chaos'/reconfiguration. I'm all for telling moms nothing but: "You are doing great. You look fantastic. Can I make you a stew?" and leave it at that. Because that's truly what all new moms are doing. Trying the very very best according to what's right for them and their individual baby.
I love love love how you correct yourself from saying things are gross, to natural and different from normal ❤ what a great change we can all make about normal bodily functions. ❤❤
as an extremely anxious person (and knowing your story with your own experiences with anxiety) i cannot admire you enough for accepting the “flow” of this experience! listening to your body, not shaming yourself, being okay with changes in plans…. incredible. congrats mama ❤
I’ve followed you for years and always been one of my favourite UA-camrs. I found out I was pregnant 3 days before you did and my due date was a day after Eastons. I remember your announcement video and crying during it because when you sat down and talked about how you were feeling you out exactly how I was feeling into words. I’ve been looking forward to this video and it was really cool to have someone my age to follow along on this journey with🤍
I got to have my "natural," unmedicated birth at a birth center... in many ways the birth of my dreams. But my baby was 9 lbs 10 oz and left me with a complex second degree tear that I needed to transfer to the hospital to have repaired. My baby is the absolute cutest EVER (no old man/little alien stage 🤣) and was born with a full head of hair. We had breastfeeding struggles in the beginning (he had a lip tie removed at 1 week, oversupply, etc.), but are solid now after 2 months. He fights every nap but sleeps more or less through the night (only waking for 2-3 feeds and goes right back to sleep). I say all this because I wanted to let anyone know whose in a similar place... birth can be beauty AND trauma. Taking care of a baby easy in some ways, hard in others. No experience is 100% amazing or 100% terrible. It took me time and recovery to realize that. Just wanted to say that in case it resonates with anyone. ❤
Truly an amazing experience. One you can't understand until it happens. I just remember my nurses saying "that's a huge placenta one of the biggest I've seen 😅" plus my daughter was pretty big. My daughter was very alert too. Still is and she turned 2 on Thursday. Busy kids can be a lot but it's amazing to see how they view the world.
I am so happy for you! I also have a newborn son, I was due on 8/22/22 and I ended up having my son on 8/25/22, and was glad he was born on the 25th since my birthday and my husband's birthday also follows on the 25th, I also had a few false labors before I went into labor on 8/24/22 and I had a birthplan but my birthplan did not go as I had hoped. I had wanted a natural unmedicated birth but my labor did not progress, I ended up getting an epidural after being in labor for so may hours. Long story short, my labor ended up not progressing after my water was broken & I had gotten the epidural. I was not dilating & ended up having a cesection. My labor was not how I had hoped, but my baby arrived healthy into the world which I am so grateful for. I had not watched your channel for almost a year up until recently & was happy to find out you also had a baby.,
I got the epidural aswell but I felt the contractions and I felt my son dropping and coming out. people think its just completely numb and realisticly it just takes the edge off so you can breath and be more alert. anyone who's grown a baby and birthed one is a warrior
I love how positive you are even though not everything went to your preferences. Birthing is such a sensitive and personal but also natural thing and I love that while you wanted something more natural, you weren’t opposed to more modern forms of help. Congratulations on a happy, healthy birth for you and baby. ❤
I've been subscribed for YEARS and am now almost 9 mos pregnant. It's so exciting to me that you moved into the motherhood stage of life just before me. So happy to hear about your experience. Thanks so much for sharing! 💖💖
Thank you so much for sharing this, Kalyn! I'm terrified of pregnancy / giving birth and this story, along with others will help me in my own journey 💖 XO Chrissy
Best birth story I've ever heard, with the right amount of humor and comfort and everything. This might sound weird haha but I wish you could be my birth support person in the future. You have the best calming energy.
Kalyn, you've always been like an older sister who I can come to for life inspo and inspiring coffee talks. And now talking about motherhood!! Congratulations and love you
This is everything. This is so healing. Thank you for being a light in this world!❤ love this new momvibe you embraced, i don’t know exactly what it is, its just this feeling of calm, secure, confident vibe😍 and thank you for sharing your story, its was heartwarming!
I am so grateful for you sharing this. I want to have a baby soon and I am terrified of giving birth but your whole experience and how you looked at it in a positive way gave me more courage.
I love hearing your story ❤ it’s so incredible what women are able to do, and that you did it! I pray that someday I can too. I also really love and respect your decision not to show Easton, if I was in your shoes I think I would do the same. I’ve been watching you since 2015 and words can’t describe how happy I am for you! ❤️❤️
Kalyn this was so beautiful.. im sitting here sobbing. Ive been watching you for years now and i feel like i know you so well. I have watched you grow so much... that seeing your life unravel into such a beautiful path is speechless. I hope people can watch this and see that life will play out the way it has to... and everything will truly be okay in the end. I am so happy you found a partner right for you. We are so close in age i feel myself craving being a mother more and more. Being in the serious relationship i am in... this brings so much excitement to my life. This also brought so much clarity and light on what it can be like going through labor. Your words are always so mellow and faithful, i love your way of being. You bring so much peace to the world and i love your control over your mind and body through meditation. This makes me want to be more spiritual and practical meditation more. I truly am so happy for you and i will continue to be your number 1 supporter... even though you dont know me❤️🤍 Im happy for you sister. I wish you and you're beautiful beautiful baby nothing but the best.
I absolutely loved this video Kalyn! I’m currently 32 weeks pregnant and looking forward to meeting my little man 🤍 Thank you for sharing your birth story! Made me feel so much better and confident about labor
Dear Kalyn, I've been watching your videos since 2018 and it has been lovely to see you grow and to grow alongside you. You are one of the kindest and most sensitive people I've ever seen and it's been amazing to accompany you in this new stage of your life. I see myself still watching your videos when Im old and wrinkled to be honest ahah I hope you keep making content throughout the various stages of your life, cause no matter how different they might be you will always be the insightful, sensitive and philosophical person that we all know and love. Even if you don't know it, you've helped me through some bad patches of my life and for that I'm eternally grateful and I'll keep on supporting you for many many years to come. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us ❤️
All my support goes to you Kalyn. You are so pure hearted and I have watched you grow over the years and I love the community you have built and I look forward to our next chapter together as a community!
Birth is so incredible. Women are incredible. Thank you for sharing your experience, reminded me of my son's birth 💖 it's such a beautiful and wild experience!
Thank you for sharing!! I’ve been following you for a long time and found out I was pregnant shortly after you so watching your journey has been really helpful and amazing! So happy for you and this new chapter!
Thank you for sharing your story. So beautiful and also helpful to hear this. I'm 7 months pregnant and it really helps me a lot to hear this. You are so beautiful from the inside and outside. 😘
It is sooo beautifull how respectfull, mindfull but still authenticly and real you talk about your labor. I love listening to you as I‘m getting prepared to become a mum for the first time too. I‘m so glad I got your videos and stories right here with me as I‘m trying to prepare myself. The female body is so unbelievable amamzing, I‘m missing on the words to describe it but its devine. ✨ Thank you so much Kalyn!!! ❤
Thank you for sharing your story. I love hearing about others labor and delivery experiences because it gets me excited for one day when I’m having that experience
My husband and I have been talking about trying for kids in the next 6 months to a year and this is just….. I’ve been terrified of all of it and watching your journey has been calming and reassuring.
Such a beautiful birth story, congratulations! And I'm very happy it went well, even if you wanted something different. What's important is that you are both well 🤗
So interesting to hear your story! I really treated this as a good storytime session while just listening Glad it went so well and that every decision was ultimately up to you ☺️
Thank you for sharing!! As soon as you said you didn’t fail just cause you had an epidural made me ball my eyes out. I wanted to do it like you all natural but at the hospital. Long story short I had an epidural and I was very hard on myself at first but now my baby is almost 4 months old and I wouldn’t change it for the world. The love is endless! You are phenomenal, you are doing phenomenal!! Thank you so much for sharing again!! ♥️
You are an amazing and strong woman! Every birth is unique and different and you brought your baby into this world happy and healthy. I know some days may seem difficult now but remember that everything is only temporary (it helped to get me thru those long sleepless nights) and enjoy the moments when he starts to smile and laugh because you'll get to see that every day the rest of your life and it is so worth it!
Don't feel guilty about the epidural! I got mine to get some sleep which didn't happen but ended needing an episiotomy so it turned out to be the best thing.
Yup bowling ball out the butt is accurate…! love this message for women to not put pressure when things don’t go to plan and just go with the flow and do what feels right💕 Greet parenting motto from birth until forever!
Thank you for sharing your story. Yes birth is painful but we should not have to suffer. I did not necessarily want an epidural either but after 40 hours of pain, labour, and no sleep I just could not cope anymore and I got the epidural. It was glorious. I got some sleep. If I had not had the epidural I would not have been able to push because I just would have had nothing left in me. I love how you mention you can have preferences but it's not necessarily a plan because honestly we just have to go with the flow. Everyone's experience is different.
I love labour and birth stories it takes me back to my own! You really seem like a beautiful natural being and you'll thrive as a mother 😍 For me hospitals were not kind to me the people were lovely but the practices were highly unessasary and intervened at all points my 4th baby however I freebirthered at home and my goodness the incredible will and power within my self 😍 I wish I knew earlier to trust my body and process but it was unbelievably powerful no pain no noises no fear i surprised myself 💙
OMG I was crying the whole time ❤ I gave birth 6 months ago ❤ The day before the birth we fought with my boyfriend. He was going to a party/celebration because our friends just had a baby. I wanted him rather to stay at home with me because we were in a hospital 2 days before and I just knew that the labor was close. He went to the party and came home late at night drunk as F and I was just like “well, now pray to God that it won’t be tonight…” We went to sleep and at midnight my water broke. I was asleep in my bed, the water was all over the bed, then all over the floor. I woke him and said “we are going to the hospital, I told you you will meet him drunk…”😂 We went to the hospital and my son was born 5/3th in the morning via C section. My boyfriend was ok by that time and he was actualy the first one to hold him and meet him. And as my first baby, he was born 2 weeks before due date ( but I was doing hard work in the garden 4 days befor and spend a night in the hospital 2 days before the birth thanks to that 😂 ) Sending love to your family from ours ❤❤❤
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful story 💛 I hope you are so proud of your incredible accomplishment! Congratulations on your beautiful family. We are so happy and proud of you 💛🥰
Thank you so much for sharing your birthing story! I had my baby on August 5th and really loved watching you go through your pregnancy at the same time as me! I hope you get some rest soon! 💜
Kalyn!! We had almost the exact SAME birth experience!! Was 41w3d over.. had merconium, stalled out half way dialated, went unmedicated until I said the epidural code word around 1 pm and actually got to relax for labor!!! Best decision ever. I also forgot what the contractions felt like, as bad as i remember them being!! 😂 Birth is such a magical experience! So glad you got to experience this. Loved being able to listen to your journey as I experienced mine just a few weeks behind. ✨💕🫶🏻
This made me emotional ❤️❤️ just had my second babe 3months ago and hormones are still outta wack 😅 I had an epidural with my first too, I wanted to go natural but that pain was just way to much for me and I had to get one. And I was so happy I did. Second time around I wanted one too because I wasn’t facing the pain, but things went so quickly and I didn’t have enough time for an epidural so I had to go natural. I learned what they referred to as the “ring of fire” LOL. I couldn’t enjoy birth the second time as much though because of the pain, I felt like I completely dissociated trying to process the pain and what happened, which with my first I felt so much more present and joyful in the moment. But I found recovery was so much easier without the epidural. Crazy what we are capable of and the feelings you get from it ❤
Thanks for sharing!! 🤍 I’m 36 wks today and watching alll the birth stories! I love it! Is there a chance you can share postpartum essentials? Like the clothing you bought, etc? 😊
My husband and me always talk about how in the future we will have kids. Though most of the time I get scared of the thought of giving birth. Watching your video has actual done the opposite and made me feel at ease about getting pregnant. If I plan out and prepare for the birth maybe I could give birth with less worry. So, thank you for this and I definitly need more information about specific things that helped you if you do not mind.
When my brother was born in 1990 my father hadn't a mobile phone and he was on a football game with his friends in another city. He knew about it when he returned home. His father was so angry, but my mother wasn't because my brother came few days earlier because she was afraid of the thuderstones that day. That's why he is a true Scorpio haha.
I've been so excited to hear your birth story! I've been following you since your hair bun tutorial way back when. I was so extremely delighted for you when you announced your pregnancy on IG and learned you were due the same month as me! I was due on Aug. 8th and gave birth one day after my birthday on Aug. 19th to my daughter. 🤍 I had a very similar experience where I had planned a birth center birth w/ my midwives but ended up in the hospital (which was good, because when the OB checked me he accidentally broke my water and there was mcconium in my water). I transferred because I wasn't able to hold down any liquid (I threw up over 8 times which was honestly the worst part of my entire labor) and definitely not food all the way from 12am-9:30am when my midwife had checked me. I was more comfortable being at the hospital at that point because I had been awake for over 24hrs and needed pain management and IVs for fluid. I pushed for 3 hours and gave birth to a healthy 8.8lb baby at 41w+4. 🤍 Labored from 12am to 4:06pm. Love you so much and so happy to see such a healthy and happy mama and baby. Seriously so excited for you and your new journey of life into motherhood.
The moment a child is born, a mother is born too. That person existed but the mother is completely new🙏
I love that you correct yourself and say that it is normal, different but not gross! :)
I’m a labor and delivery nurse. I hope I can help my patients have as beautiful of an experience as yours. I’ve helped deliver over a hundred babies. It never gets old and your story still made me cry.❤
“It’s just a preference, not a plan.” Very good mentality for birth, in general. Too many people get set on hopes for how it will go and get stressed.
I'm 8 months pregnant and watching these types of videos have helped me so much. I'm naturally a very anxious person and I don't do well with the "unknown" but hearing people share their stories and experiences has helped me so much! Thank you for being vulnerable and filming this coffee talk!
"Gross.. Sorry!!
Not gross.. Normal!! Just different!!"
Hahaha the go-to phrase of the video!! I like that 💯
So happy for you!! Happy tears while watching ❤️❤️
I literally got teary eyed listening to this, it was so beautiful 😢. I’m so terrified about the idea of giving birth someday, but watching your journey has been really comforting, especially listening to your labor story.
My whole active labor, I said “goodness gracious” like a thousand times 😂 my husband reminded me multiple times that I could cuss.
the way that moms describe how they feel giving birth is MAGICAL. I cannot wait to be a mom someday
As someone who had two births, one with an epidural and one without…both experiences were equally as magical and fulfilling. I don’t feel any different about one vs the other. I believe your body will tell you what you need and when. You know if you’re coping and when you’re not, if you need rest, etc. I appreciate you not being hard on yourself for getting one! Women should not be embarrassed or put pressure on themselves or have any expectations.
Could you potentially do a video on things you have/had that were helpful during and after the birth? Would be interesting to know what was helpful to you! 👶🏼
I haven’t given birth myself, but I’ve asked my mum about mine and my brother’s briths a few times. When I’d ask her about the pain, she would always say it was quickly forgotten and overshadowed by the joy of holding us in her arms after, and “you’ll understand when you have your own kids”. Given how everyone says how painful labour pains can be, I could never fully believe her, I thought she was probably embellishing a little bit or remembering everything through rose-tinted glasses. But hearing you say how you had forgotten about the pain the next day, and it’s probably nature’s way of ensuring we’re not put off having more babies - it makes so much sense now! 😅 I’m glad everything went so well for you and you’re holding your precious healthy baby in your arms. Sending love x
Thank you for sharing your birth story! Very uplifting and I loved your humor about “pinkish arrival” and all of that:-)
Thank you for sharing! I right away want to mention that I feel like even these 'Oh, how do you do it all? How do you do so much?' Is a kind of mom-shaming. Some cope by doing things, some by relaxing. Some handle change by sticking to old routines and continuing what they did before, some by letting themselves drop into 'chaos'/reconfiguration. I'm all for telling moms nothing but: "You are doing great. You look fantastic. Can I make you a stew?" and leave it at that. Because that's truly what all new moms are doing. Trying the very very best according to what's right for them and their individual baby.
This is such a great comment. Thank you for sharing.
I love love love how you correct yourself from saying things are gross, to natural and different from normal ❤ what a great change we can all make about normal bodily functions. ❤❤
as an extremely anxious person (and knowing your story with your own experiences with anxiety) i cannot admire you enough for accepting the “flow” of this experience! listening to your body, not shaming yourself, being okay with changes in plans…. incredible. congrats mama ❤
I’ve followed you for years and always been one of my favourite UA-camrs. I found out I was pregnant 3 days before you did and my due date was a day after Eastons. I remember your announcement video and crying during it because when you sat down and talked about how you were feeling you out exactly how I was feeling into words. I’ve been looking forward to this video and it was really cool to have someone my age to follow along on this journey with🤍
I gave birth to our son 10 days ago and absolutely loved watching this. Every story is magical!
Thank you for sharing your story so openly, and thank you for normalizing all the stuff happening and talking honest about it
I got to have my "natural," unmedicated birth at a birth center... in many ways the birth of my dreams. But my baby was 9 lbs 10 oz and left me with a complex second degree tear that I needed to transfer to the hospital to have repaired. My baby is the absolute cutest EVER (no old man/little alien stage 🤣) and was born with a full head of hair. We had breastfeeding struggles in the beginning (he had a lip tie removed at 1 week, oversupply, etc.), but are solid now after 2 months. He fights every nap but sleeps more or less through the night (only waking for 2-3 feeds and goes right back to sleep).
I say all this because I wanted to let anyone know whose in a similar place... birth can be beauty AND trauma. Taking care of a baby easy in some ways, hard in others. No experience is 100% amazing or 100% terrible. It took me time and recovery to realize that. Just wanted to say that in case it resonates with anyone. ❤
I don't know why but this video made me so emotional.
Truly an amazing experience. One you can't understand until it happens. I just remember my nurses saying "that's a huge placenta one of the biggest I've seen 😅" plus my daughter was pretty big. My daughter was very alert too. Still is and she turned 2 on Thursday. Busy kids can be a lot but it's amazing to see how they view the world.
I am so happy for you! I also have a newborn son, I was due on 8/22/22 and I ended up having my son on 8/25/22, and was glad he was born on the 25th since my birthday and my husband's birthday also follows on the 25th, I also had a few false labors before I went into labor on 8/24/22 and I had a birthplan but my birthplan did not go as I had hoped. I had wanted a natural unmedicated birth but my labor did not progress, I ended up getting an epidural after being in labor for so may hours. Long story short, my labor ended up not progressing after my water was broken & I had gotten the epidural. I was not dilating & ended up having a cesection. My labor was not how I had hoped, but my baby arrived healthy into the world which I am so grateful for. I had not watched your channel for almost a year up until recently & was happy to find out you also had a baby.,
I got the epidural aswell but I felt the contractions and I felt my son dropping and coming out. people think its just completely numb and realisticly it just takes the edge off so you can breath and be more alert. anyone who's grown a baby and birthed one is a warrior
I love how positive you are even though not everything went to your preferences. Birthing is such a sensitive and personal but also natural thing and I love that while you wanted something more natural, you weren’t opposed to more modern forms of help. Congratulations on a happy, healthy birth for you and baby. ❤
I've been subscribed for YEARS and am now almost 9 mos pregnant. It's so exciting to me that you moved into the motherhood stage of life just before me. So happy to hear about your experience. Thanks so much for sharing! 💖💖
Thank you so much for sharing this, Kalyn! I'm terrified of pregnancy / giving birth and this story, along with others will help me in my own journey 💖 XO Chrissy
Best birth story I've ever heard, with the right amount of humor and comfort and everything. This might sound weird haha but I wish you could be my birth support person in the future. You have the best calming energy.
Kalyn, you've always been like an older sister who I can come to for life inspo and inspiring coffee talks. And now talking about motherhood!! Congratulations and love you
This is everything. This is so healing. Thank you for being a light in this world!❤ love this new momvibe you embraced, i don’t know exactly what it is, its just this feeling of calm, secure, confident vibe😍 and thank you for sharing your story, its was heartwarming!
I am so grateful for you sharing this. I want to have a baby soon and I am terrified of giving birth but your whole experience and how you looked at it in a positive way gave me more courage.
I have been following your journey since you first started on YT and I am so excited to follow your next journey! Congratulations!!
I love hearing your story ❤ it’s so incredible what women are able to do, and that you did it! I pray that someday I can too. I also really love and respect your decision not to show Easton, if I was in your shoes I think I would do the same. I’ve been watching you since 2015 and words can’t describe how happy I am for you! ❤️❤️
Thank you so much for sharing this ❤️ I consider myself very lucky listening to it 🥰 ✨
Kalyn this was so beautiful.. im sitting here sobbing. Ive been watching you for years now and i feel like i know you so well. I have watched you grow so much... that seeing your life unravel into such a beautiful path is speechless. I hope people can watch this and see that life will play out the way it has to... and everything will truly be okay in the end. I am so happy you found a partner right for you. We are so close in age i feel myself craving being a mother more and more. Being in the serious relationship i am in... this brings so much excitement to my life. This also brought so much clarity and light on what it can be like going through labor. Your words are always so mellow and faithful, i love your way of being. You bring so much peace to the world and i love your control over your mind and body through meditation. This makes me want to be more spiritual and practical meditation more. I truly am so happy for you and i will continue to be your number 1 supporter... even though you dont know me❤️🤍 Im happy for you sister. I wish you and you're beautiful beautiful baby nothing but the best.
I absolutely loved this video Kalyn! I’m currently 32 weeks pregnant and looking forward to meeting my little man 🤍 Thank you for sharing your birth story! Made me feel so much better and confident about labor
Motherhood looks so beautiful on you ❤ it’s been so great seeing where you were years ago in Toronto and where you are now with your beautiful family
Dear Kalyn, I've been watching your videos since 2018 and it has been lovely to see you grow and to grow alongside you. You are one of the kindest and most sensitive people I've ever seen and it's been amazing to accompany you in this new stage of your life. I see myself still watching your videos when Im old and wrinkled to be honest ahah I hope you keep making content throughout the various stages of your life, cause no matter how different they might be you will always be the insightful, sensitive and philosophical person that we all know and love. Even if you don't know it, you've helped me through some bad patches of my life and for that I'm eternally grateful and I'll keep on supporting you for many many years to come. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us ❤️
I had an unplanned c section 9/21/22 and I’m feeding my beautiful baby girl as I’m watching this..crying. ❤
I love the words about our bodies at the ending
All my support goes to you Kalyn. You are so pure hearted and I have watched you grow over the years and I love the community you have built and I look forward to our next chapter together as a community!
I literally spat my mouthwash all over my counter when you said that it felt like a bowling bowl coming out of your butt 😂
I’m so happy that you were able to be content with your labor. That’s all we can hope for 😊
Thanks for giving us the deets! I feel everyone always just mentions the Rosie parts we see in the movies, this was eye-opening 😇
Birth is so incredible. Women are incredible. Thank you for sharing your experience, reminded me of my son's birth 💖 it's such a beautiful and wild experience!
Thank you for sharing!! I’ve been following you for a long time and found out I was pregnant shortly after you so watching your journey has been really helpful and amazing! So happy for you and this new chapter!
I’m almost done with nursing school and planning on becoming a L&D nurse so it was eye-opening to hear your experience!!
Thank you for sharing your story. So beautiful and also helpful to hear this. I'm 7 months pregnant and it really helps me a lot to hear this. You are so beautiful from the inside and outside. 😘
It is sooo beautifull how respectfull, mindfull but still authenticly and real you talk about your labor. I love listening to you as I‘m getting prepared to become a mum for the first time too. I‘m so glad I got your videos and stories right here with me as I‘m trying to prepare myself.
The female body is so unbelievable amamzing, I‘m missing on the words to describe it but its devine. ✨
Thank you so much Kalyn!!! ❤
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
So proud of you and your evolution and who you are. 💖
Thank you for sharing your story. I love hearing about others labor and delivery experiences because it gets me excited for one day when I’m having that experience
My husband and I have been talking about trying for kids in the next 6 months to a year and this is just….. I’ve been terrified of all of it and watching your journey has been calming and reassuring.
I have never been so excited for a baby I will never meet! So happy for you and Ryan!!!
Thank you for honesty. I struggle with infertility, I wish to have a baby some day...
You're so sweet Kalyn!
Such a beautiful birth story, congratulations! And I'm very happy it went well, even if you wanted something different. What's important is that you are both well 🤗
So interesting to hear your story! I really treated this as a good storytime session while just listening
Glad it went so well and that every decision was ultimately up to you ☺️
Thank you for sharing!! As soon as you said you didn’t fail just cause you had an epidural made me ball my eyes out. I wanted to do it like you all natural but at the hospital. Long story short I had an epidural and I was very hard on myself at first but now my baby is almost 4 months old and I wouldn’t change it for the world. The love is endless! You are phenomenal, you are doing phenomenal!! Thank you so much for sharing again!! ♥️
You are an amazing and strong woman! Every birth is unique and different and you brought your baby into this world happy and healthy. I know some days may seem difficult now but remember that everything is only temporary (it helped to get me thru those long sleepless nights) and enjoy the moments when he starts to smile and laugh because you'll get to see that every day the rest of your life and it is so worth it!
I love this story! You are so right about how wild it feels to push your baby out! Congratulations ❤️
Don't feel guilty about the epidural! I got mine to get some sleep which didn't happen but ended needing an episiotomy so it turned out to be the best thing.
Yup bowling ball out the butt is accurate…!
love this message for women to not put pressure when things don’t go to plan and just go with the flow and do what feels right💕 Greet parenting motto from birth until forever!
Thank you for sharing your story. Yes birth is painful but we should not have to suffer. I did not necessarily want an epidural either but after 40 hours of pain, labour, and no sleep I just could not cope anymore and I got the epidural. It was glorious. I got some sleep. If I had not had the epidural I would not have been able to push because I just would have had nothing left in me. I love how you mention you can have preferences but it's not necessarily a plan because honestly we just have to go with the flow. Everyone's experience is different.
you walking Easton down the street that your boyfriend's mom walked with him is so 🥺😭
I love labour and birth stories it takes me back to my own! You really seem like a beautiful natural being and you'll thrive as a mother 😍 For me hospitals were not kind to me the people were lovely but the practices were highly unessasary and intervened at all points my 4th baby however I freebirthered at home and my goodness the incredible will and power within my self 😍 I wish I knew earlier to trust my body and process but it was unbelievably powerful no pain no noises no fear i surprised myself 💙
So fascinating and beautiful to hear your full story, so happy for you!!
So cute and amazing to hear everything. I’m so glad you’re good and Easy is here!!!
Thanks for sharing!! ❤ you’ll forever be my favorite and my comfort UA-camr ☺️
I love the mindset of "not gross, different!" 🖤🖤
OMG I was crying the whole time ❤
I gave birth 6 months ago ❤
The day before the birth we fought with my boyfriend. He was going to a party/celebration because our friends just had a baby. I wanted him rather to stay at home with me because we were in a hospital 2 days before and I just knew that the labor was close. He went to the party and came home late at night drunk as F and I was just like “well, now pray to God that it won’t be tonight…”
We went to sleep and at midnight my water broke. I was asleep in my bed, the water was all over the bed, then all over the floor.
I woke him and said “we are going to the hospital, I told you you will meet him drunk…”😂
We went to the hospital and my son was born 5/3th in the morning via C section.
My boyfriend was ok by that time and he was actualy the first one to hold him and meet him.
And as my first baby, he was born 2 weeks before due date ( but I was doing hard work in the garden 4 days befor and spend a night in the hospital 2 days before the birth thanks to that 😂 )
Sending love to your family from ours ❤❤❤
I wish I could like this video twice. Thank you for sharing! Congratulations again!
Bless you, enjoy all those sweet moments of warm cuppas every chance you get to yourself
Beautiful... I love your story. I pray to have a child one day❤
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful story 💛 I hope you are so proud of your incredible accomplishment! Congratulations on your beautiful family. We are so happy and proud of you 💛🥰
Thank you so much for sharing your birthing story! I had my baby on August 5th and really loved watching you go through your pregnancy at the same time as me! I hope you get some rest soon! 💜
I’m so happy for you 😊 how do you feel now that you’re a mother… I love to hear about the changes and new experiences
Thank u SOO much this whole story was absolutely helpful and insightful! I have fears of the unknown but ur journey reassured me. Thank u!
I had my kiddo on labor day of 2015 !!!
Thank you for sharing your story! So happy for you and your little family.
Kalyn!! We had almost the exact SAME birth experience!! Was 41w3d over.. had merconium, stalled out half way dialated, went unmedicated until I said the epidural code word around 1 pm and actually got to relax for labor!!! Best decision ever. I also forgot what the contractions felt like, as bad as i remember them being!! 😂 Birth is such a magical experience! So glad you got to experience this. Loved being able to listen to your journey as I experienced mine just a few weeks behind. ✨💕🫶🏻
This made me emotional ❤️❤️ just had my second babe 3months ago and hormones are still outta wack 😅 I had an epidural with my first too, I wanted to go natural but that pain was just way to much for me and I had to get one. And I was so happy I did. Second time around I wanted one too because I wasn’t facing the pain, but things went so quickly and I didn’t have enough time for an epidural so I had to go natural. I learned what they referred to as the “ring of fire” LOL. I couldn’t enjoy birth the second time as much though because of the pain, I felt like I completely dissociated trying to process the pain and what happened, which with my first I felt so much more present and joyful in the moment. But I found recovery was so much easier without the epidural.
Crazy what we are capable of and the feelings you get from it ❤
Ok that's wild almost every single detail of your labor and delivery and postpartum healing story were identical to mine
Amazing! So happy for you!
You are so sweet, and you a the bedst mom ❤
Did you have any spirit baby experiences about Easton before he was conceived?
Thankyou so much sharing all of this
I'm so glad you had a great experience 💚💚
So cool! I’m really glad it went well for you all. thank you for sharing your story. 🖤
Thank you for another great video! 💖
Thanks for sharing!! 🤍 I’m 36 wks today and watching alll the birth stories! I love it!
Is there a chance you can share postpartum essentials? Like the clothing you bought, etc? 😊
I poured myself a glass of wine 🍷 ❤
This is so beautiful and so raw and real. So happy for you and your family! Thank you for sharing 🤍
My husband and me always talk about how in the future we will have kids. Though most of the time I get scared of the thought of giving birth. Watching your video has actual done the opposite and made me feel at ease about getting pregnant. If I plan out and prepare for the birth maybe I could give birth with less worry. So, thank you for this and I definitly need more information about specific things that helped you if you do not mind.
When my brother was born in 1990 my father hadn't a mobile phone and he was on a football game with his friends in another city.
He knew about it when he returned home.
His father was so angry, but my mother wasn't because my brother came few days earlier because she was afraid of the thuderstones that day.
That's why he is a true Scorpio haha.
Pinkish Arrival 😂 ok im gonna use that 😀
I've been so excited to hear your birth story!
I've been following you since your hair bun tutorial way back when. I was so extremely delighted for you when you announced your pregnancy on IG and learned you were due the same month as me!
I was due on Aug. 8th and gave birth one day after my birthday on Aug. 19th to my daughter. 🤍 I had a very similar experience where I had planned a birth center birth w/ my midwives but ended up in the hospital (which was good, because when the OB checked me he accidentally broke my water and there was mcconium in my water). I transferred because I wasn't able to hold down any liquid (I threw up over 8 times which was honestly the worst part of my entire labor) and definitely not food all the way from 12am-9:30am when my midwife had checked me. I was more comfortable being at the hospital at that point because I had been awake for over 24hrs and needed pain management and IVs for fluid. I pushed for 3 hours and gave birth to a healthy 8.8lb baby at 41w+4. 🤍 Labored from 12am to 4:06pm.
Love you so much and so happy to see such a healthy and happy mama and baby. Seriously so excited for you and your new journey of life into motherhood.
I sat down with a protein bowl to hangout and " Bently comes inside covered in poop" lol🤣🤣❤
I bc love your videos you’re going to be a wonderful mother❤️
beautiful mama!