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I can\u2019t believe I have an almost one-year old. It feels like I was just pregnant yesterday, but suddenly my baby is an independent toddler. As I\u2019m sure many women do at this moment in their postpartum journey, I find myself thinking a lot about when Stella made her screaming entrance on Mother\u2019s Day 2015. Contrary to the usual order of things, it was actually me doing the screaming–she came out quiet as a little mouse.\u00a0 That was only one of the things that surprised me that day. Looking back there are many things I wish I had known before labor.<\/p>\n
Things I wish I had known before labor.<\/strong><\/p>\n I think first-time moms make a lot of assumptions about birth\u2014what we\u2019ll do, how we\u2019ll feel, and the order of things. We have plans and unshakeable beliefs that no amount of cautioning from experienced sources can temper. Sometimes things go as planned, sometimes they don\u2019t, but either way every birth story has its unexpected moments. Now that I have generally lower levels of crazy hormones and 12 months of perspective, I thought it was a good time to share some of the unexpected moments from my birth experience. Here, without filter, I give you the 6 things I wish someone had told me before I went into labor:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This story was written by Jenny and posted with\u00a0permission by\u00a0Ursula.<\/em><\/p>\n Jenny and her husband Ivan welcomed their first baby, Stella Kate, on May 10th<\/sup>, 2015 at GW Hospital. Stella was Ursula\u2019s 925th<\/sup> baby. <\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_nav admin_label=”DO NOT EDIT – Automatic Post Navigation” in_same_term=”on” hide_prev=”off” hide_next=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [\/et_pb_post_nav][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_sidebar admin_label=”DO NOT EDIT – Automatic Sidebar” orientation=”left” area=”sidebar-1″ background_layout=”light” remove_border=”on” header_font=”|on|||” header_text_color=”#00a599″ body_text_color=”#00a599″] [\/et_pb_sidebar][et_pb_divider admin_label=”DO NOT EDIT – Automatic Divider” color=”#00a599″ show_divider=”on” divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”top” hide_on_mobile=”on”] [\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”DO NOT EDIT – Automatic Amazon Blurb” title=”Amazon Affiliates” url=”http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/biryoudes-20″ url_new_window=”on” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”%%114%%” icon_color=”#7EBEC5″ use_circle=”on” circle_color=”#ffffff” use_circle_border=”on” circle_border_color=”#7EBEC5″ icon_placement=”top” animation=”top” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” use_icon_font_size=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” header_font=”|on|||” header_text_color=”#00a599″ custom_margin=”60px|||”]<\/p>\n Click here to visit an\u00a0 Amazon list crafted by our\u00a0students and clients\u00a0for parents approved books\u00a0and props for\u00a0pregnancy through infancy.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_divider admin_label=”DO NOT EDIT – Automatic Divider” color=”#00a599″ show_divider=”on” divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”top” hide_on_mobile=”on”] [\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BYD Blog I can\u2019t believe I have an almost one-year old. It feels like I was just pregnant yesterday, but suddenly my baby is an independent toddler. As I\u2019m sure many women do at this moment in their postpartum journey, I find myself thinking a lot about when Stella made her screaming entrance on Mother\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[35,54,42,60,23,61],"class_list":["post-1824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birth-you-desire-blog","tag-birth-story","tag-birth-you-desire","tag-doula","tag-humor","tag-labor","tag-ursula-sabia-sukinik"],"yoast_head":"\n\n