I’m back folks, and I’ve got some goodies for you!
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I found a couple of short clips of me while I was in labor 8 months ago, and I thought you all might like to watch them. They aren’t very intense, but I still think they are neat to view. That could just be because they are of myself, though. (?)
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I don’t know if I’ve told the story before, or not, but the actual “birth” was recorded by my mom. Unfortunately, she somehow managed to forget to press the record button. Ugh.
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Talk about the ultimate party foul!
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I didn’t let myself get too worked up over it. I had an absolutely perfect birth experience, and a wonderful, completely healthy little boy to show for it, so I didn’t figure I had much room to complain. The main thing that upsets me is that I’ll never be able to know whether or not I actually did as well as I think I did.
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Haha, that might be a good thing now that I think about it! I wouldn’t want to give up my bragging rights. :p
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In this first clip, I’m guessing I was around 4-5 centimeters dilated. There’s no way to know for sure, though, as I didn’t get checked until a couple of hours later. It was very easily manageable at that point.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmoqOoHaH8Y
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In this next clip, I am having a contraction, and using a yoga ball to move around on. I say in the video that I am 7 centimeters, but my midwife later told me that I was really at about 8. The contractions were obviously more intense at that point, but I was still able to handle it, especially since I was getting a little bit of a rest in between them. I feel for the women who don’t get any breaks at all!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOqZyQv992E
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This last one is a very short clip, right before I was about to get in the tub. I was almost 10 centimeters dilated. Ready to have that baby! Thanks for watching! 
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http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_annotate?ns=1&v=1quJ9IQ3yG4
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