Laboring at Home Vlog | Long labor with fifth baby 

You did right Steff by having control of your labour. My first labour was induced, and I thought I had no choice, so my experience as a very young Mum was just awful. I felt like a slab of meat just poked and pulled around 😢 I was not able to move around as I was wired up to equipment, just terrible. Yet, I realised it should not have been necessary as my son was only 2 days over the due date if that 😢 After that experience, I did not go to maternity until my labours were well progressed. Like you, I did housework and laundry and kept very busy, so my labours progressed and were trouble free 😊 My sons are all lovely young men now ❤ Your family is lovely, and your channel is so very inspiring ❤ Wow, those pies 😊

I wished i had your knowledge when I gave birth to my son at age 23. I thought I had to go to the hospital and thought i had to get an epidural. Biggest mistake of my life. They went too far with the needle. It slowed my progression down and I couldn't push because 2nd epidural worked. I had the absolute worst headache afterward and had a blood patch done to seal hole in my spine. It didn't work and had to go to the med in Memphis and have another blood patch. My back hurts in that spot til this day and that was 1988. I wished I had done without epidural and I would have had the perfect delivery!! Congratulations on your new arrival!! Love watching your videos!!

Watching while in labor 41 & 3 days with my first God willing I will have a baby tonight! Thanks for sharing some of your pregnancy with us ❤️

My husband and I have been married for 11 years now and I looove trying to impress him with everything 😂

Love it. My first home birth was baby #5. I went into labor, cooked dinner, milked our goats, and laughed as my husband came in with dripping shorts from smashing eggs he had collected as he was trying to rush to get our bucks in the barn😂 hilarious. It was my 2nd longest labor, and im convinced that if I'd had to birth in hospital, they would have done an emergency c section. So grateful for that experience and looking forward to #6 in a few more weeks

I'm a teen girl, and I found what you were saying about social media really helpful and insightful.

Girl! You’re making a pie while in labor! You are a super star! I was in early labor with my 5th and I didn’t even want to walk to the car!

You could really tell that you were in labor. You took on a different look and your tummy was a different shape. I will have to say you look so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing such a intimate time with us. God Bless

Was so sick w nausea& vomiting with both my pregnancies for 4 1/2 months+ ..so when I finally started feeling better, I ate everything with gratefulness. Remember my ankles being like watermelons while working w 1st pregnancy..was so glad to be off my feet and barefoot..fyi..30yrs ago ;) P.S. I am clearly old enough to be your mother, yet drawn to your background in Nursing and educating& healing & listening to your body..thru all.. ages in life.

I love watching you and your husbands interactions 🥺 so precious

40+2 today as a FTM and your videos are so encouraging!

Your channel is very soothing and calming to my brain. Thank you for spreading the message that labor is natural and that we can trust our own bodies and selves.

I was 42 weeks and 1 day when my daughter decided to come….. I seriously couldn’t move by the time I delivered her 😂😂

My first baby was born 5 weeks early. He stayed in the NICU for a month before I could take him home. He weighed 4 pounds when I took him home and he doubled his weight by his One month exam. My other 2 were a few days to a week late . Praise the lord they’ve always been healthy.

I absolutely love this it reminds me so much of my labor, that I went through last year in october. I was going through my contractions but I could still talk so I just decided to continue making dinner doing my best to feed my animals and go about my daily life. And feed myself, your tips are the real deal. I wish a lot of women could experience labor like this.

Congratulations on the new baby boy💙

Congrats on the new baby boy , I do believe you are SuperWoman , lol you cooked and cleaned right up until the time you had him . I love watching all your videos .

So fun to listen to. Im 38+3 with my 7th baby but I always have gone early so we are expecting him any day. My last labor was an hour and 20 minutes so I feel a little more jumpy this time around and have pretty severe spd this time so I am barely able to be up walking but am trying to keep moving. So far my labors have all been 3-4 hours but I'm always nervous that one of these times i will have a hard, long labor and you took it with such stride! ❤ Love to hear from other mamas that have such a calm about delivery!

I admire you for sharing with us how your days were while waiting for your bundle of joy and also going about your day even while having contractions. You are a super mum and your baby is just gorgeous 😍 congratulations to you, your husband and family.

It's so beautiful listening to your story, I have been following you for some time now and have learned so much from you. I know things are busy right now but I was curious if you'd ever consider doing a video on the cleaners you make/buy. I originally found you by your homemade laundry soap and I have gathered from your videos that you live a clean non toxic life and after your video that you were sponsored by earthy i headed right over to check it out and placed an order! Your videos are so informative and fun and just make my soul happy. Thank you for sharing your way of life it has been such a huge inspiration for me on my spiritual homemaking journey!

Congratulations from New Zealand 🤗🙏💜 so happy for you and yours. Was lovely to hear your birth story and now to watch baby Frederick grow💜

That's amazing!!! So brave!! ❤❤❤ Beautiful life!! :)

1st baby: water breaks at 3 am, start power walking non-stop and regret it 14 hours later when your body is *just* starting to really labor 4th baby: wake up at 3 am with labor contractions, stay in bed and try to go back to sleep because you refuse to wear yourself out before you need to 🤣 This was my experience anyway lol. Resting and keeping busy is definitely key.

You inspire me to just keep moving till the very last second!! Loved this video and hope you are doing amazing with your precious baby boy❤️

Congratulations 🎊, once again. Thank you for sharing your experiences with all of us.

I relate to true nesters! Inspiring video. Thx 4 sharing!

I've loved listening to your birth story. It's so positive. I've had 2 c sections. My first had a little meconium at 38 weeks. I was admitted, and within a few hours, they put me on the artificial hormone. Soon after that, they broke my water. Less than 24 hours later, I was told it's dangerous for baby having no fluid this long, and I was only 2 cm, so I had to have a csec. My second, I wanted a vbac but once I hit 40 weeks, they told me they won't let me wait longer because it's too dangerous and was scheduled for a csec. Was then told I could never have a natural birth. But listening to women who have had a vbac after multiple csecs and listening to you, I really want to try again and just let my body do it's own thing

You are increasing my confidence in my body’s ability to birth. Thank you so much for your videos & may God bless you & yours! ❤️🙏🏼

Congratulation on your baby Fred !!!

Congratulations on Fred! What a cutie! Idk how you move so much during labor, I never want to do anything, your amazing

Congratulations on your baby many blessings and healing. I’m so excited for your family

I just want to say you are Super Woman in my eyes. My dream is to be a mom one day, plus I love health and have gotten into natural/non-toxic living in the past year. Your videos have been super helpful for me and you're such an inspiration!

Beautiful lattice pie. Your son is so cute. Love to u all Lisa . Uk ❤❤❤hope u had a lovely Easter 🐣

Dates help to ripen the cervix 😊. Making it open easily when the time is right. Won’t cause it to open early. I’ve read that traditionally women eat at least six a day for the last two weeks.

Congratulations to you all! What a beautiful family and Pie! 😊

Thank you for sharing! Your knowledge and attitude towards birth is so empowering. I would love to hear more of your thoughts about newborn and baby care. Curious if you’d be willing to talk about vitamin k protocols. Intuitively I haven’t felt like it’s necessary but have allowed an oral administration for both my babies so far but I might make a different choice next time. Congratulations again on your sweet baby!

Your little boy in the back seat with the cowboy hat on is SO ADORABLE! Cutest little boy ever. You have such a sweet family. Ok now to watch the rest of the video. Just had to say that. Lol. 😊😊

My respect! ❤ I am also pregnant with baby number 5, but I can't be so productive because of a hip problem since I was born. But I do what I can 🎉

We have been married almost 32 years and i still try to impress my husband with food.

Loved hearing how you spent your time in labor. It’s so helpful to stay busy and distracted throughout it! I didn’t think I was in labor this last time around (Feb 24) because it was just lots of pressure for most of the day with some mild and sporadic contractions every now and then. I was just going about the day like any other, and I thought I was in for a long haul. I realized by about 7pm things were probably going to gear up, and we got to the hospital at 8:06pm, still not convinced I was close to delivering. 10 minutes later I knew baby was coming! I pushed her out at 8:31pm. So fast and smooth, it was beautiful 🤩 So glad your birth was smooth and enjoy that gorgeous little boy ☺️💙

I’m so glad all went well…..you are such a strong woman💕 I loved watching you do the lattice on the pie. I’ve recently made a couple of those myself (so fun!) Yours was so pretty….I need to buy one of those “cutters” that make the design on the edge……I only have a pizza cutter…. I will now get one like yours😛

Congrats!

What a beautiful house Dream house peaceful beautiful lovely glamorous

Yes love expressing my husband too 😆. It's nice to see how they respond to the love. ❤️

Congratulations to you n you beautiful family. I prayed for a healthy great birth. I admire your strength you got me gonna try baking sourdough n other of recipes thank you so much❤

I really love the advice talking through the stages of labor. I am 39 weeks and 2 days. My youngest is 5.5 years old, and I have forgotten how things progress. I find myself questioning- is it starting? How will I know it's time? So your commentary is so helpful as I wait for baby to come at any time.

I think dates are for softening your cervix, which it may have helped with. The long labour seemed to have possibly been because the triple nuchal cord made it difficult for baby to tuck his chin for ideal positioning (someone in your other video mentioned that and I thought it made sense). Anyways, after 2 c-sections and no vaginal deliveries (heartbroken over this) I'm just living vicariously through you ❤

As for dates ... in my religion t was said that when the Saint Mary was giving birth she was told from God and angels to push the palm so she can eat the dates falling around her to help her with labor so yes they do help as they have sugar fibers and iron 😊 so good for you and the baby that you like them ❤

I love this and the rest of the videos so much. Thank you so much for sharing this. If you'd like to share more on diet and nutrition, that would be awesome, too! Like more on how your diet and physical nutrition differed now vrs. Your first. Obviously, keeping in mind that maybe it didn't make a difference. But if you think it did. I'd like to hear about it.

My first child was 37 hours hard labor. I was told that if I didn't get an epidural 33 hours in that I'd have to get an epidural and a c-section because I was losing too much fluid. Now I truly question this after hearing about your labor...but every time I'd contract I'd tense up and couldn't get past 1 cm dilated. As soon as I got the epidural I had her 4 hours later. With my second they induced me because my water broke but I wasn't having contractions. I didn't like the feeling of losing water everywhere so I chose to have him right away. From the time I was induced to the time I had him was 12 hours. My first born was 1.5 hours of pushing, my second was half a push. The doctor joked with me and said not to laugh, sneeze, or even breathe because he was going to fly out of me. When it came to pushing she said, I want HALF a push, nothing big. Didn't take much to get him out. The first was by far the worst!

Lovely vlog.🫶🏻

Any recommendations for books or resources on holistic prenatal care or diet?!

My midwife told me that dates are naturally good for oxitocin and that towards the end of pregnancy to start eating 7 a day as it would help to prepare for labour. It worked for me as i had both my babies at home with pretty short labours.

God bless!

I have a question……Do you have a full refrigerator on one side and a full stand up freezer on the other? To where they’re not combined at all? If so, when did you get them?!

I’m pregnant with baby #5 and it’s a boy. I’ll have 4 boys 1 girl same as you! Congratulations

Somewhere between 41-42 weeks with #5 right now! Wondering every night if this will be it? But also finding that space to have a deep rest. What an adventure!

Can you tell me where you get bulk flour from? i remember you talking about it in another video but i can’t figure out which one. thank you in advance

It seems you have so much knowledge on birth and labor. I’m so curious what you would think about someone who has had 4 c sections trying to labor and have a baby naturally? Because… that’s me. Haha I just had my 4th in December. I’m not pregnant.. but I know I would like more kids. And I hate c sections.

I do the same I pick one skill and I try to learn it.

Congratulations on your baby boy and god bless you. Can we get the recipe for your beautiful pie?

Your so brave! Love your story and your home birth video. Did you see a provider at all through your pregnancy? Just curious

Have you heard of Gentle Birth by Mountain Meadow hurbs? I've took it with my last baby, and it went the fastest and easiest

Hey:) I have a question because I love your approach on pregnancy, I’m a first time mom & plan on a home birth. I’m 40weeks+ 4 days however the “due date” seems so confusing but I was wondering my midwife wants to do a membrane sweep. I’m not so against because I want to meet my first baby but I worry that’s an unnecessary and rushed procedure. What do you think about these? Congratulations on your beautiful #5 baby! Thank you for your informational videos and knowledge about birth!

Oh almost forgot the baby with cowboy hat so sweet❤

Yo estoy en la espera tengo 39 semanas pero aun así sigo con los labores de la casa!! Tenía riesgo de parto prematuro desde las 30 semanas pero seguí como de costumbre sin parar con los labores de la casa!! Espero las contracciones pero seguir hasta que pueda con mis tareas 😅...

Hi! I'm pregnant at the moment and feeling so ugly in everything I wear. I love those dresses, I know they are from Neuflora. May I ask whay size you get them in? Thanks!

Thanks for the video. Q: could you please show us your workout routine and clothing you wear? Do you wear modest.gym clothes?

Why don’t you make your own almond butter? So much healthier and cheaper. Congratulations as well!

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Okay I need to know about the cutie oranges please??

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girl what gym do you go to that there’s something. for all your babies???

I'm very interested in your prenatal supplements and tea. I'm 15 weeks and 38 years old. I'm super interested home birth this time around. 3rd baby

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In our Islamic book ( the Quran ) it’s recited that the mother of Eissa ( Jesus) was command to eat dates while she was laboring to help her give birth. So we know that’s a really accurate thing u said there 😊❤

Maybe number 6....will be easier....lol

There is nothing wrong with wanting to impress our husbands! So called feminists will frown at that, but honestly many people today are too selfish to understand what it means to be married to someone. I am always thinking about what mine wants and needs and find great joy in that. The beautiful thing is, a man will do the exact same thing for their wife, just in different ways.

Your having a boy

Wait are cuties unhealthy lol

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