I don't know why, but hearing someone as intelligent and verbose as you say "big titties" was the best thing ever. Apparently, at almost 39, I'm a child.
As someone who is not a parent, but wants to be; I didn’t mind all the details. You kept saying “probably too much information”, but I appreciate it, because I am learning so much! Thank you for sharing.
@@noogerbenaffleckisanokayac3628 Opioids have been used in hospital settings long before the current opioid crisis and are used in countries that don't have this problem. Maybe educate yourself on the subject before shaming women for getting an epidural. You should probably refuse any opioids if you're ever admitted to a hospital..
Hi there! I just wanted to let you know (in the odd hope that you may read this) that the reason you can still push and move around with the epidural is because it is specifically a dorsal root ganglion block. For simplicity's sake, you can picture the dorsal aspect of your ganglion (essential a mass of nervous tissue) coming out of the "top" of your spinal vertebra like a dolphin's dorsal fin and the ventral aspect coming out of the "bottom" of the vertebra. The dorsal (sensory) ganglia travel back to the brain to tell you that you are experiencing pain, whereas the ventral (motor) ganglia relay signals sent by the brain (e.g. you telling your leg to kick). Hence, you are pain free below where the dorsal root block is placed. I'm just a mere veterinary student panicking over my exams and I figured this wasn't the worst way to procrastinate. I love your content and how scientific your research presentation is. I hope I helped or at least piqued your interest. Cheers!
I am half German but live in America. I love watching my favorite youtubers videos, then coming to the comment section and seeing little German vocab lessons like this! The German language is so beautiful. Vielen dank, be blessed ♡
I’ve truly enjoyed you sharing your journey with Toddler and Tiny baby! I’m so happy you’re all healthy (including Partner)! I’ve never wanted kids and I think it’s the toughest job and career…no comparison! No way can I do it! But I love hearing the stories. I made sure it couldn’t happen. But I really enjoy hearing about the journey and love the kids but I also love giving the kids back at night! Lol! FYI. I spent years shaving my head. The freedom is fabulous!
Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈!!! I had (delayed) postpartum depression after the birth of my first child and none after my second child was born. I‘m happy for you that you are feeling better this time.
Loved hearing this story, there's actually a name for the "awful" feeling you got when you nursed your toddler- it's called nursing aversion and it's actually so so common!
Thank you so much for this. I’m currently 7 months pregnant with my first and because of your video I knew the symptom of cholestasis and was able to get to the doctor and get the proper medication immediately. Your information quite literally helped prevent harm to my baby.
The paper cut analogy with breastfeeding is spot on. That's exactly how it felt. Horrible. It took about 2 weeks for that to subside, and then breastfeeding was heaven for me and I miss it so much.
Nooger BenAffleckIsanOkayActor I think it’s so she doesn’t give her baby’s gender away? Idk but as far as I know Swayze is very private about her personal life. In my second language (French) words are gendered. (Ex. Elles is feminine plural for they and ils is masculine plural for they). Not a 100% sure what they’re talking about but I think that’s what they were trying to say
Pumping is the worst. I have an 18 month old, this vid brings up a lot of feels for me. 36 hour labor, unplanned C-section + major BF struggles, I haven't thought about these things in a while. I stopped nursing completely when she was 10 months old, and TMI, but I can still squeeze a little out, and I was never a big producer, so weird. Good for you for knowing what's right for you and your family.
My sister-in-law nursed all three of her kids until they were about two. But she only pumped for the first one because she said she hated feeling like a cow. It was one of the most personal things I've ever heard her say. It also benefit did the relationship because for the first year the kids for needed to be with her all the time so she could feed them. Whereas with the first baby even though she wanted to have him with her all the time she was forced to go back to work quicker and other slightly not is awesome things as a new mother. As I'm not a mom I have no idea but I am so fascinated with these birth stories.
Thank you. I cried watching the part about breastfeeding. I had EVERY issue you did. I tried.. saw consultants.. nipple blisters.. bleeding.. pain.. baby wont open their mouth. and I had to supplement with breast milk from the start... and I got so depressed from not being able to exclusively BF.. I was pumping CONSTANTLY... but my supply was going down anyway... and pumping literally made me CRY.. i hated every second of it. I would cry through pumping. nothing about it made me happy. I stopped completely at 3 months... and it made me so much happier. it feels like a weight being listed hearing this.. that I'm not the only one. thank you.
Your smokey eye is beautiful! Thank you for sharing also!!! Love these types of videos! The ones that you share a little bit of your personal life lol ❤️
Thank you for being so open and honest - I had an epidural after 45 hours of labour (he was back to back like you & had the cord round his neck) and at the time felt so guilty I caved and took the drugs (so silly but I felt pushed in to a natural birth) I also had the same probs with breast feeding but tried SO hard but gave up after 10 days as I was scared & cried in fear every time my baby came near me. As soon as I gave up everything was 100% better and I could hug my baby and enjoy him! I wish I had listened to my body and not other peoples opinions on drugs and breast feeding xxx
I love that picture of you! Totally badass and you look stunning. You killed me at “Drugs dude.”😂 I’m so happy you are logical and support traditional medicine. It’s so hard to consume vegan content online, when every person and their dog believes modern medicine is toxic. I can just let them eat their medicinal mushrooms in peace, and enjoy your videos instead! Thank you for the great content!
Swayze is one of the most consumable vegans on RU-vid. I wish more vegans were like her. She has helped me transition so much to almost fully veg. She doesn't lie or exaggerate and her honesty is what MORE vegans need to subscribe to.
What’s so great about her taking drugs during childbirth? It’s not like it’s rare like almost every women takes them in childbirth. No medals are handed out for that dummy
I was in the hospital in January on a renal diet and there was nothing I could eat that was substantial. I asked the dietitian why and she said "oh I guess we should do that". Like yeah, create a menu that will feed all of the patients and not just meat-eaters.
Wow! I'm glad you had a better experience this time around. It's nice to know that people like you are raising part of the next generation. Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations beautiful!! Thank you so much for sharing this. I had severe Chlostasis... the liver test is to check the salt biles but the tests are not that great as the levels can change within a day. It was such a traumatic condition for me and baby as stillborn risks are much higher and our labour and delivery was horrific. I am so so so happy to see you healthy and happu and tiny baby is all fine. Unnatural Family is growing!!! Much love from Australia
Off topic - Your makeup looks great! On topic - My second's heart rate kept dropping during labor as well... turns out the umbilical cord had a knot in it! Not sure if related, but it was spooky for sure.
I have the exact same breast-feeding story as you ❤️ pumped with the first for 1.5 years and felt the pressure to do it again with the second. Wish I would’ve given myself a break and used formula for my sanity. My husband did nearly all the cleaning of the pump parts for me because he felt bad that I refused to use formula because I thought it was unfair that I did if for my first (also had lots of Postpartum issues and developed mastitis 4x, so I was very irrational and not in the best state). Wish I could go back and time and be kinder to myself. ❤️
We had so many breastfeeding struggles for 2 months, so for my sanity, I decided to quit BF and start pumping. I don't feel inferior to mothers who are able to BF, nor do I feel superior to mothers who formula-feed. I think it's important to do what's best for baby, and that includes taking care of yourself and taking care of your needs as well. 💕
Ah man. I had my baby back to back unmedicated, I felt all was manageable, got to fully dialated and the pushing whilst back to back was intenseeeeee, pushing for over an hour. Can't believe it when I hear of mamas being able to push out their btob baby fairly quickly 😂😭 That hospital food looks bloody amazing!!!! I was offered dry toast... 😂 after 24hrs of intense labour, that didn't cut it. So glad you're feeling better this time around ❤️
Yes! Nursing for me was like an rls feeling too. I pumped for 12 plus months with both my babies. I actually regret pumping with my second because it consumed me and made me not the best mother, and it ruined my last baby experience.
Hi, I've never had a baby, so I'm curious what you mean by it consumed you? Does it take like a really long time? Do you have to do it multiple times throughout the day? Idk, I just assumed pumping would be easy, but I'm obviously super wrong, haha.
@@mistyfying7729 yes, to maintain a strong supply you have to pump around the clock for the first few months. It took me 20-30 minutes to pump then cleaning the parts after. I also had a toddler to care for too. I introduced a bottle of formula at 7 months and it was heavenly.
My baby #2 also was sunny side up! He was by far my most difficult delivery and was my biggest! And he was the only one I didn’t get an epidural with 😱 I think my husband might have some PTSD from witnessing this birth 🤦🏻♀️ The nurse had to power drive my stomach with her elbow to get him out and he had scary decels as well. The doctor said we need c section now but the nurse did her wrestlemania move on me and got him out! Lol congrats! You look great!!
I remember watching your first birth story while I was pregnant, and also GBS positive. To say I worried about the IV is an understatement. You had me freaked the fuck out the whole time. I'm already in pain and just hoping they'll hold off as long as possible on my IV. By the time I had it in I was like "what? it's in? I thought this was really painful?" they just all kind of patted my hand and smiled...lol. Then I'm just sitting there like "this bitch had me worried for nothing!!" haha. Interesting to hear your differences your second time around. Congrats! 💕
Afterbirth pains generally get worse with each baby. So they will likely be more painful if you have another. They’re annoying but they’re for a good purpose - uterus contracting down and controlling bleeding
Congratulations! And you still look all glow-y and beautiful. I have a suggestion regarding names of the kids for your videos that I hope you won't find too glib. You could now call them Thing 1 and Thing 2 so you have quick names to refer them without using so many words.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us! My pregnancy, labor and delivery were all horrible and it really helps me feel better when I hear other birth stories, positive or negative. Congratulations and thank you again for sharing!
Oh my gosh, thank you so much for sharing your story. I basically never comment on anything but this rung so true for me! My daughter struggled with nursing and weight gain in the exact same ways as your LO. It was so reaffirming to hear your experience because I've never met anyone else who had the same thing happen. Thank you for sharing!
You talking about your experience is making me excited to have my second (currently 11 weeks). Although with my first i had the same issue with the nurse forgetting to give me the saline flush before the penicillin. My delivery nurse looked like she cheated her way through college and just had a night out with her friends. Not a good experience for me.
I discovered you through your first birth story and you pushed me and tremendously helped me to go vegan, thank you so much, I love your channel !! Also, really nice Smokey eye ! :D
Thank you for your content. Would you please do a video expanding more about your experiences with anti-depressants in general and its potential and actual benefits and risks during pregnancy? Thanks!
My first was “sunny side up”, we had some heart rate drops too mostly when I was bent over puking my guts out (the joys of labour lol) I’m jealous it only took you 10 mins of pushing, it took me 3 hrs it was brutal. My second presented normally and was out with 4 pushes, we actually barely made it to the hospital in time. What a difference baby’s position can make!
It sounds like you might have been dealing with Nursing Aversion or Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex. I have DMER. When milk lets down I just want to run out of my own skin. It is way worse when you are all blistered. I had to count untill it stopped to keep my mind off it. Congratulations on baby!
Never been pregnant, but I had an IM penicillin injection, and it was AWFUL. Injected into my glute, and not only did it burn, but my whole glute and hip was sore for almost a week. It felt like a massive bruise, or a gnarled hyper tense knot in my back. Terrible. Glad you had a good outcome after your scare!
Hey, thanks for being vulnerable and sharing your story. I know nothing about babies or being pregnant, and we’re thinking about having a baby ourselves, and this is helpful, especially since you’re vegan. Thanks for being so real and sharing. :) Also love how you keep your children’s names and genders private. I agree with honoring their privacy and personal choice.
That is hard work! 💕 I had a posterior baby but no pitocin thank goodness, and was unmedicated, it was intense but honestly awesome. To do it with pitocin you are incredible 👑
I’m so glad it all went okay over all! I’m glad tiny baby is healthy. I hate hospitals so much and I’m just afraid of needing an IV and not being able to move and having nurses constantly in and out of the room and I’m so afraid of needing a C-section and stuff like that. All to say that’s just me, I know that these are great things in general and some people need it which is absolutely fine. I had my first baby in a birth center with no drugs or interventions. It was just a nurse and a midwife and it was great. And we got to leave after just a few hours and got to sleep in our own bed and everything. It was all really nice 👍
Congratulations on your new addition! Normally hate birth stories but I watched your whole video so it mustn't have been terrible! You totally do not need to justify not breast feeding. It sounds like we had similar experiences and omg the memory of that pain makes my toes curl. Any one who gives someone sh*t for not bfing has not felt that pain. Horrendous. Glad all is going well now, enjoy the tiny stage...it goes by so quickly...wish it didn't though 😭
I had my baby on November 23rd 2018. Same thing happened with me I was a day before my due date, when my Palms and feet got super itchy. While my sister had cholestasis and had to be induced immediately. So that's basically what happened to me is that they induced me which started labor pains, I was in labor for almost 2 days at about 2 cm which they then gave me a drip of oxytocin which speeded up the labor so I basically went from 2 cm to 8 cm within 6 hours all without an epidural. It was at 8 cm that the baby's heart rate started to rise very rapidly, which at that time the doctor decided to give me an emergency C-section. Oh my God the recovery from a C-section was brutal
Thanks for sharing! I just had my first in February so a lot of this is super relatable. It makes me feel a bit better that I've been having to supplement with formula. It was really stressful because mine lost a lot of weight initially and wasn't all that big to begin with but is doing really well now.
My grandson was 4 lbs 12 oz when he was born. I remember helping my daughter feed him every two and a half hours. It was really hard on her not to be able to trust that the baby would wake up on his own to eat. He just didn't care about eating. That is crazy hard to deal with. She was always stressed out and only sleeping for two hours at a time since it took a good 15 to 30 minutes to get baby to wake up only to have him fall asleep while eating. I definitely have a lot of sympathy for new mothers and fathets stressed out about their littles not eating enough.
My second was sunny side up as well, I was in labor for four long painful days thanks to it 😭 she also has a mark on her head that has not fully gone away as of her being seven now.
If hair loss is something that may affect your emotional wellbeing or self-esteem, you may want to try swapping liquid shampoo for shampoo bars or another artisanal option (i make a liquid version as well, but bars are still my favorite because it’s also zero waste and they last longer) because they honestly do help a lot in getting that thick, luscious main from actual nutrition of your scalp that no other product can imitate. You can also do Castor oil scalp massages once or twice a week but having a newborn simply replacing the shampoo sounds more realistic to me 🖤
Congratulations on your baby! I had my first two at an awesome hospital in Virginia. They had tons of vegan options! I’m delivering the baby #3 at a military hospital this time around and not looking forward to the food. Hopefully I’m not in there too long!
Lol... Yes! The cramps!! After I had 2nd, everytime I nursed I thought I was going back into labor! I actually called the Dr. On day 3, asking if it's possible something got left in the uterus 😂😂 ... It was just that intense. 🧡 Congratulations on the new addition to your lovely family!♥️
Oh my word, the burning IV. I thought I was the only one. I also experienced that with my first. I told the nurse that it was burning, I had been laboring for 24 hours already, no drugs, and the burning was just too much. The nurse acted like I was overreacting and started wiggling the IV, so I grabbed her wrist and glared at her while demanding that she stop because it was burning! Thankfully, my husband stepped in and got another nurse to place a new IV before I hurt that poor lady.
I had a hysterectomy last summer and brought a whole bunch of food. They had a vegan menu and it was so nice. It was really good. Sometimes they gave a side dressing that wasn't vegan but for the most part it was really good. I was so surprised.
Thank you for sharing this. Your story about breastfeeding is very relatable to me, and it's so important for new moms to feel like they aren't alone! The thought of my pump makes me shudder...
As a healthcare provider I feel that it's important to tell you that it is actually very dangerous that they left you 4 hours alone without somebody coming in and checking on you. Things like hemorrhaging can happen very quickly and often before a new mother even realizes that it's happening. This is exactly why we have to check on patients at least once an hour to ensure all patients are safe and breathing. Even midwives who typically leave after baby is born ensure that you have somebody in the house with you in case of an emergency
I won’t have any kids but this video was so interesting, I definitely wasn’t expecting it because pregnancy always sounded so boring to me but you there was something so captivaving about the way you talked about it and your sense of humour. I love your channel and all of your other videos!
I just came across your videos and first off, I appreciate how well versed you are in so many things! And not in a "I have Google" way. I don't know your background, but it appears you know how to source information well! Anyway, I had to comment re: baby weight loss and IV fluids. I'm a L&D RN, and based on what you've described in your birth story, you probably received quite a bit of extra IV fluids a) to properly dilute the penicillin to prevent discomfort (though this in and of itself would likely be negligible) b) because tiny baby kept having heart decelerations. Other than position changes, giving a volume of extra fluid through the IV would be the next treatment to help bring baby's heart rate back up. Based on the frequency of the decelerations you've described, I expect you received a good bit of extra fluid. This certainly doesn't explain prolonged weight gain issues, but an interesting consideration, nonetheless!
I'm sorry to hear about your hair loss. I also have had this struggle and now were wigs. And let me tell you is so much fun. There are a ton of resources to on RU-vid and in Facebook groups. I think your hair looks nice how you have a cut. But if you want it to cut it you wouldnt have to shave it you could also do like a pixie cut would be so cute.
Congratulations on baby #2 everything you said about tiny baby eating is exactly how my daughter (same age as your toddler) was. Everything, from the losing weight in the beginning to not gaining weight. Except she absolutely refused to take a bottle so we could not fortify. We found out at 4 days old she had a heart condition and that was most of the reason she didnt eat as much because it was hard work and she would get too tired. Anyway best wishes for your family. I enjoy watching your channel, started watching after my daughter was born.
Aside from my appreciation of you sharing your birth story in your usual, honest, down-to-earth way... I just wanted to chime in to disagree and say that I think you'd seriously rock a shaved head. I have a feeling it won't really come to that, but if it did, I think you'd look pretty rad. Just saying.
Having your first baby is such a cultural shock. You can mentally prepare yourself all you want, however once you have the baby nothing feels like what you imagined and can throw you into instant depression. My second i didn't get ppd because i knew what i was up against this time
