Oops I home birthed again!  

I think these videos are so important, women should feel confident and know what experiences to expect with their bodies; we don’t talk about this often or candidly enough

This is good stuff. It's good for everyone to know. Babies can come anywhere at any time. When I was a child a lady in front of us in the bank actually had her baby come out while trying to deposit her check. All the ladies in the bank, as well as me and my mom helped deliver her right there in the bank.

Thank you for this video! Especially showing that women DO NOT have to lie flat on their backs to give birth and to keep the cord attached. Too many people still cut the cord too early (at least according to my post partum midwife and the head of L&D in the hospital I gave birth in), you are not supposed to cut it before it stops pulsing (under non-emergency circumstances), because it contains the babies blood and the baby needs this blood for a good start.

I caught my friends baby at an unplanned home birth. Can confirm: babies feel like wet chickens when they come out

Thank you for including the placenta!!! They never address it in media and I didn’t even know you had to deliver it for the longest time!

Honestly this stuff needs to be taught to girls and women, we are at the mercy of the medical system when we don’t pass on knowledge.

Oops! This happened to me. 😅 (It was actually a planned home birth, but the baby came so quick the midwife hadn't made it there yet.)

Ma'am i wouldn't know what to do after you just told me what to do. But this is very good to know. The placenta birth shook me😅

It just happened to me TODAY!!! Had a 15 min birth and I am glad I watched this reels before and I knew what to do! It was awesome 🙌

Using the casserole dish as the placenta receptacle reminded me of that one bowl we all have that is sometimes used for popcorn, sometimes is used for throw up.

My nephew was accidentally born this way. My sister in law went to the hospital and they said her contractions and pain were not severe enough, she was having severe back labor. They told her to go home and wait. 2 hours later she had my nephew at home, in the bathtub. She said it happened so fast she wasn’t even sure how much she had and if she had any she didn’t have time to think about it and out he came. That was her first and only baby! A beautiful story. Both were completely fine.

My boss had her baby unexpectedly early at home-and her story was hilarious! Her husband was arguing with the lawn water sprinkler installer guys, the nanny was arriving there with her other children, and her baby decided to make its entrance in front of them all. And they all stood there in shock-when they started moving, she said everyone kept throwing towels at her (except the installers who ran away) 😂

My first baby girl was not born at home….she was born at my work😮 and no I do not work in a hospital or even the medical field. I was working as an adjuster for vehicle claims😬 I can say I literally worked all the way up until my baby was born! It was not a stress free birth lol! 10 outta 10 do NOT recommend doing this!!😂

DO NOT cut the placenta, it contains the last of your baby’s blood volume and it needs time to pump into your baby’s bloodstream

This is unbelievably good information. It should be much more standard to learn these things. We often just imagine pregnancy and labor as, "ope, my water broke, my partner will now drive me to the hospital in more than enough time" but there are so many scenarios that this situation could happen in. Labor is insane and chaotic and can happen very quickly, and you may not have time to go to the hospital. Part of all birthing classes and any sort of training involved in giving birth should include learning what to do if you can't make it to the hospital or don't have a doula/midwife/trained professional present. Thank you for this video 👌💖

A really young couple were coming to church for several months but her baby wasn’t due for another few weeks yet. She came out of the bathroom with her little girl with a shocking look on her face. She handed the child off to me and asked someone to bring her husband. Her water had broke and she squatted against the wall. We had clean blankets and a cot brought down from the nursery though we were rushing around, the baby was born after barely one push! This all totaled maybe 15-20 minutes and long before any emergency support arrived. I left church that afternoon thinking, “it’s a natural thing that happens everyday!🤷🏼‍♀️ Edited to add she kept the placenta tucked safely in her sweatpants after I made sure the cord wasn’t twisted or being pulled.

My weird ass like, oh don't put the placenta on the white couch. Yeah Her, she's having a baby on the front room floor, probably stains are not her first concern. Love this, learned a lot 💕 Oh shit, hella likes, thanks guys lol, lots of weirdos worried about couch placenta!

The placenta looks like a baby charger 💀

This!! I believe no matter what type of setting you want to birth in you should prepare for the unexpected! Women planning hospital births should be educated on how to help themselves should they birth unexpectedly at home, and women planning home birth should have a birthing center/ hospital that they trust on standby. Educating on birth no matter the setting is so important!!!

This is a great video, informative and the humour helps it feel less stressful 😅

Another important thing to know is to listen to the instructions the dispatcher has for you when you call 911. Many, many, many, dispatch centers across the US and Canada certify their dispatchers in Emergency Medical Dispatch. We have step-by-step instructions to walk mother through birth as well as instructions for what to do when faced with complications/special circumstances: breech delivery, cervical cerclage, multiple births, miscarriage, placenta previa, etc

I was in labor for 36 hours, 34 of which I was less than 5 centimeters. I went from 5.5 to “this baby is coming now” in less than an hour. This is my second kid, but he was a month early. The doc came in and said some shit about getting his head over the lip of my cervix, followed by his hand and the worst pain ever in my life. I felt such relief when he stopped. (No epidural, no nothing) anyway classic story, he said he’ll be right back and I’m left in the room with 2 or 3 nurses who are still scrambling to get everything set up because like I said, less than an hour ago I was still only 5cm. I felt the overwhelming need to push and this being my second child and having been there for a day and a half already with little sleep, no food, and only told 90mins ago that I’d have to have a c section if this doesn’t progress, (mostly what catapulted me going from 5 to 10cm was me getting pissed off about this, that no one had said anything about no damn c section) I decided that this has to happen NOW, because I’m not gonna have the strength to push for 2.5 hours like I did w my first. Well, I only pushed for 14 minutes. I got up doggy style on the bed, did some cat/cow stuff and just started screaming and blocked out everything around me. I felt him crown, I felt his head go, I felt his shoulders slide down, and then I reached both hands between my thighs and caught him myself, brought him up to the middle of the bed under my chest, cried for a few seconds and then pulled the umbilical cord around and flipped over with him in my arms, waiting for the nurses to do something other than stare at me. The doctor dude then comes back and clearly I have done this without him so he just said something like congrats mama and left again. My son was born VERY VERY purple and NICU took him pretty quick after that, and we didn’t get him home until two weeks later, but that’s a story for another time. I’m just saying women need to know these things and while there is no substitute for experience, women’s reproductive education is lacking beyond “here’s how you get pregnant”. I felt like with my first I was terrified and my second I was like “yeah I got this” Btw he is four months old now and totally fine!

I've noticed when women give birth in TV and movies, there's always someone there shouting "we need towels and a bucket of water!" Now I understand what that stuff is for. 😂 Also, I'd definitely need a new baking dish after that birth. I've never been pregnant, but I know myself and that would be the last time I use that pan.

Someone I knew gave birth in her bathroom. Her husband had called an ambulance and they had fully given birth right as the ambulance pulled into the driveway. Now this was her second marriage, she had a kid before with a different partner. This was her new partner's first marriage so he literally answered the door with "so the baby came do we still have to go to the hospital?"

For how natural giving birth at home used to be, I've never seen anybody to lay out what you're supposed to do if it happens!!! Thank you!!!!!

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING AFTER BABY WAS BORN!!!! The process is not over yet!!!

I have been married for two years but got four early miscarriages and haven't had a baby yet. But this video is very helpful because i always panicked with fear of delivery time and always got miscarriages due to high blood pressure or hypertension.❤

I had an accidental homebirth! Super positive experience and baby was totally fine. ☺️

So many people think they have to cut the cord immediately videos like this are so freaking important❤❤❤❤ Cutting the cord without proper clamping can be extremely dangerous to the baby and knowing that you’re not supposed to do it without help and that the baby will be fine attached to the placenta, it’s a really important thing to understand Obviously not attached for like weeks but at least until you can get to a Hospital !!! I absolutely love this video

For a first time mother..the placenta will definitely be traumatizing.. lol try not to panic when you think youre "bleeding too much"

Also important DO NOT PULL OR TUG ON THE CORD! If the placenta doesn't come away, leave it. Don't try to get it to come out. You can end up hemorrhaging, causing injury to your uterus or causing it to invert. I accidentally gave birth at home and my placenta would not come away at all. I ended up having to have it surgically removed. You can't see inside your uterus so there is no way of knowing what is going on with your placenta. Be careful ladies! ❤️

I don’t plan on having kids but this is good for an emergency situation if an expecting mother needs help. Thank you for the advice!

Great video! As a veterinarian I read a lot about human birthing because it’s the one thing I really want to be ready to face should I be the only doctor in the vicinity. I have had to talk SO many totally freaked out people thru animal births. Every species is different….we gotta deliver 4 legged hooved babies, possibly a dozen babies at once (that may or may not be an unknown bakers dozen), as well as removing stuck eggs and picking babies out of shells sometimes. We should definitely have more gratitude for our feathered friends that ovulate baby sized eggs daily for us. Reproduction is amazing and magical along with all life. We should learn to love each other more and help each other out…. Earth life ain’t easy! ❤

One of my 9 labors was all of 45 minutes from start to finish. It was a planned homebirth but unplanned unassisted homebirth. The midwife arrived 30mins after baby. 🤣 It was my best birth ever!!! She always gave us emergency instructions before the end of pregnancy so it was all good.

Please keep making content like this💜

FINALLY! An actual useful youtube video! I miss this 😭. Thx so much!

Thank you so much for showing so much candidly, it takes the anxiety of the unknown😅☺

I’m 23 and haven’t even had a bf lol but I love watching these types of videos they’re so informative

The way she forcefully shoved the baby would've broken it's leg 😭😭

Not even close to having a baby, but was alway, ALWAYS wondering what to do with the cord in such cases, that was my mental burden..feel sooo relieved now! Thanks for the video❤

Yes. Also just keep baby at heart level and try to breastfeed since it will make the uterus contract back to normal like it should. Also giving birth standing / squatting is easiest because gravity is helping.

6th child took 23 minutes, from "I think these might be real contractions" to "you wanna cut the cord now?"

I was an accidental at home birth; mom went to the hospital because her labor cramps started, doctor said it wasn't time yet and sent her home, and poof there I was 😂 Gramma almost brought me into the world if it wasn't for the nurse to show up just in time lmao

Don’t scream when you’re in the pushing phase!!! It is NOT like the movies. Curl in on yourself, chin to chest, and grunt if you have to. But screaming is going to waste much-needed energy. I had a planned home birth with my husband and two midwives helping me along. Having someone support your legs is incredible while pushing. Don’t be afraid to push in the way that best suits you, as well. Back, side, hands and knees, squatting- all are viable as long as they work for YOU. ❤

I did a home delivery once as a paramedic. And when it came time to cut the cord I asked Dad if he wanted to do it. "Oh, no! I'll do it on the goats but I ain't doing it to my wife." 🤣

It’s so sad to me that decades of hospitalized birth has made women feel as if they aren’t allowed to trust their bodies and birth the way they choose. For some, this video is the only labor and birthing process they know. Many women believe this is “dangerous” The best place and way to labor and deliver your baby is wherever momma feels safe and empowered to make her own choices. If momma and baby are healthy and it’s an uncomplicated pregnancy, home birth is a beautiful and amazing experience.

This is very helpful, thank you so much ❤

Im always amazed at how many times birth is depicted as done the minute baby arrives. Thanks for mentioning placenta.

All of our babies were planned home births but number 4 came so fast, she beat everyone else including our mothers who only lived 15 minutes away, lol. It was good my husband had plenty of experience assisting with 1-3, he handled it all like a pro. 😊

It is so important that women know how to handle this situation. Men too so they can support and assist. Thank you for making this video!

Love the creativity on this ❣️ easier to learn imo 😁

I gave birth on the way to the hospital while my husband was driving. I knew exactly what to do except for the only thing in this video that I did not think about was the cord tugging or not. I got her on my chest, but I really was not concerned about that so if that ever happens again. That’ll definitely be something on my mind.

Ughh the placenta ... It felt like they punched it out of me at the hospital, it hurt so bad . Both times. They don't just wait and give it time. Everything is reallyyyyy fast. At that point your just like... I'm done please just leave me alone... Except for baby and partner ❤

People might think this is disgusting but it actually helps

“Wait for help to arrive” 😂😂😂😂😂 she doesn’t need any help 😂😂😂😂😂😂

This almost happened to me!!! I ended up having her in the ambulance 5 mins away from my house! Then the hospital insisted only drug babies are born that fast and took every single one of my babys dirty diaper to test for drugs. This after I went through excruciating back labor and a huge tear on my labia with no pain meds. Good times! My baby was so worth it though.

The fact i had to rewatch the entire video just to notice she wasnt actually pregnant is outrageous

I love that your not afraid to talk about "gross" stuff and show everything cause child birth isnt all flowers and sunshine and everyone should know how it happens

Great advice. As long as baby is breathing, keeping baby on mom and warm are pretty much the only priorities until help arrives. No need to worry about the cord or anything else. And if you're having to wait a long time, have someone massage your belly to try to prevent excess bleeding, which will suck, but it's worth it.

Tina, you rock! I can’t imagine how many women/couples and in the end babies lives you will have blessed by making your Yt Shorts clips. I would bet it’s far more profound than you think! Each room is very well done! Very entertaining and quite educational. You must be an exceptional nurse! I have tried to be that kind of nurse for my entire career. God Bless you!

As someone who has had four intentional homebirths myself, I approve of this message 🙌

This is the most informative video I've ever seen🙂 Thanks

THANKS!!! This is called education DAMN

I accidentally home birthed our second youngest and my husband helped me guide him out. Bath water was still running and the paramedics arrived. My husband cut the cord and towels we're definitely needed. The placenta was delivered in the ambulance. This was a good short to help unravel things incase you don't know what to do! 🤷🏼‍♀️ good visuals with the cord and placenta too btw

YES! Don’t cut that cord. In the U.K. if you phone the emergency services they will tell you to cut the cord. No no no!!!! The cord is your life line!!! Even in resuscitation. If baby can be resuscitated still attached to the cord then do it. That is gold standard and gives your baby the best chance.

This right here❣️ Be ause the truth is, some women do have their babies home alone. Not everyone has support and not every woman trust people to help her at such a critical time. These tips are super important. Thanks❣️

I think this is such good info. I helped my niece be born and I'm not a nurse or midwife (just a VERY dedicated Aunty. 😂) Videos like this do help!!

I gave birth to my son by myself at the hospital right when I was about to change my gown to get the baby monitors in place my nurse left so I could change and felt a strong urge to push I got on the bed and push while putting my hand’s between my thighs lol it was definitely an experience I will never forget

I cannot love this video enough! I am a labor and delivery nurse in a rural area and accidentally home births happen! It's important to know what to do if it happens so you can all stay calm and welcome baby And placenta!

I come from a line of midwives on both sides of my family. I wanted to be a doula at one time. Birthing is so amazing! Even though my own childbirth story was a little traumatic (I ended up having an emergency C-section) it was still the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me.

This make me way more confident if I do have a at home birth bc I know baby's these days are faster then the 911 dispatcher

This is really good information, you never know when you might need to refer to this.

Don't forget to unclog their nose. My little sister almost suffocated when she was born in Germany until my mom had to step in and unclog them. Sometimes birth liquids can clog them up. Especially if the baby decides to only breath in through the nose.

My neighbour went into labour at home. She was in the bathrooman her husband was at work the baby is beautiful and healthy

Imagine just chilling beside ur 1 sec old baby and placenta ._.

This was exactly my last birth experience with my 5th son. Fortunately I was able to do this with my midwife’s guidance over the phone until she arrived. They come when they are ready. This video is so helpful and informative. Thanks for sharing this ❤

This channel is so educational! I love it! ❤

Casually placing the placenta in a baking dish in the couch is cracking me up 😂😂

this is actually so informative. im not even pregnant or plan to be but ive always been paranoid about accidentally having a baby at home for some reason 😅 this helped my anxiety alot. thank you!

The most helpful video on the internet.

I appreciate your videos so much. As a first time expecting mom, you never know what could happen. There is no birth plan, just a baby plan. This was so important to watch

Thankyou so, so much for emphasizing the importance of medical guidance while also providing support and confidence until they arrive! I unfortunately have experience with women who who say things like “your body knows what to do”/other phrases that imply nothing actually goes wrong or happens unexpectedly, when that’s not true and especially Not. The. Point. It’s okay to ask for/need expert help, be scared, etc!

I want my next birth to be like this!! Haha loved the acting❤

PLACENTA?! YOU HAVE TO DELIVER TWO THINGS?! Ah hell nah.

This is comprehensive perfection! 🙌🏻🤰🏻👶🏻📤🎉👩🏻‍🍼🏆

Had a home birth like this! We went to the hospital in the morning and turned us away because my contractions weren't consistent so they told me to rest at home.. As soon as we got home it was over. I wasn't moving from the bed!! Too much pain!! The baby was coming out RIGHT THERE. The paramedics came so quickly and helped me deliver along with my husband in our one bedroom apartment. For skin to skin I literally didn't care anymore I just flung my dress over my head, revealing my naked body to everyone and let my baby lay on me. I was so dazed... I hadn't slept the night before either!! They took me to the hospital, stitched me up perfectly... oh and I had a lot of pee... ALOT! I was drinking water all throughout pushing because it was like running a marathon! They emptied a 1 LITRE JUG out of my bladder with a catheter. My guess is the baby came out so fast because of my enlarged bladder pushing on everything. That's just a theory because baby came out within 30 mins! 😂 Id definitely do an at home birth again but this time id like it more organized than the first!

Love the Britney Spears song with this situation lol. These are great tips.

Ah, this is very helpful. I know I'd feel panicky if that happened to me! 😂😅

This happened to my sister in law. She felt so bad because she didn't know to dry the baby off before she wrapped her in something. Baby's body temperature did drop quite a not before they got to the hospital. paramedics arrived but they were useless... made my sister in law walk barefoot through snow to the ambulance and didn't know wheat to do about the afterbirth.

I have never ever watched like this video in any channel. This is much more important for the pregnant women. Thanks for this amazing Short.

I hope everyone who will need this sees it.🙏🏼

Omg this was me- you don’t want to think this would ever happen with your plans for the hospital, but my son was almost born at home. I was having ‘Braxton hicks contractions’ a few months before my due date- I was giving myself SUCH a hard time mentally ‘women go through ACTUAL labor, and you can’t handle these fake contractions?!?’ until at one point I quite literally saw hair and a head! I was in so much pain I had to be carried down the stairs and to the vehicle. We live about 10 mins from the hospital- once we were there my son was born within five minutes. The doctors were NOT ready, and my baby and I were a bit of a local story for a while because the hospital did NOT birth babies- I didn’t give them much of a choice though 😂 my mother in law dropped us off at the emergency room door, she parked her car, grabbed her purse and walked into the hospital. She said to the security guard ‘I’m not sure if she’s having her baby today we think it’s just fake contractions’ the security guard replied with ‘I just heard a baby ma’am, I think she already had the baby’ 😮 😅 we had some complications initially but my son is almost 6 and doing very well now 😊

Awesome props. And this video was needed for so many years. Bravo for making it!

This has honestly happened to me with 2 out of my 4 live births and the little demonstration is 100% accurate. Love the little plushie placenta. 😂

My husband was a planned home birth with a midwife. His dad was a librarian and read a book on delivering a baby, and thought it didn't sound hard. Husband was baby number 2, known to come faster than expected. Sure enough, dad delivered him before the midwife arrived.

This is such a good and helpful video!

also note: if someone's with you, as the baby's crowning, have them make sure the umbilical cord isn't wrapped around the baby's neck. pushing while it is could seriously injure momma and baby. also, if momma keeps bleeding after a period of time, rub the stomach over the uterus with a really solid amount of pressure until blood flow reduces. and as the poster said, CALL EMS

I had a homebirth on purpose! 😊

This is a refreshing version of internet. 10/10

I was born at home in 1998 😂 my mom was almost halfway pushing me out when the midwife came in and pushed me back because the cord was around my neck. I was like a cannon ball. Then when I was born my moms friend with her baby came in and the midwife asked her if she wanted to cut the cord 😂😂😂 Then they had some coffee. It's always funny when I hear that story.