My Natural Birth Story
By Angel Leya
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If you're pregnant for the first time, the thought of birthing your child may be rather frightening. You've seen the movies and heard the horrific birthing stories - women screaming and cursing the men who impregnated them. Will that really be what you'll go through?
Natural birth stories don't have to look like that, which is why Angel Leya decided to share her experience. Learning how to face childbirth without fear, she was able to overcome the difficulties of labor, birthing naturally not once, but twice. My Natural Birth Story is not only a testimony and touching experience, but a natural childbirth guide for women looking to go natural for the first time. There are links to a plethora of helpful information – from diet and exercise tips, to preparing for various tests that doctors require of pregnant women.
Although not her preference, her experience with natural childbirth in a hospital gave her a unique perspective, which she's more than happy to share.
My Natural Birth Story has recently been updated to include new commentary, and two additional birth stories (that's right, she's up to three kids now)!
Grab your copy now to start your journey of knowledge and preparedness. Congratulations!
Angel Leya
Angel Leya began writing as a child, but only within the past decade has become serious, about trying to perfect and share her craft. She enjoys discovering new ways to entertain and delight, and takes pride in creating stories that she considers “clean”. Currently, her published books include Poetry in Composition: A Coffee Table Book of Poetry and Photos. This compilation of poetry, written mainly through the angst of her teen years along with some more recent pieces, is meant to bring comfort, understanding and inspiration. She’s also published a memoir about her pregnancy and what she learned in My Natural Birth Story: The Birthing Book I Wish I’d Read. Upcoming works include Running Toward Illumia, a story about one girl’s exile from her tribe of redheads and her race to leave the land of Mist before it kills her. She hopes to have it published later this year. Also in the works is Antarctic Discovery, a tale about the archeological discovery of the Tower of Babel, and the relationships formed by two historical linguists assigned to the project and the man recovered from the tower. Her original publication, Call Her Forth, is being rewritten and she hopes to release the new edition in the summer of 2017. Angel Leya loves mermaids, and was inspired to write Skye’s Lure, a contemporary fantasy romance ebook, after watching the Discovery Channel’s Mermaid: The Body Found. She spends her days trying to sing like Ariel when she’s not writing or taking care of her husband and children. In her spare time, Leya enjoys doing all things book, particularly creating book covers for print and ebooks. You can find out more at: www.AngeLeya.com
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My Natural Birth Story - Angel Leya
PROLOGUE
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT for the first time, you’re probably experiencing a myriad of emotions. Excited? Scared? Nervous? That was exactly how I felt. I was so unsure of how things would go. It was exciting to feel the baby within me, growing, kicking . . . but sooner or later it would have to come out. I made a decision early on that I wanted to go natural. The thought of a needle in my back was horrifying, but would I be able to handle the pain that came with natural childbirth?
I decided to write this book to get some things off my chest. What I experienced and what I learned gave me a passion to help any other woman who is pregnant, and especially those who want to birth their child naturally. I feel for all mothers-to-be; this is the most life-changing event you will ever experience, and it’s only the beginning. I hope my experiences will encourage you, make you laugh, and most of all, help you. The journey isn’t easy, but you’re not going through it alone.
Happy journey and Congratulations!
CHAPTER 1
IN THE BEGINNING
I CAN REMEMBER THE day I found out I was pregnant. My husband and I had been trying for about three years with no results. We had considered going to the doctor to see if there was a medical reason for our seeming infertility, but finances discouraged us from taking that route. Instead, we bought a book on how to prepare your body to conceive and scoured the Internet for advice on how to improve sperm count and motility.
My husband and I had begun to suspect that I was pregnant around Christmas that year, but I was afraid to take a test. It seemed that every month the hope of pregnancy led me to take every little thing as a clue that I might actually be pregnant, so I would test, get a negative result that I reasoned could be wrong, only to start my period the next day. Then I would mope for a week or two until it was time to try again.
After three years of this, and nearly thirty-six tests, I didn’t want to ruin Christmas by another negative test. So when it was about midway between Christmas and New Year, I was running late, and we decided it was time to test once again.
I got up the next morning to do the test, ready for another disappointing result followed by another period. My husband wanted to be there for the results, so I started early, planning to wait the full five minutes before checking the results only to find that the test turned positive almost immediately.
I was stunned. I didn’t expect the result to come so quickly. I ran out of the room to find my husband, and together we celebrated. The positive result was so much more important than being there to witness the result, so my hastiness was quickly forgiven, although he did keep bringing it up for about a week.
We called our family immediately, knowing that the soon to be grandmothers were particularly anxious for the day we would conceive. I was