Samantha Christine (Sam / SAMCFIT)

Moving around like that cat cow positions, you know, trying to like stretch a little bit and breathe through the contractions and vocalizing.

And she looked at me and she goes, do you want me to check you?

Which you're familiar with that, right?

Checking like the cervix to see.

To see the dilation.

I was nervous at this point because go back a few years prior to my first pregnancy, I

They asked me the same question when I was having contractions and I was at a zero for hours.

That's why I had to get Pitocin to dilate.

So there was like a trauma there, like a PTSD in a sense.

And I was so nervous.

And I remember looking at her and saying, I'm so nervous right now.

And she looked at me and she says, you're going to be okay.

And so I let her check me and I was at like a seven.

Oh, wow.

So she looked at me.

She said this was like at around 145 to she goes, just want you to know.

The next hour is going to be pretty intense, but you have this.

And I was like, all right, let's go buckle up.

So quickly got into the tub because like everything was just moving so quick.

And like what's really crazy about a natural birth is you're so intuitive with your body because you feel it all right.