Samantha Christine (Sam / SAMCFIT)

Give you the full rundown.

So same doula, same friend that this time around, it was like during COVID, it was like the second wave.

I was like, okay, I'm pregnant.

I want to...

do the natural route again but i was like i want to do the birth center which was right next to the hospital in nashville so it was one of those things where it wasn't in the hospital but it was like right next to the hospital so like worst case scenario right at the hospital right and the birthing suite that was part of the hospital was beautiful like a tub just felt like you're at home and i was like this is where i need to be um because there was still a little bit of fear there and i think there always is up until the moment you deliver we're human

So I went, had like my first few visits.

I think I was like 20 weeks and went to my appointment with my midwife at the hospital where the birth center was.

And they had implemented masks again for COVID.

And they were like, you're going to have to deliver like with a mask.

When you're trying to deliver naturally, breathwork is such a big component and big part of

you can't properly breathe the techniques you need to be doing with a mask on.

It was a lot.

And so I was like, okay, I just felt in my gut like home birth, like that kept coming up.

And so I was like, I don't know anybody that has done a home birth in this area, like any midwives that would deliver.

So I just did a lot of research and interviewed several midwives and found one that I

love she predominantly delivers in the Amish community no but has delivered like thousands of babies and I could tell on the phone she was just very matter of fact like I would I'd love to say she's probably not the most like oh like super friendly but like I didn't care like I needed somebody that was like gonna make sure I'm safe the baby's safe made me feel calm and supported and that's what she was she came over and met with me again I was like halfway through the pregnancy that so that was kind of scary like switching gears halfway through yeah

But she just made me feel like this was the way to go.

Asked her so many questions.

She answered them all.

And so I made the switch to do a home birth.