I was pretty sure that my birth was going to be exactly the way I wanted it.
And just natural, beautiful.
And I was going to figure out how to do that in a hospital setting.
And then I think skipped 12 weeks down the road to get to my real birthing appointments
and the doctor was really cold.
And I was really very surprised about that.
I don't really ever go to the hospital for anything.
I didn't really grow up going there unless it was like crisis care.
And so I didn't, there was a lot of things that I didn't want to feel when I was pregnant.
I didn't want to feel like I was a patient or that I was sick or I had something wrong
with me.
You know, one doctor had told me about having epidural and they're like, well you know you
can't walk when that happens.
And I was just like, well how do you expect to give birth without having, you know, some
movement.
And they were like, you know, the hospital bed is really comfortable.
And I was like, it's so crazy.
I was really freaked out about an epidural.
The idea of being immobile really freaked me out.
You know, as parents you want to do the best for your children always and for me that included
how I brought her into the world.
And at that point realized that I really didn't want to be in a hospital.
I wanted to feel like I can do this and I'm powerful and I wanted to feel really empowered
and with all my decisions whether it was to not do something or to do something.
I can't remember exactly what I Googled but I was looking for natural birthing options
and the birth center popped up and I saw that they were having their open house.
Then I saw how genuine the midwives were when they were talking about the birthing experience.
And they were just like, oh, it's so natural women have been doing this for years.
And I just had not heard that from, you know, previous experiences.
And I was like, are you like listening to what has been running around in my head?
Whatever birth looks like, it's going to be amazing if you have the right support.
And so when I met Anjali and Crystal and Erin at the time and Sarah as well, all four of
them they just were so loving and supportive of me and they just felt like my people.
I remember it was time to push and Anjali was my midwife.
I remember saying this hurts, what can I do to change?
Can I change a position or something?
Anjali got stuck on my pelvis and she wouldn't just would not budge and I was just like thinking
in my head if I was in a hospital, you know, I'd be getting close to a C-section at this
point like she just would not budge and Crystal primarily was like, you are having this baby
here.
So it's kind of crazy because my birth, my labor to me was very, I felt really long.
I labored like all day and at night.
She looked at me, she smiled and she said, you know, honestly you just have to give
into it.
And she said, it's going to be fine.
I looked at her and I said, okay, and I remember just letting go and pushing and not even ten
minutes my son was born.
So it just totally, it was a non-option and just like put me at ease.
I didn't have to worry like eventually she got the birth canal and you know she was born.
I was, you know, getting closer to the point where Ada was coming and I used to remember
hearing Anjali say, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, that's it, Kat.
And the next thing I know like my hands on my chest and like you get to the place where
you, you almost don't believe that you can actually do it.
Just those words, there was a better way that like Ada Sage could have came into the world
really.
Yeah.
It was like, I mean, the most transformative thing that I've ever experienced.
