Birth Story: Unmedicated, Spiritual, and Supportive Hospital Birth with Justina & Kace Knowles
I shared this incredible birth story back in 2022, and it’s one that has stayed in my heart because of how much faith carried this couple through.
Justina and Kace are proof that when you prepare your mind and your heart alongside your body, everything just feels different.
If you need a boost of “my body can do this today,” this is your episode. ❤️
Justina went into her first birth determined to go unmedicated, and she leaned HARD on three things: her preparation, her husband, and her faith.
Oh, and she went 13 days past her due date with a whole house full of family waiting (her people flew in from Michigan AND the Bahamas 😅).
This one has a dad on the mic too, which I always love.
Kace shares the sweetest things he did to support her, including a custom song and a recorded mantra he made for her to listen to in labor. 🥹 I know you’re going to walk away from this one feeling so encouraged.
Here’s What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
[2:40] Meet Justina and Kace. A teacher and her husband from the Bahamas, and the easy pregnancy that came with one big curveball. 🥰
[5:10] The moment her provider wanted to induce almost a month early and how her knowledge helped her trust her gut and wait. 👀
[8:30] Choosing a hospital for her first unmedicated birth, and the one thing she made sure it had before she picked it.
[11:00] How she and Kace prepared together and the daily exercise she swore by for back relief. 💪
[13:30] Why faith was the center of everything for Justina ,and how it changed the way she walked into her birth. 🙏
[18:00] 13 days past her due date with a full house of family waiting. The mucus plug, the bloody show, and the moment it finally started. 👀
[22:00] Laboring at home as long as possible (and why she refused to leave too early).
[26:30] Standing up for herself at the hospital, the wireless monitors, the birth tub, and getting the room she wanted.
[30:00] The sweetest thing Kace did for her labor. 🥹
[34:00] Transition, the squat bar, and a baby who came so fast the doctor almost didn’t make it. 😳
[37:30] Dad’s honest perspective: what surprised him most, what he’d tell other birth partners, and the little trick with a photo of me. 😂
[40:00] Their best advice for moms and partners.
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