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(high intensity music)

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The United States is facing
another health crisis,

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one of the highest
maternal mortality rates

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of any wealthy nation.

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The US is one of only 13 countries

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where the death rate is worse
now than it was 25 years ago.

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And it's not just deaths

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(infant crying)
on the rise,

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so are near deaths, 60,000
a year across the country.

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Black mothers and their babies are

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at the center of this growing problem.

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And the statistics are stunning.

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Black infants are more
than twice as likely to die

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than White infants.

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And Black women are three to
four times as likely to die

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from pregnancy related
causes than White women.

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Some medical professionals
say the real problem

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is how those babies are delivered.

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They blame much of the increase

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(infant crying)
in deaths and near deaths

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on a dramatic rise in C-sections.

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A 2018 study found that US states

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with more robust midwifery
services reported

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better maternal care and
better birthing outcomes.

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Vice President Harris hopes

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what's happening in San Francisco

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and other parts of the state
becomes a national model.

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(infant crying)

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Place the tip in your stream five seconds.

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Replace cap and lay test flat.

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(kiss smacking)

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It's on the last one.

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Josh, we're on camera.

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(Janeé laughing)

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(Janeé screaming)
(Janeé laughing)

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You got both of us, you
know what I'm saying?

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We ain't...
(kiss smacking)

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We forever.

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You know, until eternity,
you know what I'm saying?

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And all that good stuff.

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It's gonna be a journey, you know,

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especially for her and her body.

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And yeah.

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You're finna wrap it up
and give it to our family?

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You're gonna let them know the day of?

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We're supposed to keep it a secret!

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This is the best gift I could ever get

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on Christmas.
(cheerful holiday music)

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♪ Ding dong, ding ♪

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♪ Them bells are playing ♪
(all laughing)

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What is it?

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I dreamed it!

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Oh my God!

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(family member laughing)

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(family members exclaiming)

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Aw, don't cry, mommy!

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Y'all gonna make me cry.

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Look at Diamond.

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(cheerful holiday music)
(Janeé laughing)

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(family members cheering)
(family members laughing)

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A baby to come!

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Oh my God!
(family members exclaiming)

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(Diamond screaming)

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I'm so happy!

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Oh my goodness!

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Come here, Janeé!
(Nicole clapping)

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This is the best Christmas present ever.

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♪ Bells they chime for
now it's Christmas time ♪

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(traffic whirring)

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(lighthearted music)

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My mom taught me, clean as you go.

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"A good cook cleans as she goes."

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Now my dad, he doesn't do that.

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(Janeé chuckling)

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After he gets done cooking, it's a mess.

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I've already been reading
to Baby Washington,

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pray for him like he can hear everything.

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They say that he can hear, so

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I just do that, include
him in everything too.

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(Janeé whispering)

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Okay, let's just see how it tastes.

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(fork clanking against plate)

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Mm, mm, mm!

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I make my prayers very specific.

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So I say one where I don't have any tears.

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I want a vaginal delivery.

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I do not want to have a
C-section if I can help it.

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I know that certain
interventions are, you know,

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life saving, if need be.

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But I do feel they're overly done.

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Crown our head with wisdom,
knowledge, understanding,

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oh, Lord, and touch Baby Washington

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on this morning.

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A C-section is quicker than
just the natural birth process,

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so they could be home
for dinner, so to speak.

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Yeah.

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And a lot of time they say,
oh, thank God we, you know,

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you were here, we got
you to get the C-section.

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But the truth is, a lot of time,

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if you didn't do these things
that are medically unnecessary

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or all these interventions,

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then I wouldn't need one, per se.

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Just to make it more convenient for them.

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Just want a calm, relaxing birth.

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(lighthearted music)

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I envision my husband there supporting me,

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my doula, my midwife,

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our mothers being there.

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And we're just all waiting to welcome

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this new life into the world.

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So that's what I envision.

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Hey, Mama!
Hi!

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You look so cute!

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You do, you look beautiful!

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I love your hair.

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Oh, thank you!

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You look so nice!
Mwah!

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You know I had to do something.

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Yeah!

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I probably haven't been up
when you arrive in a while.

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I know.

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You should probably be in bed.

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Yeah.
Yep, she knows the truth.

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So catch me up.

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What's been going on?

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Like, anything you wanna share
about the baby's position?

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I had a dream, you know,
that his head was down.

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In my dream, I could see,
like, oh, his head is like,

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and I could feel it down here.

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And then Josh had a dream too,

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like a week or so before I
did, that he caught the baby.

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The way I came to wanting
a midwife and a doula was,

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that I felt like the hospital,

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they don't have our
best interest at heart.

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It's just trying to speed up the process

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to get you in and get you out.

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It's a beautiful experience.

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We're bringing life into the world.

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It's something that empowers us.

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It's something that we go to a place

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that we've never been before.

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It'll make me a overcomer even
more to say I got through it.

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That's a blessing, so-
Conformation.

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We know he is gonna have his head down,

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that's my main concern.

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Okay, yeah.

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And what about work?

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What's the plan with work?

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They understand that I'm
gonna do a home birth.

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I did tell 'em that, and I
don't have to go into the office

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or anything right now.
Okay.

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Okay, so the day you go into labor,

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it's like, hey-
(Janeé laughing)

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That'll be-
Yeah.

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Or if I get too tired before then,

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I can take time off.

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But really, I kind of feel like-

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What I want for Janeé is the same thing

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that I aim for with all of my clients,

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that we take the fear out of birth.

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So there's one thing

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where you're nesting and
you're putting away things,

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and you got your crib ready,
and, you know, the room ready.

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But you're also gonna
have to get into a space

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where you're wrapping your mind around-

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Your mind, yeah!

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Around what to expect.

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You may have like some hormonal
changes, emotional changes.

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So I just want you to be prepared.

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It's a big deal, and it's
a journey from, you know,

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that point on, you know?
Right.

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This has all been a journey.

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Doulas don't do anything clinical.

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We're really just there for confirmation,

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understanding, and education.

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More of like an emotional
support and an advocate.

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(Davon laughing)

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It's always like, I'm like,
I'm always overloading clients.

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No, this is good!

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This is helpful for me to know what you,

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everything you're saying,
'cause I don't know.

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Yeah.

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When my clients hire me as their doula,

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they are hiring me
because I am a Black woman

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and that I can see them,
and like understand them

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on a deeper level.

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The way we just talk about information,

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that element bridges that
gap in good healthcare.

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Like when you can connect to your provider

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and your support people,
that could take away

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a lot of the fear.

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And I think as Black women,

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we navigate the system with fear,

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because it's a place of unknowing for us

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in a system that has not
always been on our side.

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Any questions about that?

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I don't wanna feel like
I'm like moving too fast.

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How do we work to get her
like mentally like prepared

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and in that moment, like
when it's really active,

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I don't know what her reaction would be.

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So your job is just to
be there and comfort her.

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You know, I think at the end of the day,

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that's what we need is just to know,

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like we feel supported, you know?

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And that helps anybody.

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It's coming really fast.

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Nothing we can do to stop it.

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(Janeé and Davon laughing)

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You gonna kiss the baby?

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You too.
Aw!

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He always has to kiss baby.

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It's time to move baby.

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It's time to move.
Yeah, it is!

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Baby needs to move!
Right here, ha.

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(lighthearted music)

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What's the best way to get there?

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[Davon's Daughter] Huh?

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Oh, just go up the hill.

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[Davon's Daughter] Yeah,
just go up the hill and turn.

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The easiest way?

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You guys wanna go play now?

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Yeah.

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(lighthearted music)

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(children indistinctly speaking)

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Prior to becoming a doula,

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I knew nothing about what a doula was.

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I didn't know the definition.

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When I finally, you know,
realized what it was,

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I'm like, oh my goodness!

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You know, like that is the
thing, the person that I needed,

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you know, throughout my pregnancies.

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Do one of these.

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There, that's cute.

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Okay.

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Thank you!

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You wanna sit down?
Mm-hmm.

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With my pregnancies,

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I was in many different situations.

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I had my first son when I was very young.

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I was about 21.

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Lemme see what you can do.

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Can you go across-
[Davon's Daughter] Yeah!

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The bars?

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I was uneducated, didn't
really know what to expect

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and I felt like I doula-ed
myself, so to speak.

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[Davon's Daughter] I've been
(indistinct) for the longest!

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Lemme see you swing,

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like you have to swing
and get to the other bar.

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(children exclaiming)

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I didn't have the support that
I needed during postpartum.

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I remember vividly going
home with my infant.

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It was just me and him.

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(children exclaiming)

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The birth that changed me
the most was my youngest.

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I still didn't know what
a doula was at that time,

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but I did a lot of introspection,

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I did a lot of meditating,

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I did a lot of reading and researching.

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I think I became my own doula.

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I was able to just have this
natural, empowered birth.

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(children laughing)

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I was able to use my voice better.

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So I think that really just set the tone

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for how I wanted to show people that

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they could find their voice too.

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(lighthearted music)

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When I tried to show my
birth plan to the OBGYN,

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she didn't wanna see it.

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That wasn't a good sign.

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She's not interested or
concerned about my needs

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and what I wanted.

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Then when I was asking her the questions,

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I have to have this or do you have this,

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and do I have to have a IV?

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Yeah.

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And then it's, you have to have Pitocin.

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We can give it to you in a lower amount,

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and blah, blah, blah.

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And there's always something
about C-section or induction.

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It's just different than
the midwife experience.

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So I'm just appreciative
that for my first pregnancy,

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I didn't have to endure a bad experience

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to have to go to midwifery.

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So yeah.
(lighthearted music)

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Hello!

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Good morning!

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How you doing?

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Good, how are you?

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Good.
Hi, Bria!

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Hi, Lisa.

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Doing good.

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How y'all feeling today?

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Good, it's nice out there.

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How about you?

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I'm doing good, I did the blood work.

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That, uh...
Iron infusion?

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Yeah, but I had to fight for it to get it.

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Yeah.
And keep begging.

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Yeah.
That really helped.

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So I'm glad you told me about it.

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Thank God, 'cause I wasn't letting up.

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I was just like, you know?

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She kept like kind of,

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not kind of, like begging me
to do cervical check, like...

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And I just canceled it.

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There's no more need to
to go back in my opinion.

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To her.
Hmm-mm.

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So I'm through.

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(doppler machine whooshing)

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The distrust in the Black community

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towards the medical institution
is valid and warranted.

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They have tested on us
unwillingly, unknowingly.

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Everyone has a horror story

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when it comes to dealing with doctors.

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Everyone has a story.

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It's very common to not be heard,

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to have to fight for what you want.

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So there's so many
reasons to be distrustful

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of the medical community.

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They don't know how to listen to us.

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So is he doing a little better?

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Many of the women who choose
home birth it's because,

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either they've had a traumatic experience

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in the hospital already,
where they felt powerless,

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or they've heard about a
traumatic experience where,

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you know, one of their
friends or family members,

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you know, felt powerless.

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Everyone shares their stories

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and some of the stories
are truly traumatic.

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They do have a lot of fear about going

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into the hospital environment
and losing control, basically.

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And going like the Energizer Bunny.

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(Janeé and Lisa laughing)

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My goodness!

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You're doing great.

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You're almost there.

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Thank you.

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Oh!

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Y'all so sweet.

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See, why can't the people be
like that at the hospital?

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(Lisa laughing)

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Why can't they care about you?

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They do care.

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We're going to Mexico.

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(all laughing)

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(lighthearted music)

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(ultrasound machine whooshing)

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(Janeé yelling)
(Janeé laughing)

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Oh, wow!

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I never heard it before.

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That's where the heart was
beating and everything.

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I'm like, oh, it has a heartbeat!

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Mommy and daddy loves you!

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(lighthearted music)

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(train whirring)

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(lighthearted music)

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I was pregnant with my second daughter,

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and I went into the
hospital for preterm labor.

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As a nurse, I was watching
the nurse take care of me.

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And I thought it was really cool.

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And I was like, I think
I wanna do what you do.

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By the time my six weeks
was up to go back to work,

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I had found a college to go
to and did all my pre-reqs,

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and I quit my job two weeks later.

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(lighthearted music)

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I ended up going to Haiti,

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to this very rural area in the mountains.

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The midwives there were
just so calm and so, like,

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this is kind of every day for them.

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I was just like blown
away by how good they were

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with no modern technology.

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I wanted that.

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Like, I wanted to remember
how to touch and feel

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and use all of my five
senses and my intuition,

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that's when I feel like I started

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to be called into midwifery.

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(lighthearted music)

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(lighthearted music)

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Hello there!

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How are you?

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Hi!
Hi!

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Don't you look cute!

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Thank you.

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Oh yeah, you look cute.

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Hi, Bria!

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Hi!

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Do you have you guys have any questions

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about what's coming up?

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Who's all coming to the team meeting?

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So the birth team meeting is everybody

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who's going to be at your birth.

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Oh, okay.

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Did you have any questions, honey?

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I wanna know the purpose like,

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so we can get like our
mothers and stuff like that,

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get an understanding, like what-

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Yeah.

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is gonna be a role that
you're gonna be playing

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while you're here.

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Yeah, so I like for everyone
to say who they are,

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what their role is, and what
is our intention for Janeé.

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How are we here to help and support Janeé?

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Okay.

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My main role with family
members is to answer any

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and every question that they have.

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I really want them to be
comfortable with home birth,

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because so many people are not
comfortable with home birth.

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And because energy is such
a very, very important part

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of having a good,
successful, safe home birth,

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you know, we want people to believe in you

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(Lisa laughing)
and support you,

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and not discourage you.

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Right.
And you know...

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Which can happen when you
don't fully understand

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what's going on, you know what I mean?

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Like if someone is very
used to hospital birth,

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or they're used to medicalized birth,

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or they're used to getting pain medicine

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when you're in pain, they don't,

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you know, you know mamas
don't like to see you in pain!

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They can't stand it.

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So you know, "you sure you
don't want the epidural, baby?"

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(Janeé and Josh laughing)
You know?

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And I'm like, we really don't want that.

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(all laughing)

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There's no epidural here.

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Right.

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There's no anesthesiologist coming

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to give you an epidural

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and you can do this-
Yes.

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without an epidural.

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And we want that kind of
energy to really support you.

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Even when you feel like
you can't do it, you know,

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we are gonna gather around
you and give you strength.

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Okay.

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Are you head down?

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Is the question.

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That's what I wanna know.

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Need to get his head
down and his booty up.

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Yeah, I think he's head down.

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What?

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I feel like he, maybe
his back is on this side.

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I don't know.

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Yeah, I can't wait to get that-

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But he's moving.

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That's like-
Yeah,

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he's working his way down.

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I sure hope so.

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They say if he's not, that usually,

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the baby should be this week, I think.

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But if they're not, it's
still a little bit of time.

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Mm-hmm, not much.

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So he need to get down now.

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(doppler machine whooshing)

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That's exactly where he is.

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Oh, wow!

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(Lisa laughing)
Super cool!

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Yay, little baby!

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All right.
You finally did good!

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No, he's head down.

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He's not-
That's awesome.

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(Janeé clapping)

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He's not a breech baby no more.

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Hallelujah!
Yay!

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Yay!
Woo!

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(Lisa and Janeé laughing)

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So happy.

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So all right, so we got all
your questions answered.

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We know we're having a birth
team meeting next Thursday.

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Yes.

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And everybody will be
here, so this is good!

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Aren't you excited?

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I'm so excited.
Yes.

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Come here.
You leaving me?

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Mm-hmm!
No, you gotta stay.

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(all laughing)

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You like, "no, I don't..." -I'm sorry.

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(all laughing)

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So sorry about the mix up.
That's okay.

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I'm just glad you came and got to see you.

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Yeah.

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Okay, see you guys next week.

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See you!
Okay.

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It's coming quick, huh?

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Baby gonna be here.

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Maybe we'll bring him to your house,

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and you can take of him.

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(all laughing)

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You say, oh no.

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I'm retired from that part.

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(all laughing)

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I don't even, you know.

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I know
I got grandkids.

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I'm like, go to your mama.
Go to your mama.

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(all laughing)

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Love you, bye!
(Janeé laughing)

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All right sweetie, I'll see you.

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Okay, see you later.

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Thanks for coming.
(lighthearted music)

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Okay, that was a good meeting, huh?

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Yeah.

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I'm glad you stayed.

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(Janeé cheering)
Yay, the baby's down!

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Give me a kiss.

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Love you!

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I know,

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(kiss smacking)
not that I think,

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but I know that you are going
to be the best father ever

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and I just see that you just
kind of like wear your love

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on your sleeves.

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He's gonna have the best dad in the world.

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You know why?

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'Cause God gave you to him as a Dad.

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(lighthearted music)

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But a whole block-

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They're at the door, son.

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Right, it got the open doors.

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It's a eight bedroom.

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(lighthearted music)

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Hello!

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Good morning!

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Oh, we got mamas here!

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(all laughing)

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Look at you!

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Aw, hi, mommy!

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Honey!
Yeah?

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Come in here.

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[Birth Team Member] Yoo-hoo, hey!

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Hi, how are you?

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[Birth Team Member] Good!

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Welcome, everybody!

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This is our birth team meeting

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and everybody that's gonna
be here at the birth is here.

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I've been a midwife since 2018.

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My primary birth experience
comes from being a labor

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and delivery nurse.

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I have 23 plus years experience,

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and I feel very comfortable
in this setting,

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'cause I've seen so much.

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My primary role is to keep you safe,

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but I'm also here as a
space holder for you.

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My intention is for you
to go into your power.

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I want to answer any and
all of your questions.

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And after that, I will go into
what the expectations are.

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I have never experienced a home birth,

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and I want to kind of just get an idea

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of how it would be set up.
Mm-hm.

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And how we... what part we play in it.

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Okay.

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If you are used to hospital
birth, this is a very chill,

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very kind of a slow environment.

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We don't rush anything. Okay?

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At our core belief that the
body is capable of birthing

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a child without intervention

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with all the right circumstances.

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And if the things that I have
in my pocket are not enough,

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then we, you know, then we're transferring

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to the hospital system.

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So we're prepared for just about anything.

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What is your hospital transfer rate?

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I've had about 35 births.

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I've transferred three before the birth

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and one right after the birth.

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Wow!

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So we have our whole team, baby's born,

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we set up everything, skin
to skin breastfeeding,

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cut the cord, weights and measures.

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I'm making sure that you are, you know,

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your bleeding is stable, your
blood pressures are stable,

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that you feel fine.

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You don't have an infection.

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You know, Marina's
making sure baby's good.

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And once we do all that,
clean up, get ready to go.

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Mm-hmm.

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All right?

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[Birth Team Member] Thank you.

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Alright, bye!

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Bye!
Nice meeting you!

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(Sylvia laughing)
(lighthearted music)

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(birth team members laughing)

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(lighthearted music)

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He just moving, that's what he doing.

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He likes having fun.

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Yeah, he's moving everywhere.

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(Nicole laughing)

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Why won't he just stay in place?

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His hand was in the canal-

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He like, you can't catch me.

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I don't know.

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.192
I don't-

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You don't think he down, huh?

00:22:36.572 --> 00:22:37.405
Uh-uh.

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He moved already from yesterday?

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I think-

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That's from yesterday.

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this might be the head.

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What?

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Remember the last time you was here

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and his head was down?
Mhm.

00:22:45.570 --> 00:22:47.700
The very next day, he was transverse

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at when we went to the appointment.

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Mhm.

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And it's the same thing today.

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Mhm, yeah.

00:22:51.540 --> 00:22:52.950
He need to stop playing.

00:22:52.950 --> 00:22:54.016
That boy moving,

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that boy moving.

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So he can't be-

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So I think he's like this.

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Your options are to
get another ultrasound,

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find out where he truly is,

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schedule aversion if he is breech.

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Hopefully by the time we get you

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to that appointment next
week, the baby's head down

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where it's supposed to be.
Okay.

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But if all else fails, they can try

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.957
and manually turn it.

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I knew she could manually turn it,

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but she didn't offer that.

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She just said C-section.

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Yeah, see-

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That's what she said?
Mhm.

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She didn't offer to change it?

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Nope.

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She didn't offer anything.

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Oh!
(indistinct crosstalk)

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Just C-section, that's it.

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They want that money.

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It's always, like, come
back to the C-section

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every single time.
Mm-mm.

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You know, and then like,

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she don't like really give
options at all, really.

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Kinda like seems like
she's looking for a reason

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to give a C-section.

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It shouldn't, like a C-section
should be last resort

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or like, I don't see no other way

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that you gonna have this baby vaginally,

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you gotta get a C-section.

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And I'm like, wow!
(Nicole scoffing)

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Like man, you just like, you know,

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totally like discouraged my wife, like-

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That's not true.

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Don't say they discouraged me.

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No, I'm saying like,

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you know.

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Look at her and say it, girl!

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Say it, momma!

00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:58.992
(birth team members laughing)

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Say it, mama!
(birth team members laughing)

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Not discouraged, but I'm
saying like, you know-

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Tried.
Tried.

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There are systems in
place that make, you know,

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Black women more likely
to get a C-section,

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things that diagnose her sicker quicker.

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We know for sure that racism
is a lot of the reason

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why women are not being treated well.

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[Birth Team Member] No, you're right!

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It's a fraction of a percent of the time

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that they, you know, that they've
been doing hospital birth.

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And they didn't really get it right.

00:24:31.650 --> 00:24:32.483
No.

00:24:32.483 --> 00:24:33.780
They present things to you

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as if it's your only option,

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but you really have choices.

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You have choices.

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Mm-hm.

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It was so many of 'em.

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I said, hey!

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You know, I like literally had to scream.

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What are you guys doing to me?

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:49.770
I need to know what's happening.

00:24:49.770 --> 00:24:51.821
You tell me, the baby, what's going on?

00:24:51.821 --> 00:24:54.137
I'm hearing somebody saying,
oh, the heartbeat's going down.

00:24:54.137 --> 00:24:55.597
We're gonna have to have a C-section.

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It was just like, it was chaos.

00:24:57.270 --> 00:24:58.103
Yeah.

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So unfortunately, that's still going on.

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That's horrible.

00:25:01.591 --> 00:25:04.230
And there's just so much, so many things.

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I mean, you seen some things.

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You like, woah.

00:25:06.847 --> 00:25:08.100
I can write a book.

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I literally can write a book on the things

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:12.657
that need to change and could
change and have to change.

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They don't hear you.

00:25:14.070 --> 00:25:14.903
Hm-mm.

00:25:14.903 --> 00:25:15.736
I was screaming.

00:25:15.736 --> 00:25:17.086
I literally had to scream and said,

00:25:17.086 --> 00:25:18.829
what are you guys doing to my baby?

00:25:18.829 --> 00:25:20.103
What's happening?

00:25:20.103 --> 00:25:22.328
Then they don't- nobody
wanted to talk to me.

00:25:22.328 --> 00:25:23.730
I'm having the baby!

00:25:23.730 --> 00:25:25.020
What's happening?

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Cord is wrapped around her neck.

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.690
That's all I kept hearing.

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We about to give you a C-section.

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I have the reputation

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of ratchety nurse, because I'm like,

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you are not coming in my room

00:25:34.260 --> 00:25:35.580
scaring my patient for no reason!

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.900
I would appreciate that.

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.956
They were scaring me.

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I didn't understand.
(birth team member laughing)

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It's my first baby.

00:25:39.936 --> 00:25:41.405
I'm like, what is going on here?

00:25:41.405 --> 00:25:43.117
This is crazy.
Right.

00:25:43.117 --> 00:25:44.577
Ain't nobody talking to me.

00:25:44.577 --> 00:25:46.523
Right.

00:25:46.523 --> 00:25:47.560
So I did something that was natural.

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:48.875
Scream at them

00:25:49.983 --> 00:25:51.510
'til I get somebody attention.

00:25:51.510 --> 00:25:52.860
Talk to me.

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.693
The baby's in me.

00:25:53.693 --> 00:25:56.290
It causes a lot of trauma.

00:25:56.290 --> 00:25:58.533
Because especially if no one's prepped you

00:25:58.533 --> 00:26:00.300
for that, you think you're dying.

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:01.440
You think your baby's dying.

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.460
I was crying.

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.923
And it's something that happens often.

00:26:03.923 --> 00:26:06.510
Right, I'm like, you guys are horrible.

00:26:06.510 --> 00:26:09.183
Yeah, I'm sorry, it's the system.

00:26:09.183 --> 00:26:12.000
And I can't tell you how
many times I hear that story.

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:14.130
It was, it's horrible.

00:26:14.130 --> 00:26:16.320
The distrust of the hospital is there

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:19.980
because of our experiences
in the hospital.

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.960
I don't care if you've
given birth in a hospital

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:24.390
or watched a family member pass away.

00:26:24.390 --> 00:26:26.400
In general, there's fear there

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:28.800
because there's not a
lot of communication.

00:26:28.800 --> 00:26:32.910
That distress and that
narrative is passed down.

00:26:32.910 --> 00:26:36.060
When we start to improve
the care that we receive,

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:37.650
our stories will change.

00:26:37.650 --> 00:26:39.660
That fear won't be there as much.

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:42.090
We'll be telling more empowering stories

00:26:42.090 --> 00:26:45.510
and that is going to change the
course of how we give birth,

00:26:45.510 --> 00:26:46.903
how we raise our children,

00:26:46.903 --> 00:26:49.197
and strengthen the healthcare system.

00:26:49.197 --> 00:26:50.474
(all laughing)
(lighthearted music)

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I did my homework!

00:26:51.712 --> 00:26:52.792
I wasn't playing.

00:26:52.792 --> 00:26:54.148
I had fun, though, it was fun.

00:26:54.148 --> 00:26:57.231
(lighthearted music)

00:27:01.027 --> 00:27:03.777
(train whirring)

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:10.903
(lighthearted music)

00:27:22.071 --> 00:27:25.154
(lighthearted music)

00:27:35.436 --> 00:27:37.367
Okay, ay! There's so much to talk about,

00:27:37.367 --> 00:27:38.700
I don't even know where to begin.

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:42.540
This last ultrasound that
you had, on the report,

00:27:42.540 --> 00:27:46.560
there is a diagnosis on here,

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:48.690
intrauterine adhesions.

00:27:48.690 --> 00:27:50.910
What do you mean by adhesions?

00:27:50.910 --> 00:27:52.230
It's like scarring.

00:27:52.230 --> 00:27:53.470
This is my first time seeing it.

00:27:53.470 --> 00:27:55.470
Yeah, it's my first time hearing it too.

00:27:55.470 --> 00:27:58.200
'Cause I thought I don't
really have any scarring.

00:27:58.200 --> 00:28:00.316
I thought everything is great.

00:28:00.316 --> 00:28:01.358
Mm.

00:28:01.358 --> 00:28:03.300
Whoever wrote that in there
should have discussed it

00:28:03.300 --> 00:28:04.440
with me if so.
Shoulda.

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.460
'Cause that's very strange.

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.789
Nobody ever said anything like that.

00:28:06.789 --> 00:28:07.622
I agree.

00:28:07.622 --> 00:28:08.455
It's very weird.

00:28:08.455 --> 00:28:10.680
Nobody has said this the whole pregnancy

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:12.277
and all of a sudden, they appear.

00:28:12.277 --> 00:28:14.196
Maybe it's a non-issue.

00:28:14.196 --> 00:28:15.862
It sounds like, the way they describe it-

00:28:15.862 --> 00:28:17.070
(Janeé drowned out by Lisa speaking)

00:28:17.070 --> 00:28:19.740
But from my research,
it's not a non-issue.

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:22.980
According to my reading,
intrauteral adhesions puts you

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:26.400
at triple the risk for
placental abruption,

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:28.230
which could be a very serious

00:28:28.230 --> 00:28:30.150
and life-threatening condition.

00:28:30.150 --> 00:28:32.490
It's very important for me, for you,

00:28:32.490 --> 00:28:34.530
and you know, for all of us, really,

00:28:34.530 --> 00:28:37.383
to know the facts of it
so that we, you know,

00:28:37.383 --> 00:28:40.203
we're not putting you at risk.

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:45.450
Last week when I heard
you, it wasn't really clear

00:28:45.450 --> 00:28:48.360
and I didn't wanna bring it
up in front of your family.

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:50.988
Which provider said you
needed to have a C-section?

00:28:50.988 --> 00:28:53.597
The OBGYN up the street says

00:28:53.597 --> 00:28:57.218
if the baby head is not
down, then C-section.

00:28:57.218 --> 00:28:58.069
Okay.

00:28:58.069 --> 00:28:59.490
It's just, they always wanna cut on you.

00:28:59.490 --> 00:29:02.310
One lady said she doesn't see
how the baby's gonna get out

00:29:02.310 --> 00:29:04.260
of there, basically, without a C-section.

00:29:04.260 --> 00:29:06.060
When an OB says,

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:07.760
I think you should have a C-section,

00:29:07.760 --> 00:29:09.510
it kind of changes the scenario.

00:29:09.510 --> 00:29:10.501
I want to know why.

00:29:10.501 --> 00:29:14.037
There's gotta be like a
legitimate medical reason.

00:29:14.037 --> 00:29:15.137
I don't think you wanna talk to the OB,

00:29:15.137 --> 00:29:17.280
'cause she don't know about you.

00:29:17.280 --> 00:29:21.203
Remember how they have
an issue with midwives.

00:29:21.203 --> 00:29:24.330
They don't wanna see you
if you are being seen

00:29:24.330 --> 00:29:26.190
by how you guys don't work together.

00:29:26.190 --> 00:29:27.756
That's what they told me.

00:29:27.756 --> 00:29:30.450
I'm really wanting to cover all my bases,

00:29:30.450 --> 00:29:31.890
'cause I don't wanna put you at risk

00:29:31.890 --> 00:29:34.383
if it's not safe to have
a home birth at home.

00:29:35.370 --> 00:29:39.823
If it's better to watch
you at the hospital

00:29:39.823 --> 00:29:43.112
and you still have a vaginal birth,

00:29:43.112 --> 00:29:45.090
because of the risk of bleeding,

00:29:45.090 --> 00:29:48.150
then I think that's what we should do.

00:29:48.150 --> 00:29:49.290
And I believe you

00:29:49.290 --> 00:29:51.450
when you say you're gonna
have a vaginal birth.

00:29:51.450 --> 00:29:53.610
The issue is if it's safer to have it,

00:29:53.610 --> 00:29:56.460
the vaginal birth, in the
hospital next to the blood bank,

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:58.470
next to the OR.

00:29:58.470 --> 00:30:00.540
Or at home, and if something happens,

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:02.490
can we get you to the hospital on time?

00:30:04.590 --> 00:30:05.543
Okay?

00:30:05.543 --> 00:30:08.520
I want you to really just, you know,

00:30:08.520 --> 00:30:09.986
keep that in mind and process it.

00:30:09.986 --> 00:30:12.690
And then, I won't make a decision

00:30:12.690 --> 00:30:15.126
until I get all of the information.

00:30:15.126 --> 00:30:18.120
You know, I want you to have
the birth that you want,

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:21.213
but I want you to be
safe, first and foremost.

00:30:22.050 --> 00:30:23.730
First and foremost.

00:30:23.730 --> 00:30:25.260
It really is the most important thing

00:30:25.260 --> 00:30:27.360
that you and this baby come out unscathed.

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.513
Okay.

00:30:29.513 --> 00:30:31.053
You know?
Okay.

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:34.521
Is that what it is on, the word?

00:30:34.521 --> 00:30:36.354
Mm-hmm.

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:39.747
Take a picture of it and show...

00:30:39.747 --> 00:30:42.914
C-H-I-A-E.

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.973
She really needs to have a conversation

00:30:49.973 --> 00:30:51.306
with her doctor.

00:30:52.457 --> 00:30:54.990
How do you feel about changing providers?

00:30:54.990 --> 00:30:55.823
Like maybe-

00:30:55.823 --> 00:30:56.880
Oh yeah, I'm definitely going to.

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:58.500
Oh, you can actually do that now.

00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:01.110
So I was thinking about you transferring

00:31:01.110 --> 00:31:03.051
to Highland providers.

00:31:03.051 --> 00:31:03.900
Oh!

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:07.680
And seeing if you can get
some better information

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.513
through them.

00:31:08.513 --> 00:31:11.850
They're so open and
they're so communicative,

00:31:11.850 --> 00:31:14.040
and they're so supportive of midwives

00:31:14.040 --> 00:31:15.188
that do home birth.
Really?

00:31:15.188 --> 00:31:16.021
They are.

00:31:16.021 --> 00:31:17.550
They have a lot of Black staff.

00:31:17.550 --> 00:31:18.750
A lot of Black staff,

00:31:18.750 --> 00:31:20.790
and you will have a better experience.

00:31:20.790 --> 00:31:23.668
And you won't feel like
so, like you're fighting.

00:31:23.668 --> 00:31:25.028
Yeah, that's how I felt.

00:31:25.028 --> 00:31:26.032
City hall.
Yeah.

00:31:26.032 --> 00:31:26.865
So-
Huh.

00:31:26.865 --> 00:31:28.920
I would like for you to consider that,

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:30.450
because even, so if you have-

00:31:30.450 --> 00:31:31.500
So it's not too late?

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.333
It's not too late.

00:31:32.333 --> 00:31:33.364
It's not too late at all.

00:31:33.364 --> 00:31:34.197
You can-
Oh, okay.

00:31:34.197 --> 00:31:35.968
this week, make an
appointment with Highland.

00:31:35.968 --> 00:31:36.898
Really?
Mhm.

00:31:36.898 --> 00:31:38.919
Let's see if you can get in with them.

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Wow!

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00:32:25.302 --> 00:32:27.080
Please, stay on the line.

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:29.957
To make you aware of, whatever.

00:32:29.957 --> 00:32:33.244
You're probably gonna be
confused just as much as I am.

00:32:33.244 --> 00:32:36.510
I guess that it was a
condition on the report

00:32:36.510 --> 00:32:38.430
from our last ultrasound.

00:32:38.430 --> 00:32:39.570
I apologize for that hold.

00:32:39.570 --> 00:32:40.590
How can I help you?

00:32:40.590 --> 00:32:41.423
Yes, hi, Gloria.

00:32:41.423 --> 00:32:42.256
That's okay.

00:32:42.256 --> 00:32:43.260
I was just calling to,

00:32:43.260 --> 00:32:44.700
I'm 38 weeks pregnant,

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:47.370
and I would like to do transfer of care.

00:32:47.370 --> 00:32:48.240
So I was just trying to see

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:50.860
what is your soonest
available appointment?

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:53.310
So you will be a new patient to us?

00:32:53.310 --> 00:32:54.143
Yes ma'am.

00:32:54.143 --> 00:32:56.056
Okay.

00:32:56.056 --> 00:32:58.680
Highland, the next
available is September 1st,

00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:00.480
being their next available.

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:02.744
Oh, really?
Mm-hm.

00:33:02.744 --> 00:33:05.850
Yeah, that's... my due
date is around the corner.

00:33:05.850 --> 00:33:07.113
Okay, that won't work.

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:11.432
Okay, well, I appreciate you
looking into that for me.

00:33:11.432 --> 00:33:12.540
No worries.

00:33:12.540 --> 00:33:14.310
Okay, thank you.

00:33:14.310 --> 00:33:15.680
How does that...

00:33:16.890 --> 00:33:19.350
So I guess it could...

00:33:19.350 --> 00:33:20.183
I'm not confused, but-

00:33:20.183 --> 00:33:21.016
I'm confused too.

00:33:21.016 --> 00:33:21.849
How did that

00:33:23.520 --> 00:33:25.260
effect like the actual birth?

00:33:25.260 --> 00:33:28.720
Like if there's no,
they haven't seen any...

00:33:30.749 --> 00:33:34.557
any, like, evidence that
it would put you at risk.

00:33:35.827 --> 00:33:38.760
What's the evidence that
it'll put you at risk?

00:33:38.760 --> 00:33:40.103
or the baby?

00:33:40.103 --> 00:33:42.153
You can hemorrhage.

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:45.420
And it's probably more,

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:47.640
it's better to give birth in the hospital

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:50.787
where it's safer than at home.

00:33:50.787 --> 00:33:52.960
Like, it sounds so horrible,

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:56.381
the way she's way she's
describing it to me.

00:33:56.381 --> 00:33:58.530
I wanna be able to know
what I'm looking at,

00:33:58.530 --> 00:34:00.480
I'm looking at the report right now.

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:03.243
She told me the name, but
I wanna see what it is.

00:34:05.129 --> 00:34:07.796
(Josh groaning)

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:10.620
I'm fine, I'm fine.

00:34:10.620 --> 00:34:12.510
I just wanna know what to do,

00:34:12.510 --> 00:34:14.850
'cause there's so much kind
of thrown at you at one time

00:34:14.850 --> 00:34:17.520
and contact this person,
find this out, do this,

00:34:17.520 --> 00:34:19.440
go here, transfer care.

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:21.424
It's kind of a lot in one day.

00:34:21.424 --> 00:34:24.713
(long musical tones)

00:34:24.713 --> 00:34:26.213
(Janeé sighing)

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:46.470
What I want for Janeé
and all of my clients,

00:34:46.470 --> 00:34:49.920
is I want them to have
the birth that they want

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:52.140
within the reasons of safety.

00:34:52.140 --> 00:34:54.993
If I'm being honest, safety
is my number one priority.

00:34:56.010 --> 00:34:58.500
The best made plans can go awry.

00:34:58.500 --> 00:35:01.275
And it doesn't mean that
you did anything wrong.

00:35:01.275 --> 00:35:03.493
It just wasn't the safest thing.

00:35:03.493 --> 00:35:05.580
It's just a beautiful thing when they get

00:35:05.580 --> 00:35:08.869
to have the experience
that they wanted to have.

00:35:08.869 --> 00:35:11.702
(long musical tones)

00:35:25.150 --> 00:35:26.044
Hi!

00:35:26.044 --> 00:35:27.452
Okay, I know you have to hurry on.

00:35:27.452 --> 00:35:28.471
That's okay.

00:35:28.471 --> 00:35:29.497
Okay, so we'll go...

00:35:29.497 --> 00:35:30.496
Oh, I don't have keys.

00:35:30.496 --> 00:35:31.424
(Lisa laughing)
Hello!

00:35:31.424 --> 00:35:32.257
Ugh, I'm sorry.

00:35:32.257 --> 00:35:33.210
I'm sorry!

00:35:33.210 --> 00:35:34.043
That's okay.

00:35:34.043 --> 00:35:35.546
That's the way doctors go, you know,

00:35:35.546 --> 00:35:39.180
that you could be there
on time and they call you

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:41.162
in 20 minutes later.
They were taking forever!

00:35:41.162 --> 00:35:45.270
So yes, okay, in regards to
the adhesions and everything,

00:35:45.270 --> 00:35:48.150
the synechiae-
Yeah.

00:35:48.150 --> 00:35:49.050
Whatever it is.
(Janeé laughing)

00:35:49.050 --> 00:35:50.674
Adhesions.
Adhesions.

00:35:50.674 --> 00:35:51.720
(Lisa and Janeé laughing)

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:54.510
Thank you so much for
bringing it to my attention.

00:35:54.510 --> 00:35:58.620
I'm sorry, I was a little,

00:35:58.620 --> 00:36:00.240
something, defensive and like a little

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:03.360
all over the place, but I do
appreciate you bringing it

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.380
to my attention.

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:08.091
And the doctor said that they're little,

00:36:08.091 --> 00:36:10.050
she described it today as little flimsy,

00:36:10.050 --> 00:36:11.490
like thin, I guess-

00:36:11.490 --> 00:36:12.785
Yeah, little sheets.

00:36:12.785 --> 00:36:13.950
Adhesions, little whatever she said,

00:36:13.950 --> 00:36:18.810
that it's nothing to be alarmed about.

00:36:18.810 --> 00:36:21.840
And that, oh, also today,

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:23.970
she says as long as the baby head is down,

00:36:23.970 --> 00:36:25.384
I can have a vaginal delivery.

00:36:25.384 --> 00:36:26.310
Okay.

00:36:26.310 --> 00:36:30.390
And yeah, everything, it was all good.

00:36:30.390 --> 00:36:31.223
Yeah.

00:36:31.223 --> 00:36:33.835
Yeah, she said if the, adhesion, right?

00:36:33.835 --> 00:36:34.747
yeah.

00:36:34.747 --> 00:36:35.580
If it was thicker,

00:36:35.580 --> 00:36:37.980
then it could be more of
a concern during labor.

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.813
Right.

00:36:38.813 --> 00:36:39.646
But it's so minute,

00:36:39.646 --> 00:36:41.400
that it's most likely the reason

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.379
why they didn't bring it up

00:36:42.379 --> 00:36:45.001
in the ultrasound and stuff like that.

00:36:45.001 --> 00:36:46.920
Well, that's the best case scenario.

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.940
That's what I was hoping for.

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:49.260
I was hoping that it was just,

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:52.110
you know, small and
minor and insignificant.

00:36:52.110 --> 00:36:52.943
And that's what it is,

00:36:52.943 --> 00:36:53.783
so we won't worry about it.

00:36:53.783 --> 00:36:55.707
You had the keen eye to see it,

00:36:55.707 --> 00:36:56.750
and share it with us.

00:36:56.750 --> 00:36:57.931
Yeah, I always have to
make sure everything is...

00:36:57.931 --> 00:36:59.130
So I appreciate that.

00:36:59.130 --> 00:37:00.510
You have to be a lot more, you know,

00:37:00.510 --> 00:37:01.620
careful with the home birth.

00:37:01.620 --> 00:37:02.790
You don't want something-

00:37:02.790 --> 00:37:04.682
Right.

00:37:04.682 --> 00:37:06.470
to go wrong and that it, you know,

00:37:06.470 --> 00:37:08.215
it shouldn't have happened here, so.

00:37:08.215 --> 00:37:09.240
Mm-hm.

00:37:09.240 --> 00:37:10.230
Anyway, all good!

00:37:10.230 --> 00:37:11.520
Okay.
(laughing)

00:37:11.520 --> 00:37:12.353
I'm gonna go.

00:37:12.353 --> 00:37:13.656
Okay, thank you.
Good to see you.

00:37:13.656 --> 00:37:14.850
Good to see you too.

00:37:14.850 --> 00:37:15.683
All-righty.

00:37:15.683 --> 00:37:17.658
Are you gonna be able to make it, timely?

00:37:17.658 --> 00:37:18.504
Here?

00:37:18.504 --> 00:37:20.250
To where you gotta go?

00:37:20.250 --> 00:37:21.083
Yeah, I'm good.

00:37:21.083 --> 00:37:21.916
Okay.

00:37:21.916 --> 00:37:22.821
Thank you!

00:37:22.821 --> 00:37:23.654
Bye!
Bye!

00:37:23.654 --> 00:37:24.487
You got cute little shape over there.

00:37:24.487 --> 00:37:25.778
I see you!

00:37:25.778 --> 00:37:27.299
(Janeé and Lisa laughing)

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:29.088
Drive safely, thank you!

00:37:29.088 --> 00:37:30.634
(Janeé laughing)

00:37:30.634 --> 00:37:32.130
Hooray!

00:37:32.130 --> 00:37:32.963
That was quick.

00:37:32.963 --> 00:37:35.572
(cheerful music)

00:37:47.108 --> 00:37:50.610
(cheerful music)

00:37:50.610 --> 00:37:54.330
So when he gets central,
it's called engagement.

00:37:54.330 --> 00:37:57.390
The engagement process
triggers your labor process.

00:37:57.390 --> 00:37:58.223
Mm.

00:37:58.223 --> 00:38:01.133
So our priority is
getting that baby engaged.

00:38:01.133 --> 00:38:02.640
If you're not in labor

00:38:02.640 --> 00:38:04.517
by 42 weeks-
By the 6th.

00:38:04.517 --> 00:38:05.880
Oh, by 42.

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:08.760
You have to have a, yeah, a hospital birth

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:10.243
on 42 and zero.

00:38:10.243 --> 00:38:11.343
Oh, okay.

00:38:12.181 --> 00:38:13.530
They've made rules,

00:38:13.530 --> 00:38:16.410
blanket rules for the whole population.

00:38:16.410 --> 00:38:19.260
With you, if there started
being decelerations

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:21.960
in the heart rate or other things,

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:23.963
signs that the baby's not doing well,

00:38:23.963 --> 00:38:25.740
we wanna get the baby out.

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:29.070
So we're treating you
based on you and your baby,

00:38:29.070 --> 00:38:30.933
not based on somebody else.

00:38:30.933 --> 00:38:33.240
And that's pretty much what midwifery does

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:35.355
without the rules of the state.

00:38:35.355 --> 00:38:37.459
So you have to follow that.

00:38:37.459 --> 00:38:38.710
Yeah, I have to follow that.

00:38:38.710 --> 00:38:40.426
Yeah, 42, yeah.

00:38:40.426 --> 00:38:41.259
Mm-hm.

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:42.270
Okay.
We got tricks.

00:38:42.270 --> 00:38:44.267
We'll get that baby engaged.

00:38:44.267 --> 00:38:47.017
(cheerful music)

00:38:56.319 --> 00:38:59.058
Mama can't wait to meet you, sweet baby.

00:38:59.058 --> 00:39:01.891
(cheerful music)

00:39:07.317 --> 00:39:09.210
What I am going to do,

00:39:09.210 --> 00:39:11.880
the membrane sweep, is
I'm doing like a vag exam,

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:13.740
but I'm reaching for your cervix.

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.880
Hmm, okay.

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:17.346
If it doesn't work, in two days,

00:39:17.346 --> 00:39:19.773
we will start the induction method.

00:39:20.738 --> 00:39:23.670
All right, I'm gonna put my finger in.

00:39:23.670 --> 00:39:25.088
Sorry, this is a lot of pressure

00:39:25.088 --> 00:39:26.220
(Janeé exhaling)

00:39:26.220 --> 00:39:27.303
to try and open it.

00:39:29.206 --> 00:39:31.117
There.
(Janeé groaning)

00:39:31.117 --> 00:39:32.900
Ugh!
(Janeé sighing)

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:34.590
Okay, I'm gonna stop right here.

00:39:34.590 --> 00:39:35.460
Okay.

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:37.320
Breathe.
(Janeé exhaling)

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:38.910
Sorry, that was a lot.

00:39:38.910 --> 00:39:39.743
All right.

00:39:39.743 --> 00:39:42.373
Thank you.
You're welcome.

00:39:42.373 --> 00:39:43.206
I was gonna,

00:39:43.206 --> 00:39:47.133
I felt like I was gonna cry.

00:39:49.842 --> 00:39:52.759
(traffic whirring)

00:39:58.563 --> 00:40:02.790
I feel like you have a
long labor process to go.

00:40:02.790 --> 00:40:05.855
And so, even though I
feel like at this point,

00:40:05.855 --> 00:40:10.855
this baby is fine, that
there might come a point

00:40:11.129 --> 00:40:14.130
at which the baby's not fine

00:40:14.130 --> 00:40:15.750
and not tolerating the labor well.

00:40:15.750 --> 00:40:17.993
And we might need to
transfer to the hospital.

00:40:21.570 --> 00:40:23.700
How does all that sit with you?

00:40:23.700 --> 00:40:24.533
Fine.

00:40:24.533 --> 00:40:25.739
Yeah, okay.

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:28.050
And if the baby is having
dips in the heart rate,

00:40:28.050 --> 00:40:30.802
like continuously when
the contractions happen,

00:40:30.802 --> 00:40:33.341
then this induction process won't work.

00:40:33.341 --> 00:40:37.591
(staccato strings music)
Okay?

00:40:41.346 --> 00:40:42.817
This is gonna be work.

00:40:42.817 --> 00:40:44.730
Okay.
Okay?

00:40:44.730 --> 00:40:45.870
Much prayer for me, huh?

00:40:45.870 --> 00:40:48.450
Yes, I want you to
mentally prepare yourself

00:40:48.450 --> 00:40:49.750
for, this is gonna be work.

00:40:49.750 --> 00:40:50.730
Okay.
Okay?

00:40:50.730 --> 00:40:51.986
You're gonna be tired.
Okay.

00:40:51.986 --> 00:40:53.140
But you can do this.

00:40:53.140 --> 00:40:54.030
Okay.
Okay?

00:40:54.030 --> 00:40:55.388
Okay.
All right.

00:40:55.388 --> 00:40:57.971
(music accelerating)

00:41:05.003 --> 00:41:07.953
I'm gonna turn the power on.

00:41:07.953 --> 00:41:09.750
Whoa!
(breast pump clicking)

00:41:09.750 --> 00:41:11.351
So it starts out-

00:41:11.351 --> 00:41:12.759
Okay, ooh!

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:15.544
I don't like that, uh-uh.

00:41:15.544 --> 00:41:16.401
Put it back.

00:41:16.401 --> 00:41:17.741
I didn't touch it.

00:41:17.741 --> 00:41:19.287
You didn't, what is it doing?

00:41:19.287 --> 00:41:20.289
You did something!

00:41:20.289 --> 00:41:21.390
No, I told you it, it starts slowing,

00:41:21.390 --> 00:41:22.340
then it speeds up.
Ooh!

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:23.173
You're okay.

00:41:23.173 --> 00:41:24.368
It's squeezing them to death!

00:41:24.368 --> 00:41:25.830
(Bria and Lisa laughing)

00:41:25.830 --> 00:41:27.453
We just got here, we're just starting.

00:41:27.453 --> 00:41:30.090
This is her first time being
hooked up to the breast pump.

00:41:30.090 --> 00:41:32.051
I'm just wanting her to
feel what it feels like.

00:41:32.051 --> 00:41:32.884
(Janeé laughing)

00:41:32.884 --> 00:41:36.833
So we're doing this for
45 minutes out of an hour.

00:41:36.833 --> 00:41:37.936
Oh, okay!

00:41:37.936 --> 00:41:40.732
Just so you know.
Oh.

00:41:40.732 --> 00:41:45.596
And then as it suctions,
you will start to cramp.

00:41:45.596 --> 00:41:46.770
Oh!

00:41:46.770 --> 00:41:48.368
Are you feeling any cramping yet?

00:41:48.368 --> 00:41:49.740
No.
Not yet.

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.573
Okay.

00:41:54.366 --> 00:41:56.224
You feel tightness or anything?

00:41:56.224 --> 00:41:58.837
(Janeé vocalizing)

00:41:58.837 --> 00:42:01.420
(all laughing)

00:42:02.428 --> 00:42:05.345
(Janeé vocalizing)

00:42:06.756 --> 00:42:10.633
(doppler machine whooshing)

00:42:10.633 --> 00:42:13.028
All right, he's sounding good!

00:42:15.128 --> 00:42:18.267
All right. So have you
had some this evening?

00:42:18.267 --> 00:42:20.120
No.
None at all?

00:42:20.120 --> 00:42:21.500
I don't think so.

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.383
No.

00:42:23.310 --> 00:42:25.503
No, not since this morning.

00:42:27.101 --> 00:42:29.853
No, I didn't say I was having
no contractions, did I?

00:42:31.642 --> 00:42:34.110
(Josh faintly speaking)
(indistinct)

00:42:34.110 --> 00:42:34.943
No, no.

00:42:38.997 --> 00:42:39.830
No.

00:42:43.028 --> 00:42:46.011
(phone line ringing)

00:42:46.011 --> 00:42:48.678
(Janeé sighing)

00:42:49.672 --> 00:42:51.467
(phone line ringing)

00:42:52.392 --> 00:42:53.375
Hello?

00:42:53.375 --> 00:42:54.540
Hi!

00:42:54.540 --> 00:42:55.810
Okay, so they've been

00:42:57.022 --> 00:42:58.105
10:13, 10:15,

00:42:59.331 --> 00:43:00.164
10:18,

00:43:01.040 --> 00:43:02.123
10:22, 10:25,

00:43:03.162 --> 00:43:03.995
10:35,

00:43:04.838 --> 00:43:06.666
10:40, 10:42,

00:43:06.666 --> 00:43:07.749
10:45, 10:47,

00:43:08.606 --> 00:43:10.220
10:52.

00:43:10.220 --> 00:43:12.750
And then the last one was at 11:06,

00:43:12.750 --> 00:43:14.820
so that's been six minutes.

00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:16.287
You have a really good pattern.

00:43:16.287 --> 00:43:18.495
Yeah, I think you're in early labor.

00:43:18.495 --> 00:43:19.860
I guess that's good.

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:21.980
I think you're doing it on your own.

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:23.244
Oh, really?

00:43:23.244 --> 00:43:27.104
Yeah, you haven't taken
the medicine since 4:30.

00:43:27.104 --> 00:43:28.383
That's true.

00:43:28.383 --> 00:43:30.570
Okay.
Yeah, it's 11 o'clock

00:43:30.570 --> 00:43:34.239
and every two minutes,
and you haven't done

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:37.230
any breast stimulation since then, right?

00:43:37.230 --> 00:43:40.162
No, I haven't, no, you're right.

00:43:40.162 --> 00:43:40.995
Okay.

00:43:40.995 --> 00:43:42.060
But I think your body's
doing its own thing,

00:43:42.060 --> 00:43:45.930
because the baby's low,
it's engaged, you know,

00:43:45.930 --> 00:43:48.540
and everything is in place
that needs to be in place

00:43:48.540 --> 00:43:51.210
for you to go into labor by yourself.

00:43:51.210 --> 00:43:52.650
Okay.

00:43:52.650 --> 00:43:53.483
Okay?

00:43:53.483 --> 00:43:55.620
And this early labor phase,

00:43:55.620 --> 00:43:57.309
it can be a long process.

00:43:57.309 --> 00:43:59.984
(birds chirping)

00:43:59.984 --> 00:44:01.260
Knock knock!

00:44:01.260 --> 00:44:02.093
Hey!

00:44:03.299 --> 00:44:05.119
Good to see everybody!

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:06.000
How are you?

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.851
Yeah!
Hi!

00:44:06.851 --> 00:44:08.250
Hi, mommy!
My sweet!

00:44:08.250 --> 00:44:09.480
Oh, you nice and warm!

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:10.313
Oh!

00:44:10.313 --> 00:44:11.984
I know you kind of caught me up on

00:44:11.984 --> 00:44:14.100
what you guys did last night.

00:44:14.100 --> 00:44:15.780
How are you feeling overall?

00:44:15.780 --> 00:44:17.819
I feel good hearing Lisa say that,

00:44:17.819 --> 00:44:20.272
when I told her the times
of the contractions,

00:44:20.272 --> 00:44:22.624
that she said that my
body's doing it on its own.

00:44:22.624 --> 00:44:24.390
There's some magic in walking.

00:44:24.390 --> 00:44:27.740
We'll walk some, we'll walk the curb.

00:44:27.740 --> 00:44:28.738
Okay.

00:44:28.738 --> 00:44:29.790
We'll do some lunges, you know,

00:44:29.790 --> 00:44:32.073
we'll do a couple different things.

00:44:33.090 --> 00:44:34.662
I wanna get him more engaged.

00:44:34.662 --> 00:44:37.187
(bouncy music)

00:44:37.187 --> 00:44:38.310
When I come down,

00:44:38.310 --> 00:44:39.779
I only come down with one though.

00:44:39.779 --> 00:44:41.973
I tried doing two, and I'm on the floor.

00:44:43.290 --> 00:44:44.871
So I go up two.

00:44:44.871 --> 00:44:46.860
Well, I come up going up two stairs

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:47.891
and I go down one.

00:44:47.891 --> 00:44:50.180
Oh, yeah, I'm gonna have
to pee after this one.

00:44:50.180 --> 00:44:52.260
(Janeé sighing)
(bouncy music)

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:53.723
My back is killing me.

00:44:53.723 --> 00:44:58.723
(bouncy music)
(Janeé panting)

00:45:04.164 --> 00:45:06.997
(energetic music)

00:45:10.775 --> 00:45:13.525
(Janeé groaning)

00:45:18.722 --> 00:45:19.923
Oh, thank you.

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:26.420
You eventually wanna find a rhythm, Janeé.

00:45:26.420 --> 00:45:29.207
So right now is a good
time to practice that.

00:45:29.207 --> 00:45:30.040
Okay.

00:45:30.040 --> 00:45:34.910
So slow, deep, inhale
in, and long exhale out.

00:45:35.804 --> 00:45:37.504
You still in contraction?

00:45:40.020 --> 00:45:42.333
Okay, that one ended, honey.

00:45:43.570 --> 00:45:44.413
A minute seventeen.

00:45:46.764 --> 00:45:49.942
(Janeé groaning)

00:45:49.942 --> 00:45:51.267
Another one?

00:45:51.267 --> 00:45:52.380
Mhm.

00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:54.180
We got another one, Josh.

00:45:54.180 --> 00:45:56.290
If you want, I can be
in charge of that too.

00:45:56.290 --> 00:45:58.412
Contraction?
Mm-hm.

00:45:58.412 --> 00:46:00.960
The one before was a minute, 48 seconds.

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:03.480
And this one was two minutes, 18 seconds.

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:08.095
Once we get an hour of
this, we wanna update Lisa.

00:46:08.095 --> 00:46:09.761
Okay.
Yeah.

00:46:09.761 --> 00:46:11.986
(phone line ringing)

00:46:11.986 --> 00:46:13.442
Hello?
Hello!

00:46:13.442 --> 00:46:14.786
How's it going?

00:46:14.786 --> 00:46:15.619
Good.

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:16.980
Bria told me she hadn't had a contraction

00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:19.233
since 11:30, so what's going on?

00:46:20.250 --> 00:46:23.850
So yeah, I think she's
gonna drink the smoothie

00:46:23.850 --> 00:46:24.850
or something.

00:46:24.850 --> 00:46:25.963
Okay.

00:46:25.963 --> 00:46:26.922
Yeah.

00:46:26.922 --> 00:46:27.755
(water running)
All right,

00:46:28.737 --> 00:46:30.245
let me call you back, okay?

00:46:30.245 --> 00:46:31.569
Okay.
All right.

00:46:31.569 --> 00:46:34.819
(high intensity music)

00:46:46.488 --> 00:46:49.738
(high intensity music)

00:46:58.148 --> 00:47:03.148
(plastic crinkling)
(high intensity music)

00:47:12.091 --> 00:47:14.641
(foil crinkling)

00:47:14.641 --> 00:47:17.730
You can ask for an early discharge

00:47:17.730 --> 00:47:20.760
and then, so usually, you'll
have a vaginal delivery,

00:47:20.760 --> 00:47:24.180
two hours of recovery,
in labor and delivery,

00:47:24.180 --> 00:47:26.070
and then they'll transfer to postpartum.

00:47:26.070 --> 00:47:29.128
Then they'll do all the
things that they do,

00:47:29.128 --> 00:47:31.969
the heel stick check and all that stuff.

00:47:31.969 --> 00:47:32.802
And make sure

00:47:32.802 --> 00:47:35.150
if they can get him out
(microwave beeping)

00:47:35.150 --> 00:47:36.423
in 12 hours,

00:47:38.100 --> 00:47:39.720
you can go home 12 hours

00:47:39.720 --> 00:47:42.829
after you get to the
postpartum side, typically.

00:47:42.829 --> 00:47:45.235
(high intensity music)

00:47:45.235 --> 00:47:46.485
Okay.

00:47:49.365 --> 00:47:50.728
(zipper fastening)

00:47:52.020 --> 00:47:53.699
All-righty.
(bag smacking closed)

00:47:53.699 --> 00:47:54.540
(high intensity music)

00:47:54.540 --> 00:47:56.352
It doesn't matter.
Yeah.

00:47:56.352 --> 00:48:01.352
Okay.
(keys jangling)

00:48:01.745 --> 00:48:05.290
(high intensity music)
(traffic whirring)

00:48:05.290 --> 00:48:06.923
Lord, we pray

00:48:06.923 --> 00:48:09.730
that there's not a lot of people there.

00:48:09.730 --> 00:48:14.447
We pray that baby is
in the right position.

00:48:15.540 --> 00:48:18.450
We pray, Lord, touch Baby Washington.

00:48:18.450 --> 00:48:21.484
We pray that he will not be in distress.

00:48:21.484 --> 00:48:25.580
We pray that he won't be tired
during the birthing process.

00:48:25.580 --> 00:48:27.772
In Jesus name, we pray.

00:48:27.772 --> 00:48:29.737
Amen.
Thank God.

00:48:29.737 --> 00:48:31.403
Amen, amen, amen!

00:48:32.426 --> 00:48:37.426
(phone ringing)
(phone beeping)

00:48:56.310 --> 00:49:01.310
(high intensity music)

00:49:13.256 --> 00:49:14.752
You need help?

00:49:14.752 --> 00:49:16.752
With my shoes.

00:49:17.691 --> 00:49:22.024
All right, I'm taking
my honey's shoes off.

00:49:24.399 --> 00:49:26.066
Thank you.

00:49:27.780 --> 00:49:31.731
(ultrasound machine whooshing)

00:49:31.731 --> 00:49:34.648
(curtain clanking)

00:49:37.406 --> 00:49:41.323
(ultrasound machine whooshing)

00:49:46.042 --> 00:49:48.959
(traffic whirring)

00:49:54.616 --> 00:49:57.366
(Janeé groaning)

00:49:58.474 --> 00:50:01.224
(Janeé groaning)

00:50:03.390 --> 00:50:06.140
(Janeé groaning)

00:50:07.502 --> 00:50:08.335
Ooh!

00:50:12.382 --> 00:50:13.215
Ooh!

00:50:16.732 --> 00:50:19.482
(Janeé groaning)

00:50:23.811 --> 00:50:28.505
(ultrasound machine whooshing)

00:50:31.620 --> 00:50:32.453
[Hospital Midwife] Maybe.

00:50:32.453 --> 00:50:33.286
It seems low.

00:50:33.286 --> 00:50:34.204
Mhm.
Right?

00:50:34.204 --> 00:50:35.400
It's probably the scar tissue

00:50:35.400 --> 00:50:37.440
from whatever procedure you had.

00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:38.700
Like this is your uterus,

00:50:38.700 --> 00:50:40.140
but it has these little holes in it.

00:50:40.140 --> 00:50:41.310
That's not normal.

00:50:41.310 --> 00:50:44.639
Something, it's like digging
into the muscle, right?

00:50:44.639 --> 00:50:48.060
It's never gonna look
the same consistency.

00:50:48.060 --> 00:50:49.669
This right here is a muscle.

00:50:49.669 --> 00:50:50.940
It should look like this.

00:50:50.940 --> 00:50:51.930
But it has holes in it,

00:50:51.930 --> 00:50:54.600
so it tells me that it was kind of damaged

00:50:54.600 --> 00:50:56.340
or something before.

00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:57.180
Because this is your-

00:50:57.180 --> 00:50:58.440
From the procedure?

00:50:58.440 --> 00:50:59.370
Right.
Mhm.

00:50:59.370 --> 00:51:00.467
But it's pushing the baby's head down,

00:51:00.467 --> 00:51:02.350
and so that's where you're getting that.

00:51:02.350 --> 00:51:03.960
But otherwise, I mean,

00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:06.060
the head is exactly where
it's supposed to be. Huh.

00:51:06.060 --> 00:51:08.790
[Hospital Midwife] But
can't move because of that.

00:51:08.790 --> 00:51:09.803
Yeah, it's in the way.

00:51:11.248 --> 00:51:13.956
[Hospital Midwife] Yeah.
Uh-huh. Scarring.

00:51:17.599 --> 00:51:20.516
(traffic whirring)

00:52:42.496 --> 00:52:46.413
(ultrasound machine whooshing)

00:52:53.407 --> 00:52:57.407
(ultrasound machine whooshing)

00:53:30.817 --> 00:53:33.574
(Janeé crying)

00:54:03.870 --> 00:54:07.120
(high intensity music)

00:54:09.957 --> 00:54:13.040
(lighthearted music)

00:54:17.806 --> 00:54:19.560
(traffic whirring)

00:54:19.560 --> 00:54:21.000
Father God, in the name of Jesus,

00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:22.473
Lord, we thank you.
Thank the Lord.

00:54:22.473 --> 00:54:23.400
We thank you, we thank you,

00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:24.892
Father God, first of all,

00:54:24.892 --> 00:54:25.890
for waking us up this morning.

00:54:25.890 --> 00:54:28.260
Thank you for having
angels around and above us,

00:54:28.260 --> 00:54:30.210
protecting us through the
day, through the night.

00:54:30.210 --> 00:54:32.100
We ask that you, Lord, touch each

00:54:32.100 --> 00:54:34.950
and every operator, doctor, nurses,

00:54:34.950 --> 00:54:36.780
all that will be in
attendance, Father God,

00:54:36.780 --> 00:54:37.613
in this OR room.

00:54:37.613 --> 00:54:39.330
Lord, touch their hands and make 'em yours

00:54:39.330 --> 00:54:41.257
in regards to this C-section, Father God.

00:54:41.257 --> 00:54:42.198
Thank you.

00:54:42.198 --> 00:54:43.410
Lord, we ask and requesting, Lord,

00:54:43.410 --> 00:54:45.570
no complications with my wife, Janeé,

00:54:45.570 --> 00:54:48.540
your daughter, and our son, the
gift that you have given us.

00:54:48.540 --> 00:54:50.520
Thank you for this moment.

00:54:50.520 --> 00:54:52.186
Thank God.

00:54:52.186 --> 00:54:53.019
Amen.
Amen.

00:54:53.019 --> 00:54:53.852
All right.

00:54:53.852 --> 00:54:55.223
All right, thanks for praying for me.

00:54:55.223 --> 00:54:56.181
(Janeé chuckling)

00:54:56.181 --> 00:54:57.291
Thank you for being a
part of our (indistinct).

00:54:57.291 --> 00:54:58.798
(all laughing)

00:54:58.798 --> 00:55:00.438
You got this, Janeé.

00:55:00.438 --> 00:55:01.962
I'm gonna be in the-
Okay.

00:55:01.962 --> 00:55:04.420
Yeah, in the car waiting.

00:55:05.383 --> 00:55:07.561
And you're gonna be in my prayers.

00:55:07.561 --> 00:55:09.228
Thank you.

00:55:10.388 --> 00:55:11.892
(door clicking shut)

00:55:11.892 --> 00:55:13.635
Ready for Baby Washington.

00:55:13.635 --> 00:55:17.541
(lighthearted music)

00:55:17.541 --> 00:55:18.887
(monitors beeping)

00:55:18.887 --> 00:55:21.524
(medical staff faintly speaking)

00:55:21.524 --> 00:55:24.541
(Baby Josh crying)

00:55:24.541 --> 00:55:25.679
You're okay, baby!

00:55:25.679 --> 00:55:27.666
(Baby Josh crying)

00:55:27.666 --> 00:55:30.059
(Josh laughing)

00:55:30.059 --> 00:55:31.642
Hi, baby!

00:55:33.161 --> 00:55:34.443
Oh my Gosh!

00:55:34.443 --> 00:55:36.457
It's mommy right there!

00:55:36.457 --> 00:55:37.665
(Josh laughing)

00:55:37.665 --> 00:55:40.253
Oh my goodness, he's real!

00:55:40.253 --> 00:55:42.213
(all laughing)

00:55:42.213 --> 00:55:44.444
And he's like just looking at me.

00:55:44.444 --> 00:55:45.646
(Josh laughing)

00:55:45.646 --> 00:55:46.819
Thank you so much, guys.

00:55:46.819 --> 00:55:47.841
Hi, sweetheart!

00:55:47.841 --> 00:55:49.567
Mommy love you!

00:55:49.567 --> 00:55:50.506
(Josh laughing)

00:55:50.506 --> 00:55:52.014
It's all worth it for you.

00:55:52.014 --> 00:55:52.968
Yeah!

00:55:52.968 --> 00:55:56.051
(lighthearted music)

00:56:06.965 --> 00:56:09.512
(lighthearted music)

00:56:09.512 --> 00:56:11.797
Look at your boy!

00:56:11.797 --> 00:56:13.143
The little guy!

00:56:13.143 --> 00:56:14.627
Congratulations!

00:56:14.627 --> 00:56:15.575
Thank you!

00:56:15.575 --> 00:56:17.408
Look at him!

00:56:18.713 --> 00:56:19.776
Hi, baby Josh!

00:56:19.776 --> 00:56:21.121
He got a loud mouth.

00:56:21.121 --> 00:56:23.725
Hi, are you sleepy?

00:56:23.725 --> 00:56:24.804
(Josh vocalizing)

00:56:24.804 --> 00:56:26.020
Welcome to the world!

00:56:26.020 --> 00:56:27.394
Oh, look at that.

00:56:27.394 --> 00:56:28.648
You see me?

00:56:28.648 --> 00:56:29.481
Yes!

00:56:29.481 --> 00:56:31.192
I'm your doula!
Yeah!

00:56:31.192 --> 00:56:32.025
Yes!

00:56:32.025 --> 00:56:33.441
It's me, Davon!

00:56:33.441 --> 00:56:35.604
Auntie Day-day, yeah,

00:56:35.604 --> 00:56:36.883
this Auntie Day-day.

00:56:36.883 --> 00:56:38.400
This the widest he's opened his eyes.

00:56:38.400 --> 00:56:40.698
He knows what's up.

00:56:40.698 --> 00:56:43.684
This is a special baby.
Yeah.

00:56:43.684 --> 00:56:46.170
Mommy's coming.

00:56:46.170 --> 00:56:48.000
Yeah, happy birthday.

00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:49.340
Happy Birthday.
Yes.

00:56:50.653 --> 00:56:52.284
Janeé!

00:56:52.284 --> 00:56:55.833
(lighthearted music)
Hi, sweetie!

00:56:55.833 --> 00:56:58.026
You were asleep, hi!

00:56:58.026 --> 00:56:59.383
(Davon chuckling)

00:56:59.383 --> 00:57:00.751
Hi, baby.
(monitors beeping)

00:57:00.751 --> 00:57:04.834
My job is to check your bleeding again.

00:57:07.680 --> 00:57:08.513
I'm just gonna get you a new gown,

00:57:08.513 --> 00:57:10.170
which I should have grabbed a second ago,

00:57:10.170 --> 00:57:12.300
just because this one's
a little messed up.

00:57:12.300 --> 00:57:13.883
Then I'll put your head back up.

00:57:15.145 --> 00:57:18.210
With my pregnancies, I knew very little,

00:57:18.210 --> 00:57:19.710
so I just felt kind of powerless.

00:57:19.710 --> 00:57:21.943
And then when I was actually giving birth,

00:57:21.943 --> 00:57:24.480
I took the epidural, not really knowing

00:57:24.480 --> 00:57:25.920
that I could have pushed through.

00:57:25.920 --> 00:57:27.720
And I think in the back of my mind,

00:57:27.720 --> 00:57:31.710
I always wish I had maybe
someone there with me to say,

00:57:31.710 --> 00:57:33.657
you know, you're doing
great, you're doing amazing!

00:57:33.657 --> 00:57:35.889
You could just, you
know, push your baby out.

00:57:35.889 --> 00:57:38.806
(monitors beeping)

00:57:41.190 --> 00:57:42.489
Take care of them both.

00:57:42.489 --> 00:57:44.378
Mhm.

00:57:44.378 --> 00:57:47.760
You make sure you rest and
you take care of you too.

00:57:47.760 --> 00:57:49.025
Yeah, yeah.

00:57:49.025 --> 00:57:52.971
(monitors beeping)

00:57:52.971 --> 00:57:54.300
I'm proud of you.

00:57:54.300 --> 00:57:55.413
You're amazing.

00:57:56.250 --> 00:57:57.832
Lisa...
Everybody.

00:57:57.832 --> 00:57:58.665
Everybody.

00:57:58.665 --> 00:58:00.600
Dynamic team, for sure.

00:58:00.600 --> 00:58:02.951
Yeah, yeah, it's one for the books.

00:58:02.951 --> 00:58:04.147
Oh, yeah!
(Josh chuckling)

00:58:04.147 --> 00:58:05.130
It's one for the the books.

00:58:05.130 --> 00:58:06.570
This is one of those experiences

00:58:06.570 --> 00:58:08.761
that like live, will
live in my heart forever.

00:58:08.761 --> 00:58:09.594
Yeah.

00:58:09.594 --> 00:58:11.684
Honestly, really.
It is, definitely.

00:58:11.684 --> 00:58:14.967
(monitors beeping)

00:58:14.967 --> 00:58:18.050
(lighthearted music)

00:58:27.042 --> 00:58:29.792
(cheerful music)

00:58:33.317 --> 00:58:35.040
(kiss smacking)

00:58:35.040 --> 00:58:36.553
I love you!

00:58:36.553 --> 00:58:37.924
I love that baby!

00:58:37.924 --> 00:58:38.820
(kisses smacking)

00:58:38.820 --> 00:58:43.410
And so, how have the last few days been,

00:58:43.410 --> 00:58:44.643
mentally, physically?

00:58:45.630 --> 00:58:46.463
Tired.

00:58:46.463 --> 00:58:48.347
Emotionally?
Tired.

00:58:48.347 --> 00:58:50.736
How do you feel, Joshua?

00:58:50.736 --> 00:58:53.070
I just try, I get sleep when I get,

00:58:53.070 --> 00:58:54.090
you know, basically.

00:58:54.090 --> 00:58:55.501
So it'll get better.

00:58:55.501 --> 00:58:56.520
(Janeé laughing)

00:58:56.520 --> 00:58:58.249
when they start doing other things.

00:58:58.249 --> 00:58:59.430
(Lisa and Janeé laughing)

00:58:59.430 --> 00:59:00.450
Like a routine.

00:59:00.450 --> 00:59:02.400
Yeah, but it's...

00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:05.010
Being a mom myself and having
gone through childbirth

00:59:05.010 --> 00:59:07.917
does influence how I care for
the women that I care for.

00:59:07.917 --> 00:59:11.190
Because I did not have
that personal service.

00:59:11.190 --> 00:59:14.095
I did not have someone
that I could relate to.

00:59:14.095 --> 00:59:16.098
I did not know I had options.

00:59:16.098 --> 00:59:19.560
I thought I had to do
what the doctor said.

00:59:19.560 --> 00:59:23.160
And had I known then would I know now,

00:59:23.160 --> 00:59:25.590
I would've had a totally
different experience.

00:59:25.590 --> 00:59:28.140
Look how Josh holding him.

00:59:28.140 --> 00:59:28.973
I know.

00:59:28.973 --> 00:59:30.240
He's so like timid.

00:59:30.240 --> 00:59:31.210
That's so cute!

00:59:32.674 --> 00:59:33.507
It's okay, honey.

00:59:33.507 --> 00:59:35.027
Up over the shoulder.

00:59:35.027 --> 00:59:36.596
(Janeé giggling)

00:59:36.596 --> 00:59:37.800
Can I show you?

00:59:37.800 --> 00:59:38.633
Yeah.

00:59:38.633 --> 00:59:39.898
(Baby Josh crying)
(Janeé giggling)

00:59:39.898 --> 00:59:41.356
Let's see.

00:59:41.356 --> 00:59:42.990
Hey!
(Baby Josh crying)

00:59:42.990 --> 00:59:45.090
Home birth is not common in America.

00:59:45.090 --> 00:59:47.520
For Black women, I think it really shifted

00:59:47.520 --> 00:59:50.610
when the research came out
that the Black maternal

00:59:50.610 --> 00:59:53.550
and infant mortality is so much higher

00:59:53.550 --> 00:59:55.915
in the hospital systems due to racism.

00:59:55.915 --> 00:59:58.129
(lighthearted music)

00:59:58.129 --> 01:00:02.370
I focus as a midwife a lot on prevention

01:00:02.370 --> 01:00:03.970
and that is not something

01:00:04.848 --> 01:00:08.317
that the institutions have time for.

01:00:08.317 --> 01:00:11.580
You can be a Black midwife
in that kind of setting.

01:00:11.580 --> 01:00:13.500
You can have the best of intentions

01:00:13.500 --> 01:00:15.480
and still not be able
to give the kind of care

01:00:15.480 --> 01:00:17.040
that you want to give.

01:00:17.040 --> 01:00:19.389
Because you've taken it out of the home,

01:00:19.389 --> 01:00:21.930
there's an incentive
to move people through,

01:00:21.930 --> 01:00:24.480
because there's always gonna
be people waiting in line

01:00:24.480 --> 01:00:27.363
to use those rooms and
have those services.

01:00:28.278 --> 01:00:31.462
I think it is deeper than
just being taken care of

01:00:31.462 --> 01:00:34.530
by someone who looks like you.

01:00:34.530 --> 01:00:38.073
It's someone who is going
to really care for you.

01:00:38.910 --> 01:00:40.503
Our care is supreme.

01:00:42.590 --> 01:00:44.850
Everyone deserves the care that they get

01:00:44.850 --> 01:00:46.513
from a home birth midwife.

01:00:46.513 --> 01:00:49.596
(lighthearted music)

01:00:57.210 --> 01:00:59.008
(Janeé gasping)

01:00:59.008 --> 01:01:00.583
Oh, he did the smile!

01:01:00.583 --> 01:01:02.907
She got a smile?
(Janeé chuckling)

01:01:02.907 --> 01:01:03.757
How are you, my sweetie?

01:01:03.757 --> 01:01:04.903
I'm good.

01:01:04.903 --> 01:01:06.033
How are you, mama?

01:01:06.033 --> 01:01:07.190
Look at this guy!

01:01:07.190 --> 01:01:10.667
Last time I saw you, you were out of it.

01:01:10.667 --> 01:01:11.773
Mm-hm.
(Davon chuckling)

01:01:11.773 --> 01:01:13.770
You know, you, I mean, you were asleep.

01:01:13.770 --> 01:01:16.200
Yeah, so I was just wondering if you know

01:01:16.200 --> 01:01:18.330
like any more details
or if you wanna even,

01:01:18.330 --> 01:01:20.124
if you don't wanna share,
then that's fine too.

01:01:20.124 --> 01:01:23.703
How do you feel overall
about the experience?

01:01:25.507 --> 01:01:27.000
Mm-hm.

01:01:27.000 --> 01:01:28.814
Let it out, Janeé.

01:01:28.814 --> 01:01:31.223
You've been through a lot, Mama,

01:01:31.223 --> 01:01:34.056
and you have great support, mm-hm.

01:01:37.320 --> 01:01:39.017
It's happy tears.
Mm-hm.

01:01:39.017 --> 01:01:41.321
You're a better wife
to go through all this.

01:01:41.321 --> 01:01:43.560
You're like built to last.
Mm-hmmm.

01:01:44.693 --> 01:01:47.223
I mean, all that you went through, you,

01:01:48.912 --> 01:01:49.745
you know...

01:01:49.745 --> 01:01:51.662
Yeah, you're a sweetheart.

01:01:51.662 --> 01:01:54.463
We've seen you-
Just like a lioness.

01:01:54.463 --> 01:01:58.315
Go through so much and
just come out so strong.

01:01:58.315 --> 01:02:00.450
And look what you all have created,

01:02:00.450 --> 01:02:02.520
this beautiful baby boy!

01:02:02.520 --> 01:02:03.353
I know.

01:02:03.353 --> 01:02:06.282
I tell you that he's
such a blessing to have.

01:02:06.282 --> 01:02:09.120
Going through all those
horrible interventions

01:02:09.120 --> 01:02:12.434
for as long as I did is all worth it,

01:02:12.434 --> 01:02:14.750
you know, because of him.

01:02:14.750 --> 01:02:17.340
(lighthearted music)

01:02:17.340 --> 01:02:19.860
The way that I help my clients advocate

01:02:19.860 --> 01:02:22.650
for themselves is to really
just trust their body,

01:02:22.650 --> 01:02:24.905
their instinct, their gut.

01:02:24.905 --> 01:02:28.620
We hold a lot, as Black
women, because of fear.

01:02:28.620 --> 01:02:31.982
So when you just finally let
that go and you just release,

01:02:31.982 --> 01:02:34.680
I was so proud of Janeé for doing that.

01:02:34.680 --> 01:02:36.060
She did tap into herself.

01:02:36.060 --> 01:02:37.770
She did tap into her baby.

01:02:37.770 --> 01:02:40.477
She tapped into her
intuition and her emotions,

01:02:40.477 --> 01:02:42.600
and she had a trusted birth team

01:02:42.600 --> 01:02:44.630
that was there to listen to her.

01:02:44.630 --> 01:02:47.096
She gained her voice in that space.

01:02:47.096 --> 01:02:50.043
There was a certain power
that came from that.

01:02:51.780 --> 01:02:53.700
Birth changes our lives.

01:02:53.700 --> 01:02:57.243
And what my hope is, is that
it changes for the better.

01:02:58.160 --> 01:03:00.916
I just wanna continue
on supporting people,

01:03:00.916 --> 01:03:04.044
especially women of color,
because we need each other.

01:03:04.044 --> 01:03:06.195
That's where I find my power.

01:03:06.195 --> 01:03:09.330
That's where my clients and, you know,

01:03:09.330 --> 01:03:11.760
the people that I
support find their power.

01:03:11.760 --> 01:03:14.220
And so, as much as I can,

01:03:14.220 --> 01:03:16.560
I want to just change that narrative,

01:03:16.560 --> 01:03:18.442
change the way people look at birth.

01:03:20.925 --> 01:03:23.442
(birds chirping)
(lighthearted music)

01:03:24.828 --> 01:03:26.958
What are you looking at

01:03:26.958 --> 01:03:28.620
(Janeé chuckling)
Mommy?

01:03:28.620 --> 01:03:29.453
Hi!

01:03:33.380 --> 01:03:35.735
Okay, honey, did you grab the sheet?

01:03:35.735 --> 01:03:37.386
(lighthearted music)

01:03:37.386 --> 01:03:38.247
Okay.

01:03:38.247 --> 01:03:39.080
Hi, Bria!

01:03:39.080 --> 01:03:40.732
Aw!
(Janeé laughing)

01:03:40.732 --> 01:03:41.565
Don't you look cute?

01:03:41.565 --> 01:03:42.915
I like that yellow.
Your hair looks nice

01:03:42.915 --> 01:03:43.992
Aw!

01:03:43.992 --> 01:03:45.371
(indistinct)

01:03:45.371 --> 01:03:47.501
(Lisa and Janeé exclaiming)
Look at this baby!

01:03:47.501 --> 01:03:48.334
How are you doing?

01:03:48.334 --> 01:03:50.152
I'm doing good, how are you?

01:03:50.152 --> 01:03:52.151
Good. I haven't seen y'all in a long time.

01:03:52.151 --> 01:03:54.196
I know, it's like a reunion!

01:03:54.196 --> 01:03:56.597
(Janeé laughing)

01:03:56.597 --> 01:03:58.172
You know what to do.

01:03:58.172 --> 01:03:59.261
You know how to make your mama look good.

01:03:59.261 --> 01:04:00.813
(Lisa chuckling)

01:04:00.813 --> 01:04:02.370
Thanks for coming.

01:04:02.370 --> 01:04:03.710
Thanks everybody for coming.

01:04:03.710 --> 01:04:05.247
(lighthearted music)

01:04:05.247 --> 01:04:06.750
We bless the mother

01:04:06.750 --> 01:04:09.314
that gave birth to the mother.

01:04:09.314 --> 01:04:10.495
Oh, that's nice.

01:04:10.495 --> 01:04:13.578
(lighthearted music)

01:04:17.884 --> 01:04:19.054
(everyone chattering)

01:04:19.054 --> 01:04:20.639
(Janeé laughing)

01:04:20.639 --> 01:04:22.680
All right, so...

01:04:22.680 --> 01:04:25.230
Whew, welcome everybody!

01:04:25.230 --> 01:04:28.530
To Janeé and Josh's closing ceremony.

01:04:28.530 --> 01:04:32.850
This ceremony is to ground you, basically,

01:04:32.850 --> 01:04:35.580
to close what has been open,

01:04:35.580 --> 01:04:40.580
for you to be more aware,
coming into being a mother.

01:04:40.972 --> 01:04:44.610
The closing ceremony brings
you back into your body

01:04:44.610 --> 01:04:47.370
so that you can move
forward in your journey.

01:04:47.370 --> 01:04:50.670
So the first thing we wanna
do is have us all go around

01:04:50.670 --> 01:04:52.840
and share how this birth has affected us.

01:04:52.840 --> 01:04:55.352
And then I want you to set your intention.

01:04:55.352 --> 01:04:57.460
How do you see yourself moving forward

01:04:58.620 --> 01:05:00.330
on this journey called life?

01:05:00.330 --> 01:05:01.230
Okay.
(laughing)

01:05:01.230 --> 01:05:02.180
Basically.

01:05:03.960 --> 01:05:04.793
Josh?

01:05:04.793 --> 01:05:05.942
We could never forget

01:05:05.942 --> 01:05:08.610
how much of an advocate you were for us.

01:05:08.610 --> 01:05:10.980
You guys will forever be
embedded in our hearts.

01:05:10.980 --> 01:05:14.610
Every time we look at our son,
we will think of you guys.

01:05:14.610 --> 01:05:15.517
Just appreciative.

01:05:15.517 --> 01:05:17.065
[Birth Team Member] Love you.

01:05:17.065 --> 01:05:17.898
Aw!

01:05:17.898 --> 01:05:18.731
Love you!
(kiss smacking)

01:05:18.731 --> 01:05:20.114
I'm so proud of you!

01:05:20.114 --> 01:05:22.227
That was sweet.

01:05:22.227 --> 01:05:26.105
I'd like to say, wow, it
has truly been an honor.

01:05:26.105 --> 01:05:28.575
Really, you have increased my faith.

01:05:28.575 --> 01:05:33.575
It kept me on the path from,
you know, wanting to give up.

01:05:34.140 --> 01:05:35.640
Everything happens for a reason

01:05:35.640 --> 01:05:38.446
and there were no mistakes.

01:05:38.446 --> 01:05:41.391
And we were supposed to be here, right?

01:05:41.391 --> 01:05:45.363
Against what everybody
would've thought or said.

01:05:46.260 --> 01:05:48.480
I love you guys and that baby.

01:05:48.480 --> 01:05:52.140
I wish you nothing but love
and happiness and more babies.

01:05:52.140 --> 01:05:52.973
Yes!
(all laughing)

01:05:52.973 --> 01:05:53.806
Yes!

01:05:53.806 --> 01:05:54.639
Amen!

01:05:56.281 --> 01:05:57.531
Davon?

01:05:58.987 --> 01:06:02.220
So Janeé, you exude this beauty

01:06:02.220 --> 01:06:06.570
and this grace and this knowing
and like, this confidence.

01:06:06.570 --> 01:06:09.450
And I just really saw that come alive,

01:06:09.450 --> 01:06:13.714
and I really saw maybe
even your fierceness,

01:06:13.714 --> 01:06:18.510
like spark during the labor.
(Davon and Janeé laughing)

01:06:18.510 --> 01:06:21.000
We shared a lot, you know?

01:06:21.000 --> 01:06:23.610
Just watching you and like
being part of the journey

01:06:23.610 --> 01:06:26.083
of you becoming a mother, you know,

01:06:26.083 --> 01:06:28.851
I just see you blossoming even more.

01:06:28.851 --> 01:06:31.290
I will never forget the connection

01:06:31.290 --> 01:06:33.367
that we shared in the, phew!

01:06:34.635 --> 01:06:38.130
In the labor and in the birth experience,

01:06:38.130 --> 01:06:40.710
because it's always impactful for me too.

01:06:40.710 --> 01:06:43.604
I see myself, you know, in you.

01:06:43.604 --> 01:06:47.790
Just watching you grow
into this beautiful mother,

01:06:47.790 --> 01:06:51.180
I'm just honored to have
been there to support you.

01:06:51.180 --> 01:06:52.846
Thank you.

01:06:52.846 --> 01:06:54.143
[Birth Team Member] So beautiful!

01:06:54.143 --> 01:06:54.976
So sweet!

01:06:54.976 --> 01:06:55.809
[Birth Team Member] Aw!

01:06:55.809 --> 01:06:57.263
I have a lot of words in me,

01:06:57.263 --> 01:06:59.573
and I just wanted to
just spill it all out.

01:06:59.573 --> 01:07:00.406
(all laughing)

01:07:00.406 --> 01:07:01.693
Thank you so much, Janeé.

01:07:01.693 --> 01:07:02.651
Oh, thank you.

01:07:02.651 --> 01:07:03.777
You're the sweetest!

01:07:03.777 --> 01:07:05.527
I love you, my dear.

01:07:07.660 --> 01:07:09.210
Is it my turn now?
Mhm.

01:07:09.210 --> 01:07:10.500
Okay.

01:07:10.500 --> 01:07:12.720
Well first I wanna say,
I just thank God for each

01:07:12.720 --> 01:07:14.280
and every one of you.

01:07:14.280 --> 01:07:16.402
You guys are all forces
to be reckoned with.

01:07:16.402 --> 01:07:18.690
My intentions is to be the best mother

01:07:18.690 --> 01:07:21.563
that he could ever have.

01:07:21.563 --> 01:07:23.130
To be his advocate too,

01:07:23.130 --> 01:07:26.340
and my intention is to be a
blessing to other women as well.

01:07:26.340 --> 01:07:28.710
What I've learned from each
of you, to share it with them,

01:07:28.710 --> 01:07:31.863
to recommend each of you and to,

01:07:33.717 --> 01:07:37.380
you know, continue to be the saved woman

01:07:37.380 --> 01:07:39.570
that God created me to be.

01:07:39.570 --> 01:07:41.060
So yeah.
Yeah.

01:07:42.756 --> 01:07:44.036
(cheerful music)

01:07:44.036 --> 01:07:44.894
[Birth Team Member] Phew!

01:07:44.894 --> 01:07:46.321
[Birth Team Member] Beautiful!

01:07:46.321 --> 01:07:47.695
Yeah.
All right.

01:07:47.695 --> 01:07:49.914
Now we're gonna move on

01:07:49.914 --> 01:07:51.683
to the first part of the closing.

01:07:51.683 --> 01:07:54.150
♪ "Bigger" by JJ Hairson ♪

01:07:54.150 --> 01:07:57.215
(singer vocalizing)

01:07:57.215 --> 01:07:59.092
It feels really nice!

01:07:59.092 --> 01:08:01.175
(singer vocalizing)

01:08:01.175 --> 01:08:03.544
Kind of like you going
into the womb yourself.

01:08:03.544 --> 01:08:04.377
Okay.

01:08:04.377 --> 01:08:05.924
So this is for your contemplation.

01:08:05.924 --> 01:08:07.409
(cheerful music)

01:08:07.409 --> 01:08:10.021
♪ Every promise ♪

01:08:10.021 --> 01:08:14.963
♪ Every word spoken ♪

01:08:14.963 --> 01:08:18.423
♪ I believe ♪

01:08:18.423 --> 01:08:21.339
♪ Every word you said ♪

01:08:21.339 --> 01:08:23.359
♪ Woo ♪

01:08:23.359 --> 01:08:26.780
♪ I receive ♪
(jewelry jangling)

01:08:26.780 --> 01:08:29.475
♪ All your promises ♪

01:08:29.475 --> 01:08:31.291
♪ Oh my God ♪

01:08:31.291 --> 01:08:35.832
♪ I won't be moved by what I see ♪

01:08:35.832 --> 01:08:36.975
♪ I'll keep my ♪

01:08:36.975 --> 01:08:39.087
Thank you, womb-
Mm-hm!

01:08:39.087 --> 01:08:41.254
for all the work.

01:08:42.571 --> 01:08:44.079
♪ Say bigger ♪

01:08:44.079 --> 01:08:46.986
♪ Bigger ♪

01:08:46.986 --> 01:08:49.040
Now if you not believing for nothing,

01:08:49.040 --> 01:08:51.340
just chill, but if you
believe in full appointment

01:08:51.340 --> 01:08:52.710
from God, lift your heads and receive it.

01:08:52.710 --> 01:08:53.729
Come on, receive it!

01:08:53.729 --> 01:08:58.729
We bring Janeé forth as she
is birthing her new self.

01:09:00.210 --> 01:09:02.610
And we ask you, Father God,

01:09:02.610 --> 01:09:07.470
to continue to guide and lead her and Josh

01:09:07.470 --> 01:09:10.470
to be the best parents
that they could possibly be

01:09:10.470 --> 01:09:12.360
for Baby Josh.

01:09:12.360 --> 01:09:15.450
Because as long as you are in her heart,

01:09:15.450 --> 01:09:17.848
she can do all things.

01:09:17.848 --> 01:09:18.681
Amen.

01:09:18.681 --> 01:09:21.856
(cheerful music)

01:09:21.856 --> 01:09:22.992
♪ Bigger ♪

01:09:22.992 --> 01:09:24.044
♪ Woo ♪

01:09:24.044 --> 01:09:25.909
♪ Every promise is ♪

01:09:25.909 --> 01:09:29.266
♪ Bigger ♪

01:09:29.266 --> 01:09:32.195
♪ I will stand ♪

01:09:32.195 --> 01:09:35.214
♪ I will stand still and see ♪

01:09:35.214 --> 01:09:36.902
(Lisa laughing)

01:09:36.902 --> 01:09:38.501
How do you feel, Janeé?

01:09:38.501 --> 01:09:42.765
I feel really, I guess light, like free

01:09:42.765 --> 01:09:44.273
so that's nice.

01:09:44.273 --> 01:09:45.442
I could just go to sleep.

01:09:45.442 --> 01:09:46.938
(cheerful music)

01:09:46.938 --> 01:09:47.895
Sweet.

01:09:47.895 --> 01:09:52.895
♪ It will be bigger and
better than ever before ♪

01:09:55.060 --> 01:09:55.910
♪ Woo ♪

01:09:58.687 --> 01:10:02.033
♪ I believe ♪
♪ I believe ♪

01:10:02.033 --> 01:10:03.258
♪ Every word ♪

01:10:03.258 --> 01:10:05.859
♪ Every word you said ♪

01:10:05.859 --> 01:10:07.121
♪ Woo ♪

01:10:07.121 --> 01:10:10.122
♪ I receive ♪

01:10:10.122 --> 01:10:11.382
♪ Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah ♪

01:10:11.382 --> 01:10:14.671
♪ All your promises ♪

01:10:14.671 --> 01:10:16.405
♪ I won't be moved by ♪

01:10:16.405 --> 01:10:20.276
♪ I won't be moved by what I see ♪

01:10:20.276 --> 01:10:24.626
♪ I'll keep my eyes on
what you showed me ♪

01:10:24.626 --> 01:10:29.919
♪ Bigger ♪