To be honest, I do not remember my own birth, have not given birth or have been part of any births, but I'd like to share the experience of my sister's birth. I was not able to be part of that beautiful experience because she lives in Hawaii and I live in Barcelona.
My sister was 23 years old when she gave birth to my nephew Umi. Umi means Ocean in Japanese. The name fits perfectly because my sister was surfing until 8 months into her pregnancy. I think this had a big impact on her labor because she had a very easy labor. My sister, Aleshia, was supposed to give birth on the other side of the island, where her husband is from and was supposed to go there 2 weeks beforehand. One day, she started having "indigestion" as she thought, because she had a fried fish sandwich for dinner. Around 2AM she woke up my brother and my mother because she was pretty sure she was in labor. My mother checked and she was crowning already. As my family is quite healthy, we did not even know where the hospital was in our town, Hilo. As they drove around in a bit of a panic, they found the hospital (Hilo is a very small town). As she went directly into the labor room, my brother stepped out to call her husband to let him know Aleshia was in the hospital. As my brother went back into the room, she had already given birth to Umi! Record time!
I think the fact that she kept a very active lifestyle really helped her have a easy labor.
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