Victor Justin Rhodes presents a trailer for Rooted E3, featuring conversations about natural childbirth and labor. Speakers share their experiences with anticipation, fear during delivery, and the emotional weight of witnessing a partner give birth.
I tried to visualize like labor and delivery early in the pregnancy. I just could never visualize him like coming out and like being placed on my chest. Like I just never could get there.
We came here to have a baby naturally and for her to be happy, and instead I'm walking into this room and I'm seeing my my wife in a hospital bed. We hadn't talked about that scenario, I don't think.
The only way to get over the pain and the fear is to just go through it. That kind of bravery is partly what makes you so exhausted because you're not used to fighting the fear.
I'm realizing I'm the type of person when someone tells me like, you can't do this, I'm like, watch me.
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