Unmedicated birth moms NEED to be more unapologetic, and let’s be honest, women in general. When a woman tells someone she is planning an unmedicated birth, too often she is met with doubt and called crazy. Exactly why we need to swap people pleasing tendencies with being more unapologetic.

Summary

Unapologetic: not acknowledging or expressing regret

BORING. Okay, let’s try again. Because pretty sure no mom who has had an unmedicated birth has regretted it. The word unapologetic can also describe someone who simply refuses to apologize, it conveys a sense of strength, to be proud to stand by your beliefs.

YES, this is better.

Here is why you need to be unapologetic in your plan to have an unmedicated birth, or live your live against the status quo in any way. Well, because it IS against the status quo.

Here is what happens so commonly when a mom tells someone, anyone, that she is having an unmedicated birth. (I know where talking about birth here mostly, but yes, you can extrapolate this.. We’ll get there in a sec.) When a mom says she’s having an unmedicated birth or god forbid a… gasp.. a home birth… she is met with comments like…

Well my birth was traumatic and horrible and awful. 

You’ll be begging for an epidural, just wait.

Oh, haha wow good luck with that, I could never do that.

It is so easy to then make yourself small and kind of brush it off or even start to wonder if maybe you are… crazy. 

NO, stop that right there. THIS is why I am your birth bestie, this is why the podcast is called Unapologetically Unmedicated. Because we stand by our beliefs and our plan to birth unmedicated. 

3 ways to be more unapologetic:

1. Stand by your values.
2. Learn to say no, and stop explaining yourself.
3. Start small, and get ready to feel uncomfortable.

And when you do feel uncomfortable, remember that you are not alone. I am right there with you, I’m on your side! I get it. 

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