Academy mom Kerissa Ransbury shares her two birth stories. Her fist where she was underprepared and ended up pushing for 6 hours versus the birth she loves to share because it was so positive. She prepared the right way and everything went exactly how she imagined, she labored at home, had zero pain, and her husband caught her baby. All in the hospital! In this episode, Kerissa discusses: -Her first birth started with cytotec after her waters broke. She ended up getting an epidural, which slowed things down and ended up pushing on her back for 6 hours. -She started preparing for baby 2 as soon as she found out she was pregnant, and she went all in with books, social media and of course, Unmedicated Academy, -Unmedicated Academy worked so well because she knew everything, being informed meant her voice was heard and respected in her prenatal care and birth. -Staying home as long as possible, she waited til contractions were 2 minutes apart, as a way to not be coerced or be on the hospital’s timeline. -She got her pain free birth and her husband (and daddy doula) caught her baby as she birthed upright on the side of the tub.  Other birth stories on the podcast: 120 | There wasn’t an epidural at this hospital, a first time mom’s planned unmedicated hospital birth, with Ariana Heisler 96 | Asynclitic to unmedicated, Eden shares her Irish twin birth stories, with Eden Overaker