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Can we please stop calling 3rd Babies "Wildcards"?

5/2/2021

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​Hi. It is me, your long lost doula friend.

It's been a good year since my last blog post. Three kids is no joke, plus I still have my doula clients! 

Today as I was looking through some photos of my third birth, it got me thinking about the main thing everybody told me about third babies -
"OH - THIRD BABIES ARE WILDCARDS!"

As in EVERYBODY said this - from Susan in the freezer aisle, to friends and family and even doulas and midwives who really should know better about how to not freak a pregnant person out! What it ended up doing is scaring me. Yes, even though I have all this birth knowledge, constantly being told that this birth was going to be a wildcard made me fearful of what was to come. 

Now, sitting on the other side of the birth and the first year as a parent of three, I want to say this -
THIRD BABIES ARE NOT WILDCARDS. THEY ARE JUST DIFFERENT. Just like my first birth was different to my second birth, my third was just different. 
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  • Pregnancy Coaching
  • Prenatal Education
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    • bellies community space
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    • 5 Ways to Discover Your Birth Wisdom
    • Birth Partner's Cliff Notes
    • 12 Pain Coping Techniques for Your Home Birth
    • Preparing your home for birth
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