How Using a Comb & Squatting Saved My Labor
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FTC Disclosure: I was not sponsored for this video. Some links are affiliate. All opinions are my own.
The comb method initiates the Gate control theory in the nervous system… it is the same theory behind using rubbing when your stung by a bug or scratched…. It gives the nervous system a different stimulus than the pain, which runs through different pathways, which in effect floods the nervous system and relieves the pain… it is very effective and highly underrated!
Not labour, but as a child I had a big accident and really cut open my leg badly.
Before going to the hospital I was slapping my other leg and it really helped a lot to reduce the pain! I'll be slapping my leg a lot when I go through birth 😆
😲 Awesome!
This type of technique also works if you are struggling mentally. If you need to distract yourself mentally, you can slap or pinch or do something else that is not harmful, but that gets your brain's attention. I wish more people knew about this for both physical and mental stuff.
The pressure you’re causing when squeezing the comb helps so much because it’s trying to distract your brain from the pressure of the labor pains, helping because our brains can only focus on pain at once so something as small as acupuncture with a comb or slapping your leg like @jocybum
This has nothing to do with labor and delivery, but Sarah is so gorgeous! Can’t unsee that hair!
I love Kieran's captions and your interactions through them.
Right?! It’s fun hearing what he has to say through the captions☺️
I just wish they were on screen a bit longer
@@sidneyrose6 same
The captions are great, just keep it little longer please!
yes the same way too short even in pausing itis difficult to read, it is frustrating ;-)
I watch a lot of dog grooming channels and I thought the title was "how using a comb and squatting saved my labrador"
I am intrigued either way.
🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is actually hilarious
This is the best 😂😂😂😂
Thank you for the giggle this morning, I really needed it 💕
😂
My 4th was a "miracle birth" - less than an hour and she was there . . . Painless labor, 2 pushes. At every contraction I prayed "Father please carry me, I know You are carrying me, I am being carried" - it was miraculous. With my 3rd, my water never broke, he was by far the hardest. I'm so blessed to have had 5 at home. "The Business of Being Born" is a great intro to home birth if anyone needs that. Also Bridget Teyler's CZcams channel. God is so good. I love that you talk about praying through labor. We don't deserve this beautiful life of motherhood!!
Yes! My husband prayed in my ear as I pushed each time (4 babies) and that was always the thing that helped me keep going and give me the calm that I needed.
Just had my third baby a few days ago... Can confirm the comb is magic! Thank you, Sarah. I never would have done that without your videos 🥰
I think Kieran's captions are hysterical! I would leave them on for a split second longer because I found myself trying to pause and rewind in order to read them haha
Same!! 😂😂
me too. I kept pausiing lol
Agreed
Same
I had to pause too.
I love how evident it is how adorable Kiernan finds his wife just through how he frames her edits. He let's her giggle and be silly and I love it. You guys are goals.
Edit: I've watched two of your birthing vlogs Sarah and they're so inspirational to me! I'm status post miscarriage of my first pregnancy but I have faith better things are coming and I love collecting all these little nuggets of knowledge from you and Kiernan! Thank you so so so much and God bless 🙏 ❤️
Same status ❤
Hope all is well with you! I miscarried my first pregnancy as well. Not something I would wish on my first enemy. Now I have a healthy preschooler and I’m 6 months pregnant with another! Hope you’re blessed soon with a healthy pregnancy, if you haven’t been already!
Captions in between felt like Kieran commenting and entertaining us in between!
And I'm here for it!! ❤️❤️
I’m gonna write on my combs “God made me strong”
8 more weeks! 💪🏽🙏🏽😳😬
Yay, congratulations!!!
Yay! 7 more weeks for me.
@@sitcomchristian6886 thank you!
@@unknowninvisible2519 congratulations 🎉
What a beautiful idea!
Not pregnant and not even married, BUT you've definitely made me realize that I would love to try to have an at home water birth when the time comes. So, thank you for helping me envision a future family life that I would like to cultivate.
Studentmidwife here ✌🏻
Squatting where your knees are further out than the hip joint opens up the lower part of the pelvis and is a great position if baby is already low and ready to be born. For early Labor when dilation is still going on it’s great to be upright and move around a lot :) Obviously talk to your midwife and if a doctors is involved them too. Best of luck to all the awesome women
Just a tip: slow down the captions, they're on for a split second and hard to read the entire caption without pausing the video
Sarah: thank you for combs, kindness and kiddos. Kieran: thank you for captions 😂
I love how you two are having a conversation through captions lol
In the last comment I sent you I explained that I had a miscarriage, and that I haven’t been able to conceive sense. However… I AM PREGNANT!!! I am so happy and over the moon, thank you so much for helping me get through that tough spell while I was waiting to get pregnant. Thank you!!
I love how you said your motivation comes from ppl saying God is good and he is giving you strength. ❤️❤️🙏
I learned about the comb trick in a labor class and forgot to pack them in both hospital bags 🤦♀️ but after having my second baby I started having gallbladder issues, and I would use the comb during my attacks and it was SO helpful! It tricks your brain into focus on that instead of the pain.
I’m two days past my due date, so I could use all the prayer as we play the waiting game for my baby boy 😂 I just wanted to say thank you for all of your videos on pregnancy, labor and delivery! I’ve gained a ton of helpful info from you sharing your experiences. It has been awesome to see your newborn content as well, and makes me so excited for my first born’s arrival!
I am also two days past my due date 😊 Is this your first? Mine usually come around 42 weeks and 4/5 days. I'll pray for you and your sweet little one. 💙
Praying for you 🙏
Also 2 days past due with baby boy! Praying for you :)
You got this Mama! 💪🏻
I’m nearly 41 weeks ..🥴😬😳🙏🙏
Me, a 17 years old, virgin and single: I NEED TO WATCH IT!
Not even pregnant, but I love all your videos like this! 🥰
Thank you for this video! I sadly miscarried my baby at 6 weeks last week, and I'm praying for my rainbow baby. I had been working with a midwife since we were planning a home birth, and I am grateful to have had her give me expertise through this time
I’m 38+3 with my first baby, planning on giving birth naturally with no pain meds at a birth center. I’m totally bringing combs because of you! Prayers for a smooth labor and healthy baby would be appreciated ❤️
Prenatal chiropractor?! Combs?! Omg where was this goldmine of an info dump when I was having my first! I may actually get through a second one with this! Thank you Sarah!!
I'm 37 weeks tomorrow with baby #3! I'm so grateful to have found your videos this pregnancy! I had no idea about dates and red raspberry leaf tea! Your strength and conviction are so inspiring! Thank you for making videos like these! ♡
Kieran's editing is very entertaining. Thanks for the laughs - they were much needed. 😊
The whole “do you not like doctors” annoys me. I’ll go to a doctor if I’m sick... pregnancy isn’t a sickness and that’s what the modern medical system treats it as and I can’t stand it. That’s why I have homebirths.
Yep. People who say stuff like this are uneducated on birth. They don’t realize that doctors donot understand physiological birth and they love to intervene medically. So if you want a low intervention birth, you want to stay way!
Amen!!! A pregnant women DOES NOT have to birth in a hospital! She is not sick and as long as mom and baby are healthy a home birth/ birth center birth is safer for mom and baby!!
Period !
😁 I won't go to a doctor unless I'm dying or close to
My first pregnancy was great but I tore 3rd degree during birth and lost over a litre of blood. I was so grateful to be at a hospital at that moment - I suppose the point is you just never know what can happen!
41 and 4 days pregnant, watching this video during contractions, hoping my labor is starting. Having a natural home water birth. This was so helpful! Will have to try the comb method. Please pray my body spontaneously kicks into labor!
How did it go?
Good morning Sarah! First, I’d like to say thank you for such an uplifting and spiritually motivating channel. Seeing God work through you in your videos allows me to feel so empowered. My husband and I are on our 2 round of IUI and would love your prayers. I must say I cried like a baby when it didn’t work the first time, but quickly reassured myself that God is in control and all good things work together for those who are called according to his purpose. Continue to let your light shine bright! 🧡🧡🧡🧡
I’m so thankful for you Sarah! Thanks again for sharing. And thanks to Kieran too! I’m 34 weeks pregnant with my third son. I love getting your advice and perspective!
I’m due in November with my third. My second labor was extremely difficult, so I am very thankful for all the tips (and prayer if you’re offering!).
I’ve been nervous to go through that again, but am praying God’s presence will go before me and strengthen me through it.
I’m due oct 2,2021 with my 3rd so I have about 5 weeks to go at this point. Im really wanting to go without an epidural or any pain relief with this baby and a little nervous about it! Everyone please pray I’ll have the courage and strength to do it!:) Sarah, you are a huge encouragement to us moms. Thanks for all you do♥️
I seldom give comments here bc of differences on biblical interpretations. Anyway, on pain, she has 6-7 lb bables. I'm a small person (Sarah small) and I had three 10-11 lb babies. It's a different game. So, for those women having huge babies PLEASE understand that asking for the epidural is just fine. No shame in that game. On that fine point, I think Sarah would agree.
I have 10 lbs babies and this was fifth natural delivery...I found her video so helpful and encouraging! It's ok to say no to the epidural too...anyone doubting in labor, you got this!
@@joshandkrystalwhitehead And your name is Josh? Anyhoo, I get a little anxious when the expectation is for women to be in excruciating pain for hours. To each their own, but it's simply not necessary.
@@joshandkrystalwhitehead thats interesting, a male who gave birth :) I guess posted from your housbands profile?;)
mmh...I had a C-section and then a natural no epidural labor with 7.5 lb baby and then another C-section with a 9lb 7oz baby and then a non medicated vaginal birth with an almost 8lber and that was my longest most intense labor and I had my third C-section with a 9lb 5oz boy. Women have been giving birth without an epidural for longer than they haven't, large or not. I'm not sure why you feel the need to comment and say it's no shame. Of course it's no shame. But it can have other consequences and you get rid of the pain and invite other harmful things into your body and your babies and may end up in a bad situation. I think women should be informed of such things before making that decision. Every action has consequences and sometimes they are negligible and sometimes they are not. I'm scared of shots and dread them but I was fine in labor. Yes it is intense and it is scary but any woman can do it and it's not about pain thresholds and doulas. You just have to have determination. I'm scared of needs and having an epidural is worst than having the labor on its own. Having it this third time around I am terrified of having to have one again if God blesses us with more children and directs me to have another C-section instead of vaginally.
@@ASmith-jn7kf What? If you disagree with epidurals, own it. Personally, I find this Millennial obsession with making women experience excruciating pain often leans into mother-blaming and misogyny. See, I said it. But, hey, if you think I don't have "determination" (holy judgy!), gf, you don't know me.
I've always wanted to be a mom more than anything. My husband and I have been trying for a while now. Trying to trust God and His timing. I've enjoyed watching your videos while I wait... I feel like I've learned a lot that has helped me mentally prepare!
God has a plan for you. A good friend of mine and her partner had been trying for a couple of years and then stopped trying due to her starting a new and very stressful job (where I met her). About five months into this job, I make her do a pregnancy test because I had a feeling. Turns out she was pregnant! She wasn‘t as happy as I thought she would be, saying "But why now? The timing isn‘t right" And I said "Because this job is killing you. God had a plan and he wants you to take care of yourself and your baby. You‘re ready now."
Loved this video! Found it so helpful! My husband and I are trying for our first and it gets a little discouraging when it doesn't happen every month. All of your content is so beautiful and helping us stay positive! Thank you so much!
Loved Kieran's captions! Thanks for all your content about pregnancy & labour, it's inspiring! I'm almost 35 weeks pregnant with my first baby and I am really looking forward to labour and hoping to give birth naturally even though I cannot give birth at home (difficult thing in France)! Love to you and your family!
I love Keeran’s commentary on the screen as you are talking! 😆
I’m about to be due with my 4th as well. I’ve done the epidural with my last 3, but I’m actually going for a natural non hospital birth this time. Thanks for all the tips and tricks.
We’re currently trying to conceive after a loss 💔 while it’s been hard, watching your videos on childbirth have made me so excited and hopeful for what is to come. Thank you for always being vulnerable and sharing your experiences!
I'll pray for you ;*
Sending love 💕
I used to self harm loke 10 years ago, and using a comb like this was a technique I used to help stop when those urges came on
Thank you for sharing this , I work with teens that self harm and this is a great alternative coping!
Loved the captions Kieran lol. You’re such a powerhouse Sarah!
Gave birth 08\08 and i ask the nurse if they had a comb. They loooked at me weird lol. I told them i saw this girl give birth and used a comb. Let me tell you it work. Thank you for showing us.
I'm having baby in 4 weeks or less and I needed this! Excited to try the combs this time
I gave birth to my second baby last saturday and used the combs this time and it was SUCH a game changer 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I gave birth 2 and a half weeks ago and loved using the combs!!! It really does help distract your mind from some of the pain
Yay!! I’m due September 27 with baby #3 and I will plan to have a couple combs in my labor bag, too! 🤍
Hope it all went well!!!! God Bless!!!!
I can definitely say the comb method helps so so much! I just had my LO 4 weeks ago and I gave birth to her at a birthing center and would love to try a home water birth for my next pregnancy’s. I saw the comb method in a few youtubers videos and thought I would try it. It helped tremendously. Like you mentioned it helps being able to physically control something while contractions are happening. I also liked the distraction the noise of the comb when I just needed something to tune into rather than my contractions. I had a semi pain free birth with this method and a few others! Your videos helped me all throughout my pregnancy and I loved being so close in pregnancy with you, felt like we were sharing moments. Your suggestions were beyond helpful and I followed many of your ways and it helped beyond words for my birth experience! Thank you for sharing❤️
what are your other methods? 34 weeks along and trying to plan for the big day!:)
Having my first very soon and couldn't get myself to watch your labor video because I wasn't sure if it would encourage or scare me seeing what could happen but this is exactly the video I needed! Thank you Sarah! You're videos have always made me feel so capable of childbirth.
First time mama 36 weeks pregnant and definitely trying the combs when labor comes ! Also praying is helping to keep me calm prior to labor & these videos. ☺️
Your kiddos are beautiful! Congratulations. You’re an inspiration to potential mamas everywhere!!
When watching your laboring video I immediately thought of the combs as an example of the gait control theory in pain management. I’m planning to do my next delivery at a midwife center, and definitely will be doing the combs!
I’m 19 a wife and pregnant with my first baby definitely breaking society norms these days but I love your videos and values!! You are the Christian women I strive to be!! Your birth videos have been helping me so much I’m constantly put down by others because I’m very young and there’s a stereotype around young moms not being knowledgeable and having no values but your videos make me feel secure .❤️❤️❤️❤️
No first-time mom "knows" what she‘s doing. But the motherly instinct is huge, if you listen to your body.
Disclaimer: every woman and every pregnancy is different and I’m sharing an observation here. In my experience as a nurse, usually the older the first time moms, the more overwhelmed they are, especially if they‘re closer to menopause (think 45 years old after undergoing IVF). I‘ve had countless patients like that, becoming incredibly tense and stressed out over the smallest things and not wanting to leave the hospital. (Again, younger moms can be stressed out and overwhelmed too - it‘s just a pattern I‘ve seen through years of C-sections and post-partum care)
Don‘t let others rain on your parade, this should be a beautiful time in your life! God loves you and I‘m praying for you and your baby‘s health and happiness ♥️
You will do amazing! You will be a great mom and wife.
Whatever you do get a doula sweetie they are so worth the money!! My husband even advocates for one now since he saw how helpful they are to the mom the be! The Lord bless you in your new beautiful experience. I am blessed with 4 babies and had a doula for 3 but wished I had one for my first also!!
15 weeks with my second and found your channel when I was pregnant with my first. You're such an inspiration, thank you! I'm off to buy some combs to put in my hospital bag...:)
Yes! Kids are napping grabbing a snack and about to watch one of the best youtubers ever 🙋🏼♀️ excited to learn about the comb for my next homebirth
I’m pregnant with my first and have been watching your videos for over a year! I plan to use all of your tips and tricks for a natural unmedicated birth! 💛
This video was PERFECT! Thank you so much for sharing all this with us. I really wanted to know more about the combs (giving birth at home in a couple of months) and your general insight is incredible and so valuable. Thanks again, from the South of France! 💜🙏🏾🙂
I love this community! We where trying for long time, so I couldn't watched yours videos this year - As you said right after announcement - it was too hard for me. I was just checking from time to time if you're ok, and praying.
But I'm 7 weeks now and so happy and grateful to the Lord for it!
Happy to be here with you again, catching up, praying and learning
Yay! New video to share with my bestie ❤ It is her first pregnancy! Thank you Sarah 🤗
I am LIVING for your hair Sarah! So cute 💛
Your videos are always so entertaining and educational, thank you so much for all the lovely content you give us!
Honestly Sarah, you are such a reliever for my pregnancy anxiety! No babies in the near future for us but when we feel ready i'll be watching even more just to remind myself that it's a God given gift to bear children 💙 (came here for your minimalist content years ago as a single college student & have loved everything youve put out since! now im post grad & married & it seems like i was meant to discover your content)
I am 38w 2d as of today and we are planning our first home birth! I'm excited, but nervous for sure! But watching your home births (I actually found you because of your first home birth video) has been so encouraging and uplifting!
Thank you for showing us! I’m excited to try this with my next labor!
I am so glad you posted this video! I used combs and Popsicles to get thru the final stage before my water broke and it helped so much! (The baby was born 7 minutes later) This was my fifth natural delivery and it helped take the edge off for sure. Thank you!
I can't thank you enough for making these videos.. I love your channel and I understand you will move on fron this platform for many reasons so I wanted to say thank you and wish you the best future with the precious family you have.
Bless you hun 💕
Thank you for answering my question ☺️ Kieran is so funny with his responses!
Thank you for making labor less scary, you are an inspiration.
The captions make your videos so much better. I love your videos regardless, but the commentary definitely brings out additional smiles :)
This was so informative! I am due in October, so all of your birth and pregnancy content has been wonderful. Thank you, Sarah! Also, you look beautiful! You always do, but I was trying so hard to figure out what was different, and I think it's your middle part. I love it!
Currently 40+1 weeks pregnant with our second daughter. The Lord carried me with my first labor and I'm trusting that he will carry me again with this labor.
I will try the comb trick this time, thanks for the tip.
Lol 😂 the captions are hilarious!
I 100% agree with the combs!! I just had my 3rd baby 2 weeks ago and brought combs with me. My first 2, I had epidurals and this time I was able to go completely unmedicated 😁
I’m almost 35 weeks with my first and this video was so helpful!
Wow very informative as usual, thank you so much for sharing. I am due my second after a very traumatic first birth and praying for an easy and natural positive birth experience and ofcourse healthy child 🙏
I’m not even having more babies but I’m watching because Sarah is so adorable !!!!
Your labor and birth video was sooooo inspiring 🤍 thank you for sharing with us!
That thumbnail! 😳😆
Congrats on baby Molly! Calvin has three sisters, lol! Love to see people having large families again! Shout out to all the mums out there, going through pregnancy, labor and taking care of the babes is 💪💪 Most important job of all.
I'm pregnant right now and doing a home birth sooooo ✨saves video✨ thank you for sharing all of your amazing stuff!
I am having my first baby and first birth in November and following your channel has given me a lot of knowledge and at the same time relief. Thank you.🤍
Keirans captions are just too good!! I love them!
Thank you lady for all the great tips my husband and I are expecting our 3rd in December. We are also having a home birth for the first time. Relying on God getting our strength from him thank you for sharing!
I’m excited for this video! I saw you using those combs and thought boy I need to try that with this baby! I have had two hospital births with epidural and the last two were in a birth center all natural. I haven’t heard of the combs!
I'm almost 30 weeks pregnant so thank you for the tips! ❤️ I'm definitely taking a comb to the hospital with me!
Having my third baby in just a couple months excited to try the combs for my first home birth!
I’ve been watching for a long time but this is my first time commenting on one of your videos. My husband and I are TTC. I have loved all of your home birth videos and hope you use that information in the future. ❤️
38 weeks with baby #3, so I'm totally here for this! Excited for a second home birth!
You’re so beautiful Sarah! You’re such a natural beauty.
Sara, your hair looks amazing💛, it was the first thing that caught my eye in the video!
I really enjoyed this video, thanks Sarah!
Literally added combs to my list right after watching your video. 35wks and can’t wait to meet baby! Thank you for making this video
Due Jan 28th with my first 💛 your videos has been so calming and helpful!
I'm 26 weeks pregnant and your videos are so helpful!!!
Thank you for your videos. It is really nice to get so much great advice.
Definitely going to try the comb trick next time! And love the captions 😂 It’s so sweet!
I am due on the 30th of September with my first Baby. ♥️
I just wanted to thank you, you give me so much security and take away some of the fear. ♥️
I want to try giving birth all natural and I will definitely try the combs. (Already packed them in my hospital bag 🤗)
I found out im pregnant last week and I'm so exhausted all the time but so excited for my first baby and I'm slowly going through all of your pregnancy videos!
Oh gosh I know! I am 8wks pregnant and man I have no energy! And no appetite but if I dont eat I get nauseous. Fun times lol 😂
Thank you for letting us know how you made it through labor. It makes me feel more courageous about having my first. :)
Love this! Definitely using combs for my next labor! Currently ttc baby number 2 and trying to get through this 2 week wait. Prayers appreciated! 😅💕
31 weeks and love the timing of all these videos! Thanks for having your latest baby before I have my first! 😂
I was due the same day as you and had my baby 3 days before you had Molly! I’ve watched you for years and I was so excited that we were due the same time! We also had a surprise gender and we had a little boy 😊 words of encouragement through labor helped me so much and I was able to birth my baby without pain meds. I reminded myself that this is how God intended labor to be, the pain is purposeful and we are built to birth!
Sarah, you are so beautiful!
Thank you for sharing your story!
I love this!! I’m due with my rainbow baby girl on December 15th! planning on going all natural in the water, so your videos are so helpful in preparing!! 🤍🤍
Congratulations, my 12 year old is my rainbow baby 🥰
Going to have baby #3 in January. I had IV meds with #1 and no meds with #2, and I'd LOVE to do no meds with #3 as well. Having a baby without meds even while in a hospital with the drs, is such a freeing feeling, like I can do anything! And the comb method is something I'm 100% going to try. I had a really firm stress ball with my first and I do remember that feeling of focusing on something other than the contractions. That's a great way of putting it. Thank you so much for Godly, knowledgeable and encouraging videos!!!
Delivering some time in September! Already have my combs (thanks to you) and TENS machine packed! Good luck mummas!