@@sarabeidler7884same happened to me! Hospital sent me home and I went straight to another hospital. Ruptured disc and needed surgery!! First hospital said I was whining about nerve pain and sent me home!!
Paramedic here. I can honestly say, without a doubt, that childbirth is in my top 3 worst possible situations I do not like to be in. I'm speaking for American EMS services here, but we don't carry medications to stop postpartum hemorrhage, which in this case would be oxytocin. The uterine massage and nip stimulation (or trying to nurse, which is going to naturally produce oxytocin and help with blood vessel constriction) are the standard interventions to stop it. That was a wild ride, and I'm glad you and your kiddo are okay!
I'm not med prof of any kind, but my first thought when I heard nipple stimulation was I hope they got that baby right to Mama's chest. While Sam's explanation of her wild ride was entertaining, I was hoping to hear about how her new baby is, whether boy or girl, what that first meeting was like...but glad she got to sip on some iced apple juice. I remember cranberry was it for me ;)
Canadian paramedic here! Came to say very similar things, but to add, encouraging mom to pee can also help, as well as if you're lucky to get an advanced care paramedic here we do carry oxytocin on truck luckily!
Do you know the reason why this specific medication is not routinely carried with EMS services? I totally understand that every single med can’t be carted around- but it seems weird to me that it’s not the norm to have it! Especially with how many women get sent home bc they’re “not far enough along yet” and they second guess themselves. Aka, me. Lol.
Ok.. major pucker factor listening to her delivery story. I’m a former medic and yes, nothing gets the adrenaline more than a woman in labor.. like true labor! I delivered eight babies in my 20 years on without incident.. easy peasy! If I had a woman with significant hemorrhaging, I’d be bouncing all over the back of the rig looking like a fool.. I’ll bet that’s what happened in her situation. It sounds like baby and mom turned out fine. I hope the paramedics didn’t suffer life altering trauma after that call 😂 Best wishes to this family! I enjoyed the story.
10 months from now: Hey guys, it's been a while. Auric's releasing a holiday collection, someone nearly died 5 months ago but don't worry it's all good now, I really want to wear my 1/2 lashes today but I can't find them in my spider bowl of used lashes. Ummm we weren't planning to move again, it makes no sense, and is super inconvenient but we found this amazing property so we now live in the Arctic circle and are only accessible by plane but we love it, and I'm pregnant with twins. Seriously though, not a criticism. You're semi-annual videos are some of my favourites 😁 Glad everyone is doing well.
As a psych nurse and mother of two… this was story was ten out of ten. Also, not sure if you can now- but nominate your nurse for the Daisy award. I totally forgot to for a nurse that was with me and took care of me when we lost our baby and it’s my biggest regret. Traditionally we don’t get anything monetary- but the recognition means a lot!
Panicking? No, the dispatcher calculated out how close she was to actually giving birth by asking how long her contractions were lasting, and how long between contractions. And then she was talking them through how to actually deliver their own baby, and preparing them by gathering necessary tools like clean sheets, towels, and a string to tie off the umbilical cord. The dispatcher wasn't panicking, she was the only one who knew what she was doing during this whole situation.
@@hawky225 I agree that the 911 dispatcher did an amazing job and that Sam was in denial and therefor being not taking it seriously enough. Sam herself also acknowledges that she was not taking it seriously enough and that she feels badly for the dispatcher just doing her job (and doing it well). I just used the word panicking to describe that the dispatcher saw this as a gravely serious matter and was repeatedly urging Sam to undress, arguing with Matt, etc. Maybe stressing would’ve been more accurate than panicking. Either way I’m not commenting on her competence I’m commenting on the fact that she saw it as a grave situation and Sam didn’t, even though it obviously WAS, and that’s why it’s funny.
@@hawky225 like the entire humor and what I was laughing at is the fact that the dispatcher was exactly RIGHT and Sam was so wrong yet confidently rolling her eyes
My husband is in the military, and when we had a baby, he was shocked at how us women will share our birth stories so readily. I told him, "It is like when you chat with a fellow military member about your war stories." He totally gets it now lol
Something I don’t like for us…as in women…we are made to feel like we are NOT actually in a medical emergency or our pain is not real. I agree with you that society as a whole has conditioned us to downplay everything to the point of non existent. Thank you for sharing your story Sam. Again you prove that you are a fu€king mama warrior. You look great, seeing a full smile on your face is so special.
Sooo agree with this! Everyone told me over and over that if I didn’t schedule a c section for my breech baby that if I come in naturally in labor it will be an emergency and rushing around. Literally WHERE?! They had me sitting forever in that room, they were all lollygagging around til I went from 5cm to 8cm in less than an hour and they were like oh shit yeah we have to hurry up 🤦🏻♀️
@@angelenaj0Li3 oh no that sounds like a nightmare to say the least. Women are so strong and often made to feel “less than” I find it infuriating. I hope smooth sailing and good days ahead for you.
Just got to the part of the video where you said “this is so tmi lol” and dude I cannot tell you how much I appreciate and respect that you do talk about every detail! I feel so much more informed about whether I ever want to have a pregnancy and I have SO much more appreciation and respect for anyone who has carried a pregnancy. People really should talk about these details and I’m so grateful for you.
Fully agreed. People's honesty about their experiences really clinched it for me that motherhood was NOT the path for me and I'm so grateful for that. That candor helped prevent a whole lot of unintentional bad decisions and all the anguish those decisions would have caused. I have enormous respect for anyone who is honest about pregnancy, birth, and parenting.
I feel like society’s secrecy or shame, whatever it is, regarding postpartum is such a disservice to women. I’ve had two children and the two weeks following my first birth was absolutely shocking, I couldn’t figure out why no one talks about it honestly!
I'm a big over-sharer regarding my pregnancies lol so if you want some more experiences to mull over... #1. Had negative pregnancy tests despite missing my period. Took a Dollar Store brand test and it was positive. Morning sickness was tough but limited to 1st trimester. Everything about the pregnancy was normal and "boring" lol exactly what you want. I gained 15 lbs. Water broke when I was 39 weeks 4 days, 29 hours of labor. Epidural after 15 hours. Posterior baby, excruciating labor. Pushed for 3 hours, baby had an amazing cone head. Nursing went well but baby was colicky, and I had moderate/severe postpartum depression. Aided by sam-e. Didn't bond with my daughter for 18 months, but we got there. #2. Had a period (5 day moderate bleed), thought I wasn't pregnant. Began waking up nauseous, took a test to rule it out. Was pregnant lol. Baby gave me two implantation bleeds as it turns out. Survived the breakthrough bleeding. Morning sickness was worse, threw up for about half the pregnancy. Gained 20 lbs. Went past my due date and gave birth at home (on purpose lol). Another posterior baby, I basically just screamed for 9 hours. Pushed for 2 hours. He was born in the shower and I thought I was done. I had the shakes for 24 hours afterwards, it was a very painful labor. Nursing went well again, and I did have another episode of PPD, less severe this time. Bonded with him right away. #3. Embryo adoption. We wanted to give an unwanted IVF baby a home. This time I couldn't possibly NOT know I was pregnant lol. This pregnancy was interesting - it's hard to explain, but my body basically reacted as if it was my first pregnancy, probably because this baby had a different father. Morning sickness was awful, threw up for about 2/3rds of the pregnancy. I had a terribly itchy belly in my third trimester. With my first two, I could get a sense of their personality somehow, but with my third I had no idea about who they were. Was shocked it was a boy. Sonographer said he had a 2-vessel cord, which scared me (he wound up having a very well-insulated 3-vessel cord, so don't take ultrasounds as gospel...). I had bleeding at about 27 weeks (the day before Thanksgiving), which resolved on it's own but was upsetting. Gained 15-20 lbs, not sure how much weight exactly. Had another home birth, it was wonderful! Did a water birth this time. 5 hours of labor and he was out by lunch. I didn't push, just let the fetal ejection reflex do the pushing for me. Unfortunately baby was stressed and had meconium in the waters (he pooped). He needed some resuscitation, which sounds very scary but actually wasn't. My midwife was very skilled and handled it quickly and without panic (she was a CPM, which is specifically trained for a home birth scenario). The placenta took about 45 minutes to come out, and I had to "purple push" for it. Finally it was out. Nursing was great, and this baby has been mellow. No postpartum depression. Also, I had the "golden hour" holding my first 2 kids immediately after birth. With my third, I didn't, due to the placenta issue. But that didn't hurt bonding, thank God. Have kids! It's a big lifestyle change, but nothing made me tougher than this. We want more :p
I haven’t had a baby, but I can 100% relate to the medical social anxiety. A kidney stone almost killed me because I thought I was being a baby about how painful it was and refused to go to the hospital for several hours. Nope, it was infected and I had severe sepsis! But it’s so true that women’s pain is discounted so frequently that it makes us gaslight ourselves, even when something is seriously wrong.
I'm sorry you went through that. I did something similar with a GI bleed. For some reason I gaslit myself into believing passing out every time you stood up for over 12hrs was normal and was somehow related, but not in a scary way, to the surgery I had a few days prior. Lost half my blood before arriving. I remember it all feeling really dramatic. Like when they said I needed a blood transfusion I even said that seems a bit dramatic don't you think. I had no idea they weren't sure I'd pull through. But oh man did I feel great. Like no pain at all. That should have been a sign I was dying but guess not
@@mrspokitstheriot477 It says "standing up every time you pass out" --so I was wondering if you meant that you were passing out every time you stood up. I could totally be wrong!! And if so could you explain?? Either way the whole thing sounds horrible. I'm so sorry you had to go through such a thing. **I'm sorry for what BOTH of you endured. Your stories sound so traumatic!! So glad you're okay and I hope you both healed well.🖤🤍
@laurelloaf this happened to me with my kidney stones - the doctor at the hospital kept sending me home saying i just pulled a muscle in my back. I finally had a different doctor who said i had sepsis and needed surgery asap - insanity
OH MY GOD SHE'S BACK I love how the common thread in both of your birth stories is that you were absolutely in denial about your labor starting until your body was like "BITCH. WAKE UP. IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!"
My sisters appendix burst because she was like "oh its just period pain" because for years the pain she was in by her priods was so so downplayed and minimized by medical professionals. She had emergency surgery, a massive infection from the rupture wnd hospitalised for ages. Doctors were all "why didnt you call?" And all she could come up with was "why did you never care about my pain before?"
I’m a junior doctor and do ER shifts and we had this lady who was 3 weeks postpartum and had abdominal pain than instead of getting better was getting worse even with medication. Everything was ok except her labs showed a small UTI, everyone was like “send her on her way that’s why her abdomen hurts plus she just had her (second) baby”. Honestly I am no brainiac but it just didn’t sit right with me and it felt dismissive, so because healthcare is free in my country I ordered an untrasound… she had to have surgery because of a complication for a pre-existing condition. If I had sent her home with what face would I have said to her two or three days later when she came back feeling even worse that yeah, I was mistaken and her pain was actually valid? Listening to people actually works, wild.
@@AwakingOceanborn sadly the same face my doctor gave me when my back pain was so bad I could barely walk and become incontinent and he screamed at me why I hadn't come to see him before. I had been four times in two weeks. Four reconstructive surgeries later I am disabled, have permanent nerve pain and have a future of surgeries. Doctors sadly as a rule, don't listen to women or our pain. It and we are dismissed. Keep listening to that inner voice, it'll keep you the kind of doctor women remember and cherish
@@caseyc2497 oh wow I’m so sorry. I felt angry and sad just reading it, I can’t imagine living it. One of my coworkers had a patient with massive all-over pain and also no one was sure if she was exaggerating it a bit or had very low pain tolerance… no, she didn’t. She’d had breast cancer abut 15 years before and it was back all over her bones and that’s why everything hurt. Yeah, I might be a bit of a fool but my GP is my mum and she’s always listened to me, I was very lucky in that I never had anyone dismiss my migraines or my period pain. Now I’m (training to be) a GP too even with my ER shifts and honestly I just don’t see the benefit of not listening to people.
I almost had mine burst because i blamed it on a medication i was taking. My manager told me to wait 4 hours until they could get someone to cover for me (even though he was working from home), my face was GREEN and my coworker called my husband and said if i didn’t leave she was calling me an ambulance. My manager was then forced to come cover for me and the first thing he said to her was “is she faking it” cut to an hour later i’m telling them i’m going into surgery. 🫠
I had so many gynos minimize my period pain. Turns out I had a fibroid the size of a grapefruit that someone finally found as well as endometriosis. Had surgery and now my periods are normal, and I think back on how bad they were, and it's shocking what was normalized for so longby healthcare professionals. I was practically dying from pain and heavy bleeding.
The comment on minimizing our own thoughts is spot on. I did the SAME thing and got the hospital and had the baby right away and the staff was like, “Gurl, you waited TOO LONG.”
I totally get it about wanting an adult to be in the bathroom with you. I had my son very unexpectedly at 23.5 weeks. So I was shocked and overwhelmed and couldn’t believe what just happened. The nurses were so lovely. She walked me in, changed my pad, cleaned me up, and then braided my hair. A literal angel.
Congratulations - It is lovely to hear a birth story and, frankly, you have a *gift* for storytelling. So happy for you and your family! Thank you for posting.
You not wanting to inconvenience the workers around you is SOOOO relatable! My husband always says he is just gonna come home and find me dead because I don't wanna "inconvenience" someone about my health LMAO. The exact reason I almost had our son at home, I thought the doctors where just gonna tell me I was overreacting.
As someone who’s absolutely petrified of pregnancy and childbirth, this story was … a lot BUT I was so enthralled because you’re such an entertaining story teller! Missed your faaaaace 💕
I promise you only hear the bad ones! I had a wonderful water birth, minimal distractions and it was truly magical. If you just trust your body and what it can do without people fucking with it, it’s truly amazing. Nature is on our side.
As a midwife I can confirm those second babies just come flying when they decide they’re moving out of your womb 🥲 the babies who arrive in the car park or the corridor are always the second ones 😭
lol, everyone told me this, but my second was brow presentation - got to 10cm, all ready to push, then suddenly I’m back at 6cm and nothing would move him! Had to have an emergency c-section in the end 😂
Omg yes! Baby #1 was a 16 hour labor plus 2 hours pushing. #2? Went from 5 to 10 in an hour and was out in 3 little pushes (and I mean little because I felt like I wasn’t doing any work at all compared to #1) 😂
This video is my absolute favorite. Thank you SO much for all of the details and the standard Samantha humor. I laughed, I cried. There is NOTHING like childbirth. I will never forget the nurse that helped me go pee afterward (also with many stitches). I could just cry thinking about the kindness. And the simple pleasures when you are in distress. A warm blanket, an icy drink, a fan that is just right. What an extraordinary thing to experience. Thank you so much for sharing and for always keeping it so real!!!!
When you said, “all I could say was “thank God, thank God, thank God” I teared up. While you are super funny & a natural storyteller, I really knew in that moment how scared you must have felt luv. You’re so relatable Sam. Enjoy every minute with your new, beautiful & perfect family of 4.
Paramedic here! There's 2 different kinds of crews that run in BC. One is BLS "basic life support" and one is ALS " advanced life support" BLS is limiter to drugs and treatment they can do, and drugs like oxytocin to stop post birth bleeding are not in their scope. Unfortunately a lot of smaller, more rural towns are stocked with BLS crews and not ALS. Glad everything went without any major complications! Congrats on your new baby!
i don’t know how things progressed from “eyeshadow pictorial on reddit with swearing in the descriptions” to “gnarly birth details” but i’m always thrilled to hear from you
911 Disptcher here. In 25 years, I've delivered 9 babies before the paramedics have gotten there. We also have an island where we airlift from but medics respond first to assess.
I LIVE for your humor and story-telling abilities! Congratulations on the new addition to your family! Im glad you and baby are well! Youre stunning as always
I can only imagine in the moment how scary this was you for you, but I love how open, honest and hilarious you are at retelling it. I'm glad that you and baby are ok
I’d just like to say you have the unique gift of telling a harrowing, traumatic, near death story and SOMEHOW I’m laughing. This is how I tell stories too and I so appreciate it 😂
Congrats on 3 years of auric and new baby! It’s so nice to hear from you and wow you just look amazing! I’m so glad your finally at a comfortable and confident place with your skin, it really shows in your delivery, and also shows there is hope for everyone struggling with theirs ❤️
"If it's going to come to fruition through stimulating my nipples, sir...." Oh boy, Sam! What a wild ride! My first labour was fast like that but I was in a hospital. I'm so glad you and baby made it through safe and sound! ❤️
I have never laughed so hard I almost tinkled while listening to a birth story. You need to do an audible book of stories - you are the best narrator!!!
I had the same massage thing you were describing due to hemorrhage and retained placenta. I had it every fifteen to thirty minutes once I finally had the placenta removed for a few hours and let me tell you…it’s NOT a massage! It’s a nurse with her hands on your extremely sensitive abdomen pushing and kneading with ALL of her weight! So painful! Samantha, you’re a superwoman for going through all the trauma and craziness you did! And being able to make light of it while retelling the story…be proud of yourself, mama!
I was honestly not ready for this story to be over, your ability to tell it is unparalleled. What a tale. Glad all are doing well and can’t wait for part two!
That story does not stop giving, I’m riveted and absolutely anxious as a trying to become a parent. I’m just stunned and I can’t stop listening, I’m riveted.
Your story makes me glad I have a stubborn husband. I was in denial about my labor with my daughter, too. He made us go in anyways and I gave birth shortly after arriving
You’ve the gift of storytelling! I’m sorry you went through that, I can only imagine. My contractions algo go from 0-100 in a matter of an hour and the nurses and midwives never believe I’m ready to go until I’m pushing the baby.
Giirrlll, I have missed you! Such a crazy experience, but I love when you sit down and talk it out. So many emotions; I'm laughing, crying, oooh'ing and aaahh'ing! Congratulations on the new baby and house. Glad to hear that you are well, despite your tribulations. No pressure, but can't wait for the next update. And maybe next time it'll include some plants 🪴😉
On your speaking about not wanting to inconvenience everybody involved in having a baby I felt that on a very deep level lol. The hospital was only five minutes from my house and I didn’t want to go unless I was absolutely 100% sure I was having a baby. Great content.
This is hilarious and terrible and shocking. It’s all the things. All the emotions! Girl, I’m so glad everything ended well for you and the baby. Please listen to your body and your intuition more often. You said it: we minimize ourselves and the adverse situations we find ourselves in! Looking forward to part 2 xx
Thank you for sharing this! As a nurse, it makes me so happy to hear that you had a better experience with your care! It breaks my heart hearing of the stories where people do not get what they need, or even worse, they are treated poorly.
This sounds like how fast Hila Klein’s second labor was. Ethan didn’t even have enough time to park the car and make it up to her room before she had the baby. I’m glad you had an excellent nurse at the hospital!
The amount of thirst quenching magic in the apple juice with the crunchy hospital ice is truly something you will only understand if you’ve been through it
Great to see you back on my feed Sam, I've missed you!! Congratulations on baby and hope you've gotten to enjoy the precious newborn cuddles!! You are truly one of the greatest storytellers of our time, thank you for sharing this unimaginable labor & delivery (also glad you didn't die lmao) much love 🤎
As someone who’s delivery story also felt like a fever dream, your story was absolutely incredible 😭😭😭 I also laughed too many times. So glad you and baby are safe and healthy! Congratulations ❤
These videos feel like that friend you have that you don’t see forever, but then when you do hang out it’s like no time has passed. Can’t wait for your next video where you’ll have moved to the territories accessible only by ice road. Fr though glad you’re all doing good ♥️
Congrats on the newest addition to your family!! Appreciate ya' for the snoop-snippet. Lastly, as a fellow problematic complexion individual YOUR SKIN LOOKS PHENOMENAL, please tell us your secret and don't tell me it's child birth 😅
Some of it probably is. My skin was the best it has ever been during the last two trimesters of both my pregnancies. It was so clear and I could literally forgo skincare and it would still be beautiful. As soon as the fourth trimester was over my skin started to go back to its old pimply self. 😢
Your nurse reminded me of my nurse for my son. She helped me into the washroom, helped me with all my pads and everything, and helped me undress to shower after I hemorrhaged. She even made sure the water was a good temperature, stayed to make sure I found the towels, and helped me get dressed after. I’m a really private person, so I thought something like that would mortify me, but it was genuinely the kindness I needed that day. Every time she came into our room the whole rest of our stay she was pulling apple juices out of her pockets, and it was wonderful.
Me too! I remember talking to one of my coworkers while I was pregnant about how embarrassing it will be to have everyone looking at my vag and how I wished I could have a home birth. She told me trust me, you’re going to be in so much pain you’ll be offering anyone a look in hopes that they can provide you some help/relief. And she sure was right. 😂
@@arrianne311 I think for me with getting helped to the bathroom and into the shower, it boiled down to the fact that the nurse I had was the most purely compassionate people I have ever met. I did have fleeting moments of feeling uncomfortable with the level of exposure when labouring and delivering both my son and my daughter, but my labour moves too fast for much more to be done than IV pain meds, and gas (though the gas supply line was damaged when I was in with my son, so that wasn’t even an option) so I didn’t really have the “being exposed will help make it feel better” aspect going for me 😅
Legend has it, matt is still outside arguing with the operator...
I LOST IT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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When I say I cackled I mean I now have a sick 3y/o growling(rawring?) at me for waking him up
I’m dying 💀 😂😂
sam is the best story teller 😂 i live for her annual uploads 😩
I can’t put my finger on what it is, but the specific way she tells stories is so charismatic and funny!
Yes agree with you both!!!!!
Hahaha annual uploads 😂❤
Annual Lmaoo
99% of Sam's healthcare provider's: yeah come early
1% hcp: nah just wait
Sam: waits
Fr I was like why would you listen to her?!
The whole women being told we're overreacting and "aren't really in pain" issue is something so many of us have internalized!
I totally agree!
I recently went to the hospital with back pain it turns out I had a ruptured disc and needed emergency surgery.
@@sarabeidler7884ow!
@@sarabeidler7884same happened to me! Hospital sent me home and I went straight to another hospital. Ruptured disc and needed surgery!! First hospital said I was whining about nerve pain and sent me home!!
Why I wasn't diagnosed with fibro until my early 30s
1. Sam, we missed you!
2. We're glad you're OK
3. YOUR SKIN LOOKS AMAZING ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love this comment and Sam ❤❤
Paramedic here. I can honestly say, without a doubt, that childbirth is in my top 3 worst possible situations I do not like to be in. I'm speaking for American EMS services here, but we don't carry medications to stop postpartum hemorrhage, which in this case would be oxytocin. The uterine massage and nip stimulation (or trying to nurse, which is going to naturally produce oxytocin and help with blood vessel constriction) are the standard interventions to stop it. That was a wild ride, and I'm glad you and your kiddo are okay!
I'm not med prof of any kind, but my first thought when I heard nipple stimulation was I hope they got that baby right to Mama's chest. While Sam's explanation of her wild ride was entertaining, I was hoping to hear about how her new baby is, whether boy or girl, what that first meeting was like...but glad she got to sip on some iced apple juice. I remember cranberry was it for me ;)
Canadian paramedic here! Came to say very similar things, but to add, encouraging mom to pee can also help, as well as if you're lucky to get an advanced care paramedic here we do carry oxytocin on truck luckily!
Do you know the reason why this specific medication is not routinely carried with EMS services? I totally understand that every single med can’t be carted around- but it seems weird to me that it’s not the norm to have it! Especially with how many women get sent home bc they’re “not far enough along yet” and they second guess themselves. Aka, me. Lol.
Ok.. major pucker factor listening to her delivery story. I’m a former medic and yes, nothing gets the adrenaline more than a woman in labor.. like true labor! I delivered eight babies in my 20 years on without incident.. easy peasy! If I had a woman with significant hemorrhaging, I’d be bouncing all over the back of the rig looking like a fool.. I’ll bet that’s what happened in her situation. It sounds like baby and mom turned out fine. I hope the paramedics didn’t suffer life altering trauma after that call 😂
Best wishes to this family! I enjoyed the story.
@BreaMichelle3 My midwives have it in their kits so it does seem silly that paramedics can't ?
10 months from now: Hey guys, it's been a while. Auric's releasing a holiday collection, someone nearly died 5 months ago but don't worry it's all good now, I really want to wear my 1/2 lashes today but I can't find them in my spider bowl of used lashes. Ummm we weren't planning to move again, it makes no sense, and is super inconvenient but we found this amazing property so we now live in the Arctic circle and are only accessible by plane but we love it, and I'm pregnant with twins.
Seriously though, not a criticism. You're semi-annual videos are some of my favourites 😁 Glad everyone is doing well.
Taking bets on these individual predictions
Only accessible by plane 😂😂😂
this fucking comment😂😂😂😂
Oh my gods🤣🤣
And by then she will be begging Jaclyn for just one more lipstick!! Lol
As a psych nurse and mother of two… this was story was ten out of ten. Also, not sure if you can now- but nominate your nurse for the Daisy award. I totally forgot to for a nurse that was with me and took care of me when we lost our baby and it’s my biggest regret. Traditionally we don’t get anything monetary- but the recognition means a lot!
I’m dying at the poor 911 lady panicking and telling you to take your pants off and you’re rolling your eyes fully in labor 😂
Panicking? No, the dispatcher calculated out how close she was to actually giving birth by asking how long her contractions were lasting, and how long between contractions. And then she was talking them through how to actually deliver their own baby, and preparing them by gathering necessary tools like clean sheets, towels, and a string to tie off the umbilical cord. The dispatcher wasn't panicking, she was the only one who knew what she was doing during this whole situation.
@@hawky225 I agree that the 911 dispatcher did an amazing job and that Sam was in denial and therefor being not taking it seriously enough. Sam herself also acknowledges that she was not taking it seriously enough and that she feels badly for the dispatcher just doing her job (and doing it well). I just used the word panicking to describe that the dispatcher saw this as a gravely serious matter and was repeatedly urging Sam to undress, arguing with Matt, etc. Maybe stressing would’ve been more accurate than panicking. Either way I’m not commenting on her competence I’m commenting on the fact that she saw it as a grave situation and Sam didn’t, even though it obviously WAS, and that’s why it’s funny.
@@hawky225 like the entire humor and what I was laughing at is the fact that the dispatcher was exactly RIGHT and Sam was so wrong yet confidently rolling her eyes
I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for this next story!
@@hawky225 That's literally what she said, just in a funnier way.
“If I close my eyes and wish hard enough, then none of this is real” is a very millennial statement Sam 😂
My husband is in the military, and when we had a baby, he was shocked at how us women will share our birth stories so readily. I told him, "It is like when you chat with a fellow military member about your war stories." He totally gets it now lol
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Great analogy! And I am not even a mom. LOL But I didn't live on a military base (wasn't enlisted or an officer though). LOL
Thank you/him for his service☺️ Men never understand things about us sharing so much until you explain it like a 5yr old to them😆
Something I don’t like for us…as in women…we are made to feel like we are NOT actually in a medical emergency or our pain is not real. I agree with you that society as a whole has conditioned us to downplay everything to the point of non existent. Thank you for sharing your story Sam. Again you prove that you are a fu€king mama warrior. You look great, seeing a full smile on your face is so special.
Sooo agree with this! Everyone told me over and over that if I didn’t schedule a c section for my breech baby that if I come in naturally in labor it will be an emergency and rushing around. Literally WHERE?! They had me sitting forever in that room, they were all lollygagging around til I went from 5cm to 8cm in less than an hour and they were like oh shit yeah we have to hurry up 🤦🏻♀️
@@angelenaj0Li3 oh no that sounds like a nightmare to say the least. Women are so strong and often made to feel “less than” I find it infuriating. I hope smooth sailing and good days ahead for you.
Just got to the part of the video where you said “this is so tmi lol” and dude I cannot tell you how much I appreciate and respect that you do talk about every detail! I feel so much more informed about whether I ever want to have a pregnancy and I have SO much more appreciation and respect for anyone who has carried a pregnancy. People really should talk about these details and I’m so grateful for you.
I feel same. Everyone acts like it’s sunshine and flowers so it’s nice to hear a real experience.
Fully agreed. People's honesty about their experiences really clinched it for me that motherhood was NOT the path for me and I'm so grateful for that. That candor helped prevent a whole lot of unintentional bad decisions and all the anguish those decisions would have caused. I have enormous respect for anyone who is honest about pregnancy, birth, and parenting.
I feel like society’s secrecy or shame, whatever it is, regarding postpartum is such a disservice to women. I’ve had two children and the two weeks following my first birth was absolutely shocking, I couldn’t figure out why no one talks about it honestly!
Haha reading this comment, maybe I shouldn’t watch this video over breakfast 😝
I'm a big over-sharer regarding my pregnancies lol so if you want some more experiences to mull over...
#1. Had negative pregnancy tests despite missing my period. Took a Dollar Store brand test and it was positive. Morning sickness was tough but limited to 1st trimester. Everything about the pregnancy was normal and "boring" lol exactly what you want. I gained 15 lbs. Water broke when I was 39 weeks 4 days, 29 hours of labor. Epidural after 15 hours. Posterior baby, excruciating labor. Pushed for 3 hours, baby had an amazing cone head. Nursing went well but baby was colicky, and I had moderate/severe postpartum depression. Aided by sam-e. Didn't bond with my daughter for 18 months, but we got there.
#2. Had a period (5 day moderate bleed), thought I wasn't pregnant. Began waking up nauseous, took a test to rule it out. Was pregnant lol. Baby gave me two implantation bleeds as it turns out. Survived the breakthrough bleeding. Morning sickness was worse, threw up for about half the pregnancy. Gained 20 lbs. Went past my due date and gave birth at home (on purpose lol). Another posterior baby, I basically just screamed for 9 hours. Pushed for 2 hours. He was born in the shower and I thought I was done. I had the shakes for 24 hours afterwards, it was a very painful labor. Nursing went well again, and I did have another episode of PPD, less severe this time. Bonded with him right away.
#3. Embryo adoption. We wanted to give an unwanted IVF baby a home. This time I couldn't possibly NOT know I was pregnant lol. This pregnancy was interesting - it's hard to explain, but my body basically reacted as if it was my first pregnancy, probably because this baby had a different father. Morning sickness was awful, threw up for about 2/3rds of the pregnancy. I had a terribly itchy belly in my third trimester. With my first two, I could get a sense of their personality somehow, but with my third I had no idea about who they were. Was shocked it was a boy. Sonographer said he had a 2-vessel cord, which scared me (he wound up having a very well-insulated 3-vessel cord, so don't take ultrasounds as gospel...). I had bleeding at about 27 weeks (the day before Thanksgiving), which resolved on it's own but was upsetting. Gained 15-20 lbs, not sure how much weight exactly. Had another home birth, it was wonderful! Did a water birth this time. 5 hours of labor and he was out by lunch. I didn't push, just let the fetal ejection reflex do the pushing for me. Unfortunately baby was stressed and had meconium in the waters (he pooped). He needed some resuscitation, which sounds very scary but actually wasn't. My midwife was very skilled and handled it quickly and without panic (she was a CPM, which is specifically trained for a home birth scenario). The placenta took about 45 minutes to come out, and I had to "purple push" for it. Finally it was out. Nursing was great, and this baby has been mellow. No postpartum depression.
Also, I had the "golden hour" holding my first 2 kids immediately after birth. With my third, I didn't, due to the placenta issue. But that didn't hurt bonding, thank God. Have kids! It's a big lifestyle change, but nothing made me tougher than this. We want more :p
I haven’t had a baby, but I can 100% relate to the medical social anxiety. A kidney stone almost killed me because I thought I was being a baby about how painful it was and refused to go to the hospital for several hours. Nope, it was infected and I had severe sepsis! But it’s so true that women’s pain is discounted so frequently that it makes us gaslight ourselves, even when something is seriously wrong.
I'm sorry you went through that. I did something similar with a GI bleed. For some reason I gaslit myself into believing passing out every time you stood up for over 12hrs was normal and was somehow related, but not in a scary way, to the surgery I had a few days prior. Lost half my blood before arriving. I remember it all feeling really dramatic. Like when they said I needed a blood transfusion I even said that seems a bit dramatic don't you think. I had no idea they weren't sure I'd pull through.
But oh man did I feel great. Like no pain at all. That should have been a sign I was dying but guess not
@@mrspokitstheriot477 It says "standing up every time you pass out" --so I was wondering if you meant that you were passing out every time you stood up. I could totally be wrong!! And if so could you explain?? Either way the whole thing sounds horrible. I'm so sorry you had to go through such a thing.
**I'm sorry for what BOTH of you endured. Your stories sound so traumatic!! So glad you're okay and I hope you both healed well.🖤🤍
@NoYesJess hahaha yes that's exactly what I meant. 🤦🏻♀️
@@mrspokitstheriot477 Lol. I thought so but wasn't positive!!
@laurelloaf this happened to me with my kidney stones - the doctor at the hospital kept sending me home saying i just pulled a muscle in my back. I finally had a different doctor who said i had sepsis and needed surgery asap - insanity
OH MY GOD SHE'S BACK
I love how the common thread in both of your birth stories is that you were absolutely in denial about your labor starting until your body was like "BITCH. WAKE UP. IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!"
THANK YOU for calling out the misogyny of minimizing women’s pain!!!
Congratulations!
You are a wonderful story teller!
What a wild ride!
💕💖💝
“If I have this baby and then I die? I’m gonna be pissed” made me laugh so hard 😂
“These are not chill medical terms for me. I’m not cool with this right now.” Love Sam’s storytelling 😂 glad you and baby are ok Sam 💕
My sisters appendix burst because she was like "oh its just period pain" because for years the pain she was in by her priods was so so downplayed and minimized by medical professionals. She had emergency surgery, a massive infection from the rupture wnd hospitalised for ages. Doctors were all "why didnt you call?" And all she could come up with was "why did you never care about my pain before?"
I’m a junior doctor and do ER shifts and we had this lady who was 3 weeks postpartum and had abdominal pain than instead of getting better was getting worse even with medication. Everything was ok except her labs showed a small UTI, everyone was like “send her on her way that’s why her abdomen hurts plus she just had her (second) baby”.
Honestly I am no brainiac but it just didn’t sit right with me and it felt dismissive, so because healthcare is free in my country I ordered an untrasound… she had to have surgery because of a complication for a pre-existing condition. If I had sent her home with what face would I have said to her two or three days later when she came back feeling even worse that yeah, I was mistaken and her pain was actually valid? Listening to people actually works, wild.
@@AwakingOceanborn sadly the same face my doctor gave me when my back pain was so bad I could barely walk and become incontinent and he screamed at me why I hadn't come to see him before. I had been four times in two weeks. Four reconstructive surgeries later I am disabled, have permanent nerve pain and have a future of surgeries. Doctors sadly as a rule, don't listen to women or our pain. It and we are dismissed.
Keep listening to that inner voice, it'll keep you the kind of doctor women remember and cherish
@@caseyc2497 oh wow I’m so sorry. I felt angry and sad just reading it, I can’t imagine living it. One of my coworkers had a patient with massive all-over pain and also no one was sure if she was exaggerating it a bit or had very low pain tolerance… no, she didn’t. She’d had breast cancer abut 15 years before and it was back all over her bones and that’s why everything hurt.
Yeah, I might be a bit of a fool but my GP is my mum and she’s always listened to me, I was very lucky in that I never had anyone dismiss my migraines or my period pain. Now I’m (training to be) a GP too even with my ER shifts and honestly I just don’t see the benefit of not listening to people.
I almost had mine burst because i blamed it on a medication i was taking. My manager told me to wait 4 hours until they could get someone to cover for me (even though he was working from home), my face was GREEN and my coworker called my husband and said if i didn’t leave she was calling me an ambulance. My manager was then forced to come cover for me and the first thing he said to her was “is she faking it” cut to an hour later i’m telling them i’m going into surgery. 🫠
I had so many gynos minimize my period pain. Turns out I had a fibroid the size of a grapefruit that someone finally found as well as endometriosis. Had surgery and now my periods are normal, and I think back on how bad they were, and it's shocking what was normalized for so longby healthcare professionals. I was practically dying from pain and heavy bleeding.
The comment on minimizing our own thoughts is spot on. I did the SAME thing and got the hospital and had the baby right away and the staff was like, “Gurl, you waited TOO LONG.”
“That’s enough” about the nipples stop I’m literally crying laughing
I died at this part 😂😂😂
I totally get it about wanting an adult to be in the bathroom with you. I had my son very unexpectedly at 23.5 weeks. So I was shocked and overwhelmed and couldn’t believe what just happened. The nurses were so lovely. She walked me in, changed my pad, cleaned me up, and then braided my hair. A literal angel.
Did your son make it?? That's very early.
@@sitcomchristian6886 yes, he’s in the nicu.
I could listen to you talk about this for literal hours. Incredible job you deserve a presidential medal of honor for this one queen
Same! I loved this video!
As a labor and delivery nurse for 19 years….omg!!! You are a BADASS!!
Massaging the uterus: fundal massage
Congratulations - It is lovely to hear a birth story and, frankly, you have a *gift* for storytelling. So happy for you and your family! Thank you for posting.
Thank you for the belly laughs-you are simply the best storyteller. 😂😂
Hey 👋 Jocelyn
You not wanting to inconvenience the workers around you is SOOOO relatable! My husband always says he is just gonna come home and find me dead because I don't wanna "inconvenience" someone about my health LMAO. The exact reason I almost had our son at home, I thought the doctors where just gonna tell me I was overreacting.
As someone who’s absolutely petrified of pregnancy and childbirth, this story was … a lot BUT I was so enthralled because you’re such an entertaining story teller! Missed your faaaaace 💕
glad I'm not alone 🤍
I promise you only hear the bad ones! I had a wonderful water birth, minimal distractions and it was truly magical. If you just trust your body and what it can do without people fucking with it, it’s truly amazing. Nature is on our side.
As a midwife I can confirm those second babies just come flying when they decide they’re moving out of your womb 🥲 the babies who arrive in the car park or the corridor are always the second ones 😭
Yes!
lol, everyone told me this, but my second was brow presentation - got to 10cm, all ready to push, then suddenly I’m back at 6cm and nothing would move him! Had to have an emergency c-section in the end 😂
And thank goodness because imagine it being your FIRST. AHH!
@@marianne8352 brow presentation oh my goodness!! I’ve not encountered that yet myself but I’ve heard the stories, you’re one strong woman !
Omg yes! Baby #1 was a 16 hour labor plus 2 hours pushing. #2? Went from 5 to 10 in an hour and was out in 3 little pushes (and I mean little because I felt like I wasn’t doing any work at all compared to #1) 😂
I'm not dismissing your trauma... but the way I laughed through this video 😂
So glad everything turned out okay for you both! ❤
This video is my absolute favorite. Thank you SO much for all of the details and the standard Samantha humor. I laughed, I cried. There is NOTHING like childbirth. I will never forget the nurse that helped me go pee afterward (also with many stitches). I could just cry thinking about the kindness. And the simple pleasures when you are in distress. A warm blanket, an icy drink, a fan that is just right. What an extraordinary thing to experience. Thank you so much for sharing and for always keeping it so real!!!!
and just when the world needed her, she returned!!!!!!!!!
“If I just close my eyes and wish hard enough, this won’t be real” is the line of the century
Ok first off, congratulations on your little one! I’m SO sorry your birth experience was horrifying 😮 Sending you and your family so much love ❤
When you said, “all I could say was “thank God, thank God, thank God” I teared up. While you are super funny & a natural storyteller, I really knew in that moment how scared you must have felt luv.
You’re so relatable Sam. Enjoy every minute with your new, beautiful & perfect family of 4.
As a labor and delivery nurse, your story is so common! It’s insane. The dismissal providers but on us and they way we interpret it.
Paramedic here!
There's 2 different kinds of crews that run in BC. One is BLS "basic life support" and one is ALS " advanced life support"
BLS is limiter to drugs and treatment they can do, and drugs like oxytocin to stop post birth bleeding are not in their scope. Unfortunately a lot of smaller, more rural towns are stocked with BLS crews and not ALS.
Glad everything went without any major complications! Congrats on your new baby!
i don’t know how things progressed from “eyeshadow pictorial on reddit with swearing in the descriptions” to “gnarly birth details” but i’m always thrilled to hear from you
Congrats on a safe and healthy baby! Welcome back, Sam!! ❤❤
911 Disptcher here. In 25 years, I've delivered 9 babies before the paramedics have gotten there. We also have an island where we airlift from but medics respond first to assess.
Your commentary on the nipple stimulation exchange with the ambulance person had me dying laughing😂😂😂
I LIVE for your humor and story-telling abilities!
Congratulations on the new addition to your family! Im glad you and baby are well! Youre stunning as always
I can only imagine in the moment how scary this was you for you, but I love how open, honest and hilarious you are at retelling it. I'm glad that you and baby are ok
I’d just like to say you have the unique gift of telling a harrowing, traumatic, near death story and SOMEHOW I’m laughing. This is how I tell stories too and I so appreciate it 😂
Congrats on 3 years of auric and new baby! It’s so nice to hear from you and wow you just look amazing! I’m so glad your finally at a comfortable and confident place with your skin, it really shows in your delivery, and also shows there is hope for everyone struggling with theirs ❤️
"If it's going to come to fruition through stimulating my nipples, sir...." Oh boy, Sam! What a wild ride! My first labour was fast like that but I was in a hospital. I'm so glad you and baby made it through safe and sound! ❤️
I have never laughed so hard I almost tinkled while listening to a birth story. You need to do an audible book of stories - you are the best narrator!!!
I had the same massage thing you were describing due to hemorrhage and retained placenta. I had it every fifteen to thirty minutes once I finally had the placenta removed for a few hours and let me tell you…it’s NOT a massage! It’s a nurse with her hands on your extremely sensitive abdomen pushing and kneading with ALL of her weight! So painful! Samantha, you’re a superwoman for going through all the trauma and craziness you did! And being able to make light of it while retelling the story…be proud of yourself, mama!
girl, they make us doubt ourselves!!!!! so glad to hear you and baby are ok!
I was honestly not ready for this story to be over, your ability to tell it is unparalleled. What a tale. Glad all are doing well and can’t wait for part two!
That story does not stop giving, I’m riveted and absolutely anxious as a trying to become a parent. I’m just stunned and I can’t stop listening, I’m riveted.
"If I close my eyes and wish hard enough, this won't be real"
I can't 😂
Holy cow, how do you look so gorgeous after such a horrific experience??? Glad you and baby survived!
SAM POSTED!!! Ah man. Labour stories can be crazy 😂 so glad you guys are ok! ❤
Your story makes me glad I have a stubborn husband. I was in denial about my labor with my daughter, too. He made us go in anyways and I gave birth shortly after arriving
Lol, I love snoops' debut on the channel.. 😅😅 congrats on the new addition! Thank goodness for our nurses ❤
You’ve the gift of storytelling! I’m sorry you went through that, I can only imagine. My contractions algo go from 0-100 in a matter of an hour and the nurses and midwives never believe I’m ready to go until I’m pushing the baby.
Giirrlll, I have missed you! Such a crazy experience, but I love when you sit down and talk it out. So many emotions; I'm laughing, crying, oooh'ing and aaahh'ing! Congratulations on the new baby and house. Glad to hear that you are well, despite your tribulations. No pressure, but can't wait for the next update. And maybe next time it'll include some plants 🪴😉
A) your skin looks incredible
B) congratulations!
C) I live for you telling these stories, tysm
D) I love you.
On your speaking about not wanting to inconvenience everybody involved in having a baby I felt that on a very deep level lol. The hospital was only five minutes from my house and I didn’t want to go unless I was absolutely 100% sure I was having a baby. Great content.
You are hands down the best story teller in life. 😂❤ I could listen to your stories all day!!!!
Those nurses are the absolute best! Angels on earth!
The thing that you said about having symptoms minimized to the point of potentially hurting ourselves….wow, that really hit home.
Congrats!! What a beast 💪🏼 thank you for not bleeding to death. Tysm.
“to strike someone perhaps” 😂😂😂
The icy juice after labor and delivery is EVERY. THING. You rock, Lady! Go you!
And cold pomegranates! Yum.
Your realness is EVERYTHING!!
The stimulation story had me absolutely ROLLING hahahahahhaa I’m extremely sorry you went through this but good god you are so insanely funny
I remember you having such a fear about childbirth with your first pregnancy...then this happens! Glad everyone is okay ❤
This is hilarious and terrible and shocking. It’s all the things. All the emotions! Girl, I’m so glad everything ended well for you and the baby. Please listen to your body and your intuition more often. You said it: we minimize ourselves and the adverse situations we find ourselves in! Looking forward to part 2 xx
“I’m not having a bloody emergency!” Forever the best story teller lol. Congratulations on the new baby!
You're my favorite story teller of all time. So glad you're all happy and healthy ❤
The comedic value you deliver is everything. So sorry for the traumatic birth experience.. again.
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing this! As a nurse, it makes me so happy to hear that you had a better experience with your care! It breaks my heart hearing of the stories where people do not get what they need, or even worse, they are treated poorly.
So many emotions listening to your story…. Need part two! Thanks for sharing.
This sounds like how fast Hila Klein’s second labor was. Ethan didn’t even have enough time to park the car and make it up to her room before she had the baby. I’m glad you had an excellent nurse at the hospital!
You’re such a great story teller. I was laughing so hard the whole time.
The amount of thirst quenching magic in the apple juice with the crunchy hospital ice is truly something you will only understand if you’ve been through it
I hate how funny you made this story, I’m in tears 💀
Great to see you back on my feed Sam, I've missed you!! Congratulations on baby and hope you've gotten to enjoy the precious newborn cuddles!! You are truly one of the greatest storytellers of our time, thank you for sharing this unimaginable labor & delivery (also glad you didn't die lmao) much love 🤎
“Someone is getting haunted” same girl, same.
As someone who’s delivery story also felt like a fever dream, your story was absolutely incredible 😭😭😭 I also laughed too many times. So glad you and baby are safe and healthy! Congratulations ❤
As someone who also lives on an island without a hospital- i felt this.
im sorry but this story has me cackling😂 you are so chill about everything!! a true queen
These videos feel like that friend you have that you don’t see forever, but then when you do hang out it’s like no time has passed.
Can’t wait for your next video where you’ll have moved to the territories accessible only by ice road.
Fr though glad you’re all doing good ♥️
"I CANT believe I have to do this rn" 🤣😂😭 omg Sam, you're hilarious
God I missed you 😍 congrats on baby 2 omg!!!
Heyyy!!! You know what we've missed? Your accountability for promoting predators!
Congrats on the newest addition to your family!! Appreciate ya' for the snoop-snippet. Lastly, as a fellow problematic complexion individual YOUR SKIN LOOKS PHENOMENAL, please tell us your secret and don't tell me it's child birth 😅
or living on a remote island for that matter
She did some laser skin treatments and custom skin care I think, I’m pretty sure it’s in her saved insta stories ❤️
Some of it probably is. My skin was the best it has ever been during the last two trimesters of both my pregnancies. It was so clear and I could literally forgo skincare and it would still be beautiful. As soon as the fourth trimester was over my skin started to go back to its old pimply self. 😢
not snoop 😂 you’re the best story teller! What a wild ride! So glad you and baby are well!!
I legit miss these videos, Sam! Thank you for sharing your birth experience with us. I am happy to hear everybody is healthy. Congratulations
This put me through every single emotion. Incredible. Thank you for sharing your story. Looking forward to part 2.
Omg your storytelling has been sooo unbelievably missed! So glad you and new baby are healthy❤ see you in about 10ish months!
First off congratulations. But why am I literally crying laughing so hard. Sam, you a GOAT ❤
congrrats on the new baby and 3 years of auric!! And not for nothing, the skin is skin-ing and the hair is fab!
I would need some EMDR after all that!! That's a traumatic birth story! I hope you all recovered well afterward ❤
Congratulations on the second baby! Your sense of humor is my favorite 😂
This is amazing. Congratulations. Dyinggg about the poop. I could listen to Sam for hours ❤
Yes, I too was in denial, but we lived 5 minutes from the hospital, arrived & he was here 7 min later! The shaking afterwards was crazy! Congrats!
the level of chill sam has during every child birth is the level i aspire to be when i deliver my baby
Your nurse reminded me of my nurse for my son. She helped me into the washroom, helped me with all my pads and everything, and helped me undress to shower after I hemorrhaged. She even made sure the water was a good temperature, stayed to make sure I found the towels, and helped me get dressed after. I’m a really private person, so I thought something like that would mortify me, but it was genuinely the kindness I needed that day. Every time she came into our room the whole rest of our stay she was pulling apple juices out of her pockets, and it was wonderful.
Me too! I remember talking to one of my coworkers while I was pregnant about how embarrassing it will be to have everyone looking at my vag and how I wished I could have a home birth. She told me trust me, you’re going to be in so much pain you’ll be offering anyone a look in hopes that they can provide you some help/relief. And she sure was right. 😂
@@arrianne311 I think for me with getting helped to the bathroom and into the shower, it boiled down to the fact that the nurse I had was the most purely compassionate people I have ever met. I did have fleeting moments of feeling uncomfortable with the level of exposure when labouring and delivering both my son and my daughter, but my labour moves too fast for much more to be done than IV pain meds, and gas (though the gas supply line was damaged when I was in with my son, so that wasn’t even an option) so I didn’t really have the “being exposed will help make it feel better” aspect going for me 😅