At long last, I have an opportunity to sit down (well, I’m actually bouncing on my exercise ball while wearing Joseph in a wrap, but that counts as sitting these days) and write my first birth story! Fair warning: it’s long, and I don’t shy away from using words like “cervix.” When I found out I was pregnant, in true Christina fashion, I did a LOT of research: I read books, watched documentaries, and talked to my mom friends about their experiences of childbirth. I knew that