At 41 weeks +5 days, labor finally began. My unmedicated birth taught me PATIENCE, PERSEVERANCE, and I truly saw God manifested the whole way through, 30 hours of labor!! Doing what was best for me and baby, trusting God, my body, and it felt redeeming yet again! Having my husband dorianayres , midwife anyadjumabaev , and doula’s emmyrobbindoula support got me through it all. I had to go to the deepest parts of my soul to find strength and at the end, the reward was beyond anything else I’ve experienced! Labor started in the evening, it continued the whole night though and slowed down by morning. The next day, I was still laboring, taking micro naps in between and resting as much as I could to have energy for when active labor hit in. When it finally came, contractions were coming in every 3 minutes, I was progressing and got to 9 cm. Then my water broke and it was a big shock for baby. His heart rate started fluctuating: dropping a lot and going high up to compensate. After the 2nd t...