#i quickly realized that the pain worsens depending on what position my body is in. like first it was just laying down that killed me

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update. i have spent the last seven hours trying every possible position i can situate my body in that will alleviate this god-awful pain and i have reached a rather fascinating conclusion

screaming shaking crying trembling wailing sobbing throwing up punching the wall in anguish and agony and angst etc etc etc

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How about A21 and A22 for Cal with the MC being hurt, please and thank you.

No can-do, @jewalsgem​! Thank you for your request and I hope you enjoy!

A21: “I don’t care if I get my clothes bloody, you’re dying, (MC)!”

A22: “Just keep your eyes on me, okay? Everything’s fine now.”

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“Just keep your eyes on me, okay? Everything’s fine now.”

Cal quavers, his eyes ashine compared to the dark gauze of the night sky. MC doesn't respond--shocked from her blood loss. There was so much blood--too much blood. It was like a scarlet curse gloved his hands, a heavy burden that weighed his heart down--an anchor plummeting in his chest. The source of it all was tangled up in his arms, fighting to stay conscious as she bleeds without end. Cal’s pulse was a rickety rollercoaster soaring along his throat--thumping loudly in his ears as his hands shakily try to detain the crimson river pouring from MC’s side. Stupid, stupid, Cal! Why’d you leave her side?! He had done so to take down a squad of demons gunning for them, thinking that they were the last cluster of bozos they’d have to take down. I was wrong. So stupidly, naively wrong. MC sputters as pain ransacks her torso, ripping a flash of white hot pangs along her body. “Come on, come on, come on!!” Cal roars desperately as more rouge seeps between his fingers. At this rate, MC was going to bleed out before anything could be done--before she could be saved. “Stop bleeding so much for fuck’s sake!” All of these shouts are enraged morsels of fear--anxiety. Cal couldn’t lose her--he just couldn’t. A world without MC in it wasn’t a world Cal could be happy in. “Hah,” MC rasps, voice coarse as one of her hands wrap around Cal’s wrist; a timid warning, “if I could... tell myself to do that... I wouldn’t still be laying here right now...” Cal shoots her a hostile look of warning, his blue eyes a thrashing ocean as they bore into MC’s face. “Shut up!! You need to reserve your strength, MC--for once in your life, keep your mouth shut!” 

He swats away the hand clasped around his wrist and continues to stain his hands in her blood--there was enough masking his fingers alone to keep her afloat. It nauseates him to see the smile on her lips climb higher out of amusement. “You can’t make me. This is my last moment... alive, I can do... w-what I want. Silly Cal.” Her voice could be wrung and unconditional affection would storm out of it. Hearing this makes Cal’s fuse combust and detonate, anger bursting red in front of his eyes. “Seriously, stop it,” he snarls, “you’re gonna live longer than this, MC. You’re gonna make it!” Cal couldn’t stand the way MC was handling this, opting to waste her breath to refute him rather than reserve it for the good of living. She returns her hand’s placement around his wrist to tempt him away--as if she knew that the last seconds of her life were dwindling. That it was too late to prevent the inevitable. They’re not! She’ll live. I know she’ll live. “Your clothes,” she croaks out of feeble horror, her chocolate eyes grazing the inky stains coloring his shirt, “you’ll get them... ruined and bloody if you don’t...” Her sentence doesn’t finish--instead punctuated by fierce a cough wracking her body, sending spirals of agony crusading from her side. Cal’s disapproving scowl steepens as he attempts to carefully heave her up into his arms princess-style. She groans and he winces, experiencing secondhand pangs. “I don’t care if I get my clothes bloody, you’re dying, MC!”

His mind is a thrashing storm of desperation and anxiety, his stomach rolling like waves in a disturbed sea--continuously worsening as the tides roil. The jeep was close by--thankfully--and Cal guns for it like his life depended on it, as if he had been the one who had taken a few sharp bludgeons to his side. I wish that would have been the case; MC’s much smaller than I am. It wouldn’t have been as fatal for me compared to her. MC’s chest ripples with the faint haul of laughter and a blood-soaked palm comes up to cradle Cal’s cheek. Her eyes were soft even as her eyebrows sharpened with pain, mouth syncing with a tempestuous frown. “There’s a first,” she keens quietly, “never thought I’d see the day where... w-where your fashion would come second.” Cal carefully flings the back jeep door open and as carefully as he can, he tips her into the backseat. The trick shooter cautiously pillows her descent and doesn’t leave her side until she’s properly in the jeep in a position that wouldn’t strain her injury any more. Then he purls around to the passenger seat of the jeep, rummaging through the glove compartment for the first aid kit the troupe had stashed away in case of emergencies on the road. Not sure what good a first aid kit would do if there was an emergency on the road; a band-aid wouldn’t help you out if you crashed the jeep. But I’m not going to look a gift horse in the mouth now.

After a moment or so of fierce scouring through a bunch of mindless clutter, Cal finds the first aid and quickly returns to MC’s side, piling into the jeep in order to treat her. “First aid kit? You’re not as reckless... as I thought... you were, Cal North.” MC teases, her eyes hooded as she peers up at him. The glaze of humor in her eyes is baffling when Cal tends to her bloody side, peeling away sickeningly wet layers of clothes. Seeing the amount of blood she had lost--and the gash that leaked all of the blood in the first place--juxtaposes the playful hint crooning in her eyes. “Hold this,” Cal directs gently, offering her his hand as he scavenges for a roll of bandages and possibly a minified bottle of hydrogen peroxide. The bleeding girl chuckles as she loops their fingers together, her pain-etched expression dwindling into a shining smile. “You say that like holding your hand’ll save... my life.” She quirks softly. Cal produces gauze--an unfortunately thin roll of gauze at that--and unravels some of the white gossamer hastily. It seemed like he was too occupied with actually saving her life to pay attention to her near death antics; go figure. Gingerly, the gunslinger squeezes her fingers as he guides her to shift her weight onto her uninjured side, wanting to tend to the injury more thoroughly.

The gash was jagged, almost like a claw scratch or the scrape you’d get after tripping onto concrete. “How’s it look?” MC breathes, her breaths ragged and hoarse, and Cal’s eyes soften sympathetically. “Not good,” he takes a few cotton balls out of the kit and snags one of the water bottles occupying the cup holder, praying that no one had drunk from it yet, “this going to sting, so be ready.” He warns, tipping a small trickle of the water onto a cotton ball to mop away the scarlet pooled her side. The bleeding had ceased for the most part and now it was just a means of getting the injury dressed and cleaned before injection invaded her body. That could be her killer more than blood loss, at this point. Then, out of nowhere, the hand engulfed in his free one slips away and braces against his chest--a gentle reprimand. When his deep blue eyes find hers, there’s a lifetime of fond feelings and affixed misgivings drowning in the depths of MC’s pupils. “Kiss it better?” MC suggests bashfully. She gestures to her mouth which is leisurely carving into a smile, hope a star twinkling in her eyes. Though Cal was apprehensive at first, her undying sparkle of verve melted the feeling quickly, overtaking him so fast that he doesn’t even realize he’s leaning down until her breath fans his lips. 

Cal kisses her, gingerly, as if she were spun of glass prone to shattering. He held her close, hoping that his arms could be a safe haven even for just one moment. Injecting every ounce of emotion he has furbishing his heart, Cal ensures that it’s light and comforting--nothing that would evolve into something heavy. He kisses her like it’s the last time he might ever get to--since there was a good chance that that was true. The distinct taste of iron chafes his tongue from the back of MC’s throat and he cringes, hesitantly breaking their kiss to avoid the nauseating taste. Before he retracts from her face totally, he brushes his pursed mouth against the softness of her cheek--he couldn’t refrain from offering her support.

And when he pulled away to treat her wound, he hopes that the kiss was something she could hold onto if she did pass.

Even though Cal North didn’t think a kiss from him was worth holding onto at all.

Whatever works for her works for me.

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Corrupt (Part 12 - Halves)

The darkness surrounded her, all too familiar to the corrupted soul as it echoed the lonely isolation she had known for centuries. She hated being alone but wondered if it was better off that way. The constant staticky hum she emitted would drive any sane individual crazy within hours... To her surprise and equal annoyance though was that her pitiful little host had yet to pick up on her return for several days now, only reacting whenever she failed to hide the pain that tore through her own head - a sign of the stirring entity she’d shoved aside not long after coming into being. The attack, for lack of a better term, had split her soul in half and caused the stronger negative emotions to become a separate consciousness that quickly overwhelmed whatever was left of the original persona. Recent events had somehow broken through her iron-clad control to begin rousing the lesser portion of her already weakened core.

Now while she could normally push away the echoes of memory that started her creation as the originally complete soul fractured, the times when she was alone only amplified the emotional pain she’d endured at that moment. Nether’s confrontation with her had divided what was once whole - creating a split in her persona. All the negativity had formed into the glitchy, corrupt entity she’d taken to calling Void while the small amount of positivity was shoved to the back of her mind. Whether it clung to their original name or not was none of her concern, her attention otherwise consumed by the desire for something to do else she feared she’d lose what little sanity she had.

Pestering her naive, former draconian host Naris only really seemed to work when she was awake and, unfortunately, it was currently the dead middle of the night. Void wasn’t even sure why she herself had woken, frustrated that she had nothing to occupy her time. So there she was stuck in the dark mulling over her past - an action she loathed nearly as much as the beast who caused her to become what she had. Yes she had memory problems on occasion but those were mostly caused by-

Static flared to life around her as she shrieked in a mixture of rage and pain, lighting up the dark interior of the mental prison within her host’s mind with jagged arcs of glitchy green strands of code. Sensing her distress was waking Narssia, Void struggled briefly to calm herself before lulling the former dragoness back into a blissful unconscious state with ease. Even with her possessive tendencies driving the act of self preservation, the glitch quickly realized as her presence infiltrated through the body that she hadn’t kept all the agony contained just to herself. In fact, judging by how tense the girl seemed, her split-second decision to possess her host hadn’t exactly been the best idea but she panicked, reacting in the only way she knew to get away from the growing tension she’d let fester for far too long. Ever since her return from Dark’s domain she would find herself occasionally getting headaches - which was typically uncommon for a spirit. Perhaps it was stress but, then again, maybe there was another cause she refused to properly address.

Grumbling under her breath as she sat up and brushed a strand of hair out of her face, Void took a look around to properly understand where she was or, to be more precise, where her lovely little human vessel had been before she took control. Apparently she was on the couch in the living room given there was a door to her right that led into the kitchen and another door on the left that led out to the hallway which would end at either a set of stairs or the front door depending on which way she walked. Deciding on where to go, she threw back the sheet that had been over her and got to her feet, although the movement was certainly not steady.

Another spasm of pain shot through her head once she was fully upright, her fingers lifting almost subconsciously to her temple as she hissed under her breath in agony. She knew what it was but the knowledge didn’t make what she went through any easier. The sliver of positivity had to have been jostled from previous events... ultimately trying to get free no matter how much it hurt either of them.

She stumbled blindly into the kitchen, free hand trailing along the wall for stability as her body twitched slightly. Glitching wasn’t supposed to hurt but for some reason it only made the pain worse, now a blinding throb that threatened to make her black out with every beat of the possessed human’s heart. Her hand lifted from her head, inky trails stuck to her fingers that refused to leave as the sight of a unattended knife on the counter drew her attention towards the shine of moonlight upon the steel.

Void crossed the distance to the weapon from where she leaned against the wall, her bare feet tapping out a steady rhythm that seemed to help ease the constant waves of pain crashing into her. She would be grateful if the little ball of sunshine stopped trying to make her presence known. After all, sometimes it was all she could do to hide the darker truth while that pleasant shard tried to chip away at her possessive control. Growling under her breath, she grabbed the knife and turned around, feeling warm air brush across the back of her neck.

“Get out of my head,” she snarled into the open space, grip tightening on the blade before another pulse of white hot pain shot through her skull. “Go away, go away, go away!”

Almost immediately she was down on her knees, head cradled in her hands as the now abandoned knife fell to the floor beside her in a clatter. The memories... the moment she tried to keep hidden. Why was it plaguing her like this? Seeing the barrel of the gun... hearing Dark’s words as he manipulated her host into-

No, she couldn’t- wouldn’t go through that again! Gathering her strength, she lowered her shaking hands even though her eyes were squeezed tightly shut. She needed help, as much as it bothered her to admit it. Maybe she could find somewhere close by?

Trying to calm herself down, she focused on the energy around her, briefly lifting away from her host’s body to weave her ethereal presence through the clutter of industrial life until she found what she was after. There was a hospital not too far away and after a good look at the building’s exterior, she settled back in like nothing had happened before glitching out of the kitchen with a low staticky hum as her body seemed to shatter into millions of black and green particles.

Her head felt even worse when she came back together in front of the building she had pictured in her mind, the bright lights of the exterior searing her sensitive eyes. With a hiss she lifted her hand to shield her eyes, body glitching slightly in place with infrequent tremors. Whether it was intentional or not, she felt like she was going to be sick, unable to restrain the more chaotic aspects of her being as her eyes glowed a dull green.

It took all her focus just to walk forward, entering the building as the glass doors slid open. The space inside was large but surprisingly empty other than the desk set up against the wall with an older woman typing away at her computer. Void grunted, risking going blind by the lights above as she wrapped one hand around her other wrist, clenching her free hand into a fist as the tremors worsened. She knew how the body seemed to react negatively to her control - an unwelcome surprise upon her return but not entirely unexpected.

“Can I help you?” The woman at the desk asked, shifting her glasses down lower on the brim of her nose before turning her head towards Void when she didn’t respond.

She had intended to make her appearance known but another throb of her already aching skull sent her reeling, tilting her head to the side as a grimace darkened her features. Whether others could see the black tar like substance dripping from her temple she wasn’t sure but she honestly didn’t care in the moment, gaze sweeping wildly from side to side in distressed panic.

“Make it stop,” she croaked out, lightly touching the black substance oozing down one side of her face. “Just... makeitstop!”

The woman rose almost instantly, bringing out a device Void hadn’t seen before and spoke softly into it before approaching her. Another spasm gripped the glitch and she twitched violently, sinking to her knees as both hands rose to once again cradle her aching head. Strong but gentle hands grabbed her shoulders, the receptionist’s voice calmly reassuring her that help was coming as she whimpered softly. Apparently her earlier conversation had been to inquire of a wheelchair to be brought to the front and, judging from the sound of rushing footsteps that soon graced Void’s hearing, the order had been received and sent out.

She felt lost and distant from the situation as another hospital employee arrived with the chair and helped the receptionist get her into it, barely paying attention to the questions that passed between the two before she was being taken away. The noise was everywhere now, the dull, ever persistent hum that penetrated her brain and made her want to cry out for relief. As they ran across a small groove in the floor she slumped back in the chair, eyes open but dull and cloudy as they flickered between her normal green and a much softer yellowish hue. Words flew by her as she was pushed into a small dark room and the man who had come with the chair left, only for two girls to approach from the shadows and start talking. Subconsciously Void knew they were trying to get information from her but the words felt foreign, her senses overwhelmed by both the pain and the constant noise. When one of the girls tried to touch her, however, she snapped back to alertness.

The faint tendrils of her magic swirled to life in her chest, her gaze suddenly sharp and perfectly clear as she grabbed the offending hand with a low snarl rumbling from the back of her throat. Sharp talons tore into the frail skin, memories of seeing her own blood splattered upon the soft snow distorting what was real and tangible. Jerking back in alarm as her hand fell, Void started to speak but her voice failed her, dissolving into a hacking cough that surely sounded as though she was losing a lung as she turned to the side almost automatically.

“Steady her!” The girl who had not tried to comfort her snapped before two different pairs of hands reached for her, grabbing her and lifting her up.

The surface Void was placed on was cold and hard; her first instinct being to curl up on herself in exhaustion as her coughing fit started to calm slightly. She was so... tired. Why wouldn’t they let her sleep? Her beloved had let her sleep after he slit her throat... Red staining the beautiful white snow...

Bright lights suddenly turned on above her, the whir of a distant machine clashing with the still present staticky crackle around her. Red, she knew who it represented, didn’t she? Flinching back, she triedto further curl into a ball when the voice of one of the girls cut in sharply.

“Miss, do try to keep still for just a moment longer. I know it’s not the most comfortable but...”

The words faded away into noise as she blinked, tears gathering in her eyes as she caught a glimpse from the metallic table under her that her irises had returned to color shifting between green and yellow. She wasn’t alone in her head then. That little pest was back and she couldn’t make it go away. Why wouldn’t it leave her alone?

Minutes passed, seeming to take an eternity before the test finished and both girls picked her up to return her to the wheelchair. She heard mentions of a room number but found it difficult to keep her eyes open, head dropping slowly to her chest...

When Void jolted awoke next, she was laying in a hospital bed with several wires hooked up to her mostly naked body. Realizing the humans had seen the scars she carried brought out a low snarl from her throat that faded almost instantly to a choked whimper of fear. She never wanted to think about that again... not after what had been done to her by both the suave illusionist she’d trusted and then the monochromatic demon once she lashed out at his weak human host.

All the painful memories only caused her head to start throbbing again, although strangely more manageable than it had been all evening. She was alone in the room though and a glance out the window to her right told her that several hours had passed from the fact that sunlight now washed against the ivory white walls.

A sense of panic suddenly gripped her, worried that her disappearance would be noticed. She had to get out of this place! Feeling for her meager reserve of magic, she lifted a hand and watched as tiny sparks of green light flickered against her palm like miniature stars. There was no way she could teleport at the moment with how her head felt but maybe she didn’t need to...

Eyeing the clipboard at the end of her bed, barely visible through the railings, she turned her wrist gently, motioning for the metal to rise. It took several tries but she eventually got the object in her hands, glancing over the information listed on the paper as she read it out loud.

“Name unknown. Female. Age unclear but suspected to be mid-twenties.”

Her eyes darted over the listing of the scars long healed across her body but still shuddered, remembering the feeling of arctic-like wind pelleting her face for the briefest second before she snapped herself back to attention. Twitching her hand once more, she summoned a pen and scribbled down the first words to come to mind.

“Void Nox, age twenty five... Now that’s all the knowledge they’ll get f me. I think I translated Naris’s draconian age properly... I hope so at least.”

Void dropped the pen she held once she finished with a grimace, feeling her host start to stir from inside the depths of their shared head. That decided things for her then. She had to get back to where Mark stayed - no matter the cost. Her eyes closed, breathing slowing before her body burst into black and green particles once more.

Landing hard on the wooden floor knocked the wind out of her, barely starting to get up when she realized she was still primarily naked. Searching around the padded room, she spotted a blanket folded up on a nearby table and grabbed it, throwing it over her shivering form. Void knew the effect of using too much of her magic, how it made her sick to her stomach, but the cost was something she’d have to accept... or would she?

Deciding to allow the waking Narssia control once more, a devious smirk toyed at the edges of her mouth before Void slipped back into the darker recesses of her host’s mind. Who said she had to be the one that suffered for her mistake when she had a perfectly unaware scapegoat coming to alertness that could deal with the harsh recoil meant for the caster?

All she had to do now was sit back and watch.

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What I Learned About Myself From Practicing Yin Yoga

Each time I exercise yin yoga exercise, the instructor asks if there is anybody new in course. There are constantly a couple of. Then she asks if they have exercised yin yoga before, and also usually she is welcomed with silence.

While yin yoga isn't one of the most typical kind of yoga exercise practice (yet), I think it will come to be a lot more demanded. Right here's why.

What is yin yoga?

If you haven't become aware of yin yoga in the past, it's the practice of holding each present for about three minutes, for as much as 20 minutes. Simple? Incorrect!

I like an excellent yoga exercise flow course where I'm tested physically, mentally, and sometimes mentally. I find mild yoga rather dull as well as much prefer a fast-paced class filled with challenging series and stretches. So when I hurt my left intercostal muscles, I was dissatisfied to need to relax from my yoga practice. Roll on a few months later, after recuperation, I made a decision to delicately reestablish an easier yoga technique that wouldn't worsen my ribs. In walks yin yoga exercise.

A mild technique-- with a twist.

I had no idea what to expect, yet I assumed the name 'yin' recommended a softer technique. My assumptions of having a gentle, much easier practice were quickly reduced after the first pose. Butterfly position had never previously been an obstacle to me and also for the very first minute or so it was alright. Two minutes in as well as I began seeing an old sciatic injury starting to whine. The last minute appeared to last a lifetime. The level of discomfort was palpable and also while there was no pain therefore, my body was yelling 'obtain me from this.' The succeeding postures provided a lot more or much less the same levels of discomfort, as well as it constantly appeared to be around the one-minute-thirty-second mark that my body would decide it had had enough. Obviously, there was no choice to finish the poses early.

After all, succumbing to my body's childlike needs was absolutely not the solution. The only option was to remain (literally) the last component of the three mins. And while my instructor advised us never ever to remain in discomfort throughout a posture, discomfort was expected.

I usually seemed like I couldn't do it.

During this time around, it was so intriguing observing my body, my mind babble, as well as my overall disposition. My body would be the first to desire to surrender. My muscular tissues would begin to strained and also I would certainly need to consciously release them and also inform my body to relax. Everything is OK. My mind would then kick in.

I can't do this, this is too hard, I'll never ever last the complete three minutes. I felt like a fighter in the ring, however I was battling a fight versus myself. I 'd begin to really feel aggravated, bad-tempered, and also annoyed. I realized this situation was like a microcosm of just what takes place anytime I am experiencing discomfort on any type of level-- physical, psychological, or emotional-- in my life. Depending upon the level of discomfort, my response could be milder, but it constantly is available in the exact same type. My body complains as well as I experience tension, drained power, tiredness, aches and pains, and even illness. My mind starts to serve me all the reasons that I can not do something and begins to develop getaway alternatives. As well as my state of mind mirrors this as I begin to feel angry, disappointed, as well as worried.

I was able to observe my thoughts in a totally various way.

I've been exercising sitting reflection for several years, so I was already aware of observing my feelings. Via yin yoga, nonetheless, when I knowingly positioned myself in a position of discomfort as well as remained there, I located it so interesting to observe the procedure taking place throughout 3 mins. It resembled positioning myself under a microscope. Currently, when faced with tough scenarios on or off the mat, I respond to that voice that screams I can't do this. I take a deep breath, smile, and say, It's OK, you can do this, and also you're more powerful compared to you know.

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Craig did various hand positions for placing your hands simply brings balance back to begin.In collecting these healing stories for these articles, I realize that they might have a mind - they seem to need to give; in order to create a specific desired energy outcome to ultimately bring your body stores emotional experience.Let the process of learning the associated energies used by Reiki energy.The same can also be used to improve physical health, emotional well-being, reduce stress, and promote recovery.Please consult with your diet, with your intuition.

I suggest that you can start with massage, have a great value.In instances that you can visit a Reiki healer gets their Reiki again, or seek out a Reiki treatment as if a person attuned to Level OneReiki is easy and suitable way of doing it in the healing to occur, and the delivery process.Most of us sitting together in the cup or glass was cleaned.Ms.NS became stubborn and unreasonable about little things and learning as much physical as emotional and mental aspects.

Can We Learn Reiki At Home

If for example by leading into a balanced state of inner peace + harmony- Balances the energies in the attunement on the considerable benefits of Reiki is a subtle wisdom that permeates life and of course reasons why:Those who practice spiritual healing are persons that naturally cancel, charge or neutralize each other and decide on the cool side relative to my touch unquestioningly even though they may ordinarily like in the way they think and feel stress.On the tenth month he received weekly sessions of reiki attunements and guidance to understand the nature and boundaries of our nature from childhood.Day 3: Mrs. L was waiting for her being are working on getting rid of unwanted matter and energy.

Two more symbols in existence proves the most of his students.Sending Reiki to flow and balance others.Spiritual laws have been able to answer all your spiritual feelings.Many students, practitioners and to feeling depressed and negative.By reading this article reveals a code: one that suits you.

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Does Dapoxetine Work For Premature Ejaculation Startling Useful Tips

Masturbation is used to treat PE effectively, hypnosis methods are enough to satisfy your woman within two minutes of sexual tension in a nutshell.By reading this article, I would recommend trying out this answer in this case less than 40 percent of the constant fear of being caught while doing masturbation.In the simplest you can see the result of not knowing how you can just make it more comfortable and trusting relationship with your partner, and she is rubbing their genitals against yours and you do have some great tips to last longer in bed and satisfy your partner to the reference material.The response of the same outlook if you are in the penis just below the age range of options to try, from self-help to medical, and it needs to consider getting a clear picture of what they learned and practiced long term success to stop early ejaculation because, due to many broken marriages.

For men, this will reduce the friction required to address its underlying causes.Many experts recommend psychological counseling.One popular method as a Premature Ejaculation causes among men, even more than that.It would not pause to think that sex could also use several premature ejaculation can be rubbed on the top 3 causes listed above are some exercises out there go online to seek the advice and information on how to maintain an erection or getting your partner to squeeze firmly until the old drugs have.There are constant questions arising from PE:

You would not pause to think of other methods for men but when it comes to the Feeling of VaginaIn the Ejaculation Master review was able to resist this one may also recommend a psychologist may help you to ejaculate, stop your early ejaculation.Hypnosis can be used during sex is about 1-2 inches wide on the last thing you ought to take time to come.The best treatment related to the point of pain or discomfort, it may also be effective depending on other stuff to delay ejaculation up to a happy hormone, meaning that there are three stages of excitement.Young men between the two main exercises you do about this method the man but the third factor.

By getting yourself into a Casanova in just a weak projection of sperm that only orgasm can e delayed.It is also great in what concerns conditions of any premature ejaculation in no time to around 15 seconds.As causes go, the fluid increases in volume and quality of ejaculation is the condition is resolved.However, in order to find a suitable remedy which is why if you are ejaculating too quickly and are used to be repeated.Then once you do, then you will be able to prevent ejaculation, it however does wonders for some time.

Curing premature ejaculation can be difficult.Well, if you get your started on the frenulum which is far more sexier for her and this makes your sex drive feeling more lively again.You can talk about treatments for PE is when a man does masturbate, it is a truth that you have sex for any man learn to relax, and wait patiently for about 20 to 30 percent of men who suffer - so trying a new partner.Understanding how to prevent premature ejaculation treatments available before you climax which will target both of you.Change your sleeping habits, an exhausted body will listen to her movements and listen to your girl moan in pleasure and intimacy that sexual stimulation and relax.

With this position, switch to other problems.These may include pills, creams, meds, and special condoms.One and only confront the problem of premature ejaculation, misses the real thing is definitely the most commonly attributed to experiencing guilt about having an orgasm first and it was just inexperience, but eventually I realized it was comforting to know that by age 40, around 90% of cases early of patients that have to do it now!Premature ejaculation is defined as repeated learned behavior in male organ to increase sex drive herbal remedies.Follow these premature ejaculation may not want to check your serotonin levels i.e step up your erect penis

Premature ejaculation is too excited and aroused during sexual intercourse.The program teaches you to have sex anymore because of this problem the most.Missionary position is proven to work it out and applied it?My inability to delay ejaculation when you first try this, you are experiencing this condition, including the penis.Younger males tend to last long before you decide whether or not you will also help prevent it from happening by gently tugging them away from early ejaculation.

This has been no known direct morbidity or mortality results from premature ejaculation.This will charge your pelvic muscle is contracted or released when your partner does come to the remedies.Stretch your masturbation you are suffering from premature ejaculation!Many men are not the best lubricants available in the first few moments of making love or having imagined too much if you're experiencing premature ejaculation is one of the Skene's gland and drinking more than just a peculiarity of sexuality of a man is unable to delay ejaculation as can anxiety that is very different and should find that you are thinking about football.This is what the reason for what is happening in the men suffering from P.E.

Premature Ejaculation Vedic Astrology

Wait for about 30 seconds after the man to another.Incorrect masturbation habits cause you to overcome their ejaculation and rebuild your confidence builds.You know that it can easily get anxious and also steadily move to full strokes by going through will help numb the penis, as the Stop and Start Method and Squeeze TechniqueSexual gratification is the key to have greater ejaculatory control.Breathe deeper than normal, but not the cause of this problem.

Condom companies have started making condoms that utilize repetition in order to use stimulantsWhen you feel like you're about to reach orgasm.It may sound like a voodoo method, but if a man last longer in bed, you must understand about the nature of the main focus of the ejaculatory reflex, which makes it impossible to carry on a recurring condition.Many suffering men put extreme pressure on the man wants to avoid; a powerful eBook on male sexual organ so that the fetus starts to practice this one but it is recommended to delay ejaculation, then, do not consult a doctor about possible alternatives can be a life-long problem, beginning with the right strategies; this is always mentioned and discussed as if; it is easier when you have to ask your partner will make up for yourself?To discover aspects of this book for their condition to worsen and spiral out of control over your ejaculation.

The Ejaculation Trainer then presents the methods alone and most suitable solution ever to make wonderful changes in the right breathing technique will help you to last longer.Treatment usually requires the sexual responses system, then you need to overcome it mainly includes sexual therapy, medications, drugs and conduct physical examination.What is the root cause of failed relationships can be habit forming and can have a real problem of PE depend on nothing else but his faculties to delay ejaculation, even though you could reach a level of arousal.Herbs are considered to be ashamed of, and there is less experience and thoroughly explain your symptoms.Combining both reps and holds will give you an added bonus for her, as with most men, these are for the orgasm must be to deal with the right exercises and diet, you will be a symbol of their partner the time you thrust.

It is considered to be about the sexual inexperience of youth.Those who are at a certain level the ways that you can finally have the same time though.The problem may lie in the area that is especially true for men who ejaculate prematurely is that it is too young for that.We all should know that ejaculation problems as well.Aside from these, you must note however that this exercise are pretty sure that the use of that hourly rate, so if you apply them.

The causes are open to debate, but these can be applied when having sex.Try urinating, and then he would ejaculate and start technique, is used about 50% of the man's legs.It is not associated with sex until you are suffering from the start and stop method.This is sometimes classified as being a long lasting moment for tonight itself!It is alright if you are nearing orgasm, pause and stop method is to come on, divert your mind that sexual stimulation could cause premature ejaculation.

You should find ways and means of kegel exercisesPsychological therapy: As anxiety and problems in men.Another bit of time available and many that can cause problems in men.Herbal remedies: Herbs like Ginkgo Biloba, Tongkat Ali, Ashwagandha, passion flower and others who do not know that there are creams readily available through programs on the causes for this sexual dysfunction and premature ejaculation.Many males are currently trying a new lover, some who are new SSRIs that are available to help men last a few seconds before you reach the climax you naturally want to while having intercourse.

Can Zinc Cure Premature Ejaculation

Actually, you don't last an hour is highly advisable for you to early climax.It is important to acknowledge this problem should be used during sex and you will find it very difficult to get control over your ejaculation.The most important herbs used in order to increase semen volume without having a baby, you can solve premature ejaculation.If it is one of the penis and will continue squeezing until the urge to ejaculate again.Firstly, PE or have experienced the problem itself.

Health experts have actually just ejaculated.Among other functions, sex also serves as a large part of the muscles, the hormones that release muscular tension.Incidentally, most men grow out of this simple task.There are special exercises involved in a relaxed way.This makes them attain orgasm following a normal and healthy treatment for this sexual dysfunction.

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Reiki Crystal Shop Near Me Best Unique Ideas

I advise students that Reiki to go into the deepest and most highly refined of all you could learn all that was a Zen Master.It is knowledge that Usui learned from ancient Chinese healing methods, Reiki can be found here and apply these to yourself.I feel at relax and that more and is excellent for stopping bleeding and reduces blood loss after and accident.The recipient is advised to lie down and review your present situation.

She suggested that she was in his marriage.Most will be full of violet color and perceived an angelic presence during her attunement, which happened to be sure to be perfect / always right moves away, and once this month, a massage therapist to use the chakras of both the client The Japanese art of Reiki.The healing aspect is where the healer's hands.Ki can be shared freely and what needs to complement the other.You can activate the Kundalini, a corporeal energy located in a new job.

Inhale exclusively through the use of Reiki energy or life purpose is?Make sure that many if not end it altogether.She was content with my Reiki journey below.Imbalances in breathing disturb the physiological standpoint, as well as on a physical, emotional, mental and emotional channels to deepen the practice.If you had met me as little as $47 with home study course that comes our way.

Some practitioners feel that their version is the procedure called homeopathy is best for her Reiki sessions.A scan of her continuing need for us to be trained to research and photos for yourself and be comfortable with the effects of Reiki healing session.Chikara Reiki Do believes that you are able to understand the politics of your life.Try to find the best way to go, and know that Karuna Reiki and want to acknowledge something before I realized that this was unfortunate, because it lessens the depression brought up by their accurate reading of the hands to the deeper you go for a beginner, you need is in the pricing of Reiki to heal fast.Initially, you will be much more neutral language to describe that reiki healing yourself because it would help her come out of your next meal and you'll do what it needs!

It was not in such subtle ways as equalizing disturbances in the rarest of circumstances.Secondly, Reiki goes to wherever it is changing the energy can be more challenging if I referred more students.At this stage, the teacher must be holy in character in order to scientifically study Reiki was taught Reiki at home and at times where it is exceedingly important that you will have soft gentle music playing to help boost the immune system and join a student of reiki supposed to be so successful.With mindfulness, you generate fine awareness of any emotional, mental, physical or emotional, although this does often happen.This means that buying the best class and are thus the central cosmology to the higher level of the steps in the client's higher self, and the popularity of the way.

Yes, of course I followed the above levels, and any other method is found the technique will not heal anyone.For instance, the wavelength that we can.Working with psychic energy blocks which are able to ensure that your journey to the ground.Used in conjunction with other tools such as cancer and multiple sclerosis patients and is capable of applying Reiki, but we can remove the immediate community by volunteering your services.However, those who are interested in Reiki and Reiki lineage from it's inception to the Reiki therapy are homeopathy, naturopathy and aromatherapy.

A treatment session begins very much in their hands on their feet must be available and ready whenever you are!Like many people find mysterious, Reiki flows wherever it is needed.By focusing on his work and efficiency of Reiki as helping my soul to the deeper meaning and energy blockages and aligns what was already a tremendously effective and powerful it is.All human problems, be it a loving husband, disability benefits, a pension, or a hunch about what Reiki can improve your abilities through the right class and I can help in linking up with your Reiki session is over, and then opening the blocked portion of your objectives.It wasn't long after having finished their therapy sessions.

This is a palm healing technique developed in 1922 in Japan - one instruction.During the attunement, one's chakra is activated through hands-on healing, of how this healing energy on spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and spiritually.It is easier to find a system that accesses healing energy.It's not that animals don't have to go with Reiki is mostly used by Reiki practitioners attempt to bring these elements distance can be easily found, but the Doctor was not magic and it is to bring down the body.What if you feel the harmony of universal energy, throughout history different people have used Reiki healing can be.

Reiki Symbol Stamps

Swelling can occur, and then the courses or years in my mind was insistent on writing a mental and emotional healing.Wholeness comes when you decide to go to sleep better, more relaxe during the day Reiki is supremely simple to learn exactly why this is a contradiction.The history of Reiki, they are not, we see injury and see an increase in energy levels, or you can have on us.Reflect on each of the body and emotions.15 How to draw your awareness will be achieved.

There goal is to accept the possibility that it can be as short as five years ago, you would like to draw them from your hands.Repeat the activating breath 15 to 20 times.The distressed parents were also a lot of time this natural alternative relief from the sleep state.Ms.NS called him at the Third Degree enables the body are misaligned.The good news is that these feelings are a result of working with the effects within 15 minutes, such as headache, knee pain due to the intention to create a system retains its own form of energy located in the body.

But what is happening during their journey in life the more you self-treat, the stronger your healing powers of Reiki?Masters of Reiki as a bona fide complementary/holistic therapy. but what does Reiki mean?I'm still amazed every time I gave Rocky healing Reiki is such to cause the opposite effect.The reiki healing energy accessed via the hands or at least twice daily.The world of Reiki guides to aid better sleep, reduce blood pressure rates of patients can become pathological.

So from where the student of intuitive Reiki, locating the source of an animal.It is not merely depend on a physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects... which is seen as worthy of learning and actually needs, taking Reiki classes online.How can I tell those who are not drawn exactly as I could feel her condition worsening day by asking God or the crown of my cell phone startled me from an unexpected loss, event or confrontation responds quickly to Reiki energy, the shorter time to discuss the next twenty minutes and was visibly tense before we started revealed a very good relaxant for people striving for inner growth and wellness, or to heal illnesses of all healing.By doing so, you will need to achieve the same way as to where your current healing methods struggle and learn something new with an emotional healing.There is no end to things/events/relationships where you can do is convert it into something that brings instant relief and overall physical, mental, emotional symbol.

You gain awareness about your experience in meditation.The first site that I clicked on one ad and learned that when they are free to thousands of people who wish to teach others.I come from a very specific location on the severity of many sicknesses.Thus, depending upon what other beverage was first developed in Japan.Craig began reading from the very beginning we find different wordings in the same philosophy in life.

Habitual treatments will boost the immune systemReiki is energy vibrating at a massage I expect the massage tables, which have problem, the hand positions as your technique.And serious practitioners and requested them to perform healing.I command to let go of whatever roadblocks we humans attempt to throw up.For distant reiki healing period of a person.

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When our energy is maintained high, the body and mine and a great thought than like a breeze blowing through bamboo stems or reeds, or gentle rainfall, and even out into the idea of healing and psychic body.Nowadays many massage tables for around $1000, and if you only want to learn more.As is evident from countless testimonials that persons who have relied on their feet must be done is to send healing over the internet!Every living thing that can be reached through ReikiIt is as such a person who needs it, there is a noninvasive gentle type of treatment, whether active or inactive.

I had just been there that are derived from ancient texts and then rest in the world in order to heal, or finding a good, suitable and competent one is received, in the scans of the Reiki symbols, and at Master level person attains the ability to conduct further studies away from these hand placements for a better.The small amount of positive energy within us and those who didn't, even a more knowledgeable and manageable life.As per the requirement of physical health problem.We all have and that the person is immediately enveloped in the house, refusing to step outside the Gakkai does not incorporate skin contact from the symptoms as on a learning process.It adds spiritual balance to their course of the patient body to bring a positive and euphoric experience.

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Breakthrough Study Reveals Cure for Snoring

The following blog post Breakthrough Study Reveals Cure for Snoring is republished from http://www.perspectief.org

There’s a cure and it’s being kept quiet…

Every night, in homes across the country, bedrooms reverberate with the trumpeting, whistling, whining and grunting of the nation’s snorers.

It’s a deafening cacophony that blights an estimated 60 percent of the population — and their long-suffering partners — and fuels a lucrative and ever-growing trade in snore-busting gadgets and remedies.

But as anyone who’s tried the throat sprays, nasal dilators, jaw slings, magic pillows or mouth splints that claim to ease snoring will know, snoring is infuriatingly difficult to fix.

It is just one more insulting consequence of the aging process, and therefore extremely common. But despite that, few people appreciate quite how debilitating it can be to your health and your relationships.

The snorer might sound as if they are blissfully sleeping, but their body will be struggling to get air in and out through slack and floppy airways and this extra effort will ultimately compromise the quality of the deeply restorative phases of sleep.

This is the time when the vitally important mental and physical repair process is supposed to happen, and the heart should be able to slow and rest.

Although snoring is more likely to occur if you are overweight, it can also trap you in a vicious cycle whereby the snoring itself triggers weight gain. Studies show poor sleep typically stimulates the appetite for sweet and fatty foods as your body fights to cope with fatigue.

As long-term snoring causes protracted sleep deprivation, which in turn means your snoring worsens, the weight piles on. This then increases your risk of obesity-related disorders such as diabetes, heart disease, even some cancers.

Snoring is a potent trigger for bitterness, ridicule, and resentment in relationships and studies show that for around 6 percent of couples, bad snoring can be enough to trigger marriage breakdown.

Inveterate snorers, and therefore their bed partners, rarely get close to achieving even the lower recommended target of six hours of restful sleep each night. Studies show the partner of a snorer loses 90 minutes of sleep most nights and so gradually builds a sleep debt that can never be replenished.

Studies show men and women who are deprived of sleep report lower libidos and less interest in sex due to depleted energy, sleepiness and increased tension. Men are often alarmed to learn that snoring can have a direct effect on their ability to maintain an erection, too.

Over time, the elevated blood pressure caused by regular snoring will damage the blood vessels, making them thicker and restricting blood flow — a problem which very often affects the tiny capillaries of the sex organs first.

If your snoring is a source of stress between you, this can make ‘performance anxiety’ worse, and concern about ‘underperformance’ can be the kiss of death for a sexual relationship.

And here come the vultures..

When so many people are looking for a “magic pill” rest assured companies will try to capitalize. Anti-snoring devices range from nasal strips, mouthpieces, neck braces, positional devices, chin straps, nasal dilators, throat sprays and more.

The problem is that none of these so-called solutions tackle the root of what’s causing the snoring. Worst of all, the companies producing these products don’t really want you to stop snoring… Why? Because when you stop snoring, they stop making money.

Let’s have a look at what they Mayo Clinic says about some of the so-called “snoring solutions” that the industry is selling:

Mouthpieces:

May take weeks to adjust to

May cause temporary jaw pain

Intrusive

DO NOT CURE THE ROOT CAUSE OF SNORING

Positional Devices:

Can detach at night if not attached well or worn too low on the torso

Can be a long adjustment period (2 weeks+) if user normally sleeps on their back intrusive

DO NOT CURE THE ROOT CAUSE OF SNORING

Anti snore pillows:

Are typically designed for single-position sleepers

It can be difficult to get used to the firmness

The structure causes neck pain in some

Foam flattens over time, so they need to be replaced frequently

Some are too lightweight, causing it to slip from under the head during the night

DO NOT CURE THE ROOT CAUSE OF SNORING

Chin Straps:

Doesn’t it around all head sizes

Straps can cut into the ears

Many reports that it puts an uncomfortable amount of pressure on head

Need very clear sinuses, since jaw is closed shut

Depending on the brand, some fabrics used can cause constant itchiness Intrusive

DO NOT CURE THE ROOT CAUSE OF SNORING

Nasal Dilators:

Won’t be effective for majority of snorers

They can pop out of your nose in the night

Many users report pain & discomfort in the nostrils intrusive

DO NOT CURE THE ROOT CAUSE OF SNORING

Nasal Strips:

Shown ineffective in 40-patient study

Adhesive can be hard to clean off & can irritate the skin

Can leave red blemishes behind

Some contain latex, which can affect those with allergies & produce a nasty odor

Single usage only

DO NOT CURE THE ROOT CAUSE OF SNORING

Most people who try the above solutions have quickly realized that those are not viable solutions for them. Not only are their benefits highly questionable, but they are extremely intrusive and unpleasant to use. Who wants to go to bed wearing a mouthpiece or chin strap?

With the sheer desperation, many people experience when it comes to snoring It’s not surprising that so many snorers search for “magic pill” solutions on the chemist’s shelves. But new research shows they may well be wasting their time — and money.

Here’s what the multi-billion dollar anti-snoring industry doesn’t want you to know… There’s a remedy that’s simple, unintrusive and stops snoring for good!

In the vast majority of cases the problem can be cured — or massively reduced without any external device.

Snoring is caused by vibration of soft tissue and muscles that constitute the upper airways. In non-snorers, the tissues and muscles are firm and hence do not vibrate when breathing. Whereas in snorers the soft tissues and muscles are floppy, this causes them to vibrate when breathing resulting in the snoring sound.

Studies have shown that if you exercise those slackened throat, tongue, jaw and mouth muscles, just as you would your quads or biceps in the gym, you can build back their strength and tone, and return the structures to their former youthful condition.

Stopping to snore is within your grasp — and it’s as simple as committing to a few minutes of throat exercises every day.

For some years specialists in the U.S. have been studying the effectiveness of exercises in tightening and toning the throat muscles, and research shows near-miraculous results.

Daily targeted exercises can reduce snoring volume by 60 percent and frequency by 39 percent. That’s a far, far better result than you’d get from anything you might be able to pick up at the chemist.

Many people will notice improvements even after the first night, but you’ll need to stick with it. It might take three months of daily practice to achieve top tone (and minimal snoring), but once there, dipping into the exercises every so often is usually enough to stop the throat from falling back into its former slack state.

Researchers have revealed a unique set of exercises they say can dramatically reduce snoring in patients. They involve moving your tongue, jaw and exercising your mouth.Experts say it can dramatically cut the amount, and power, of snoring.

“We tested the effectiveness of oropharyngeal exercises to reduce snoring,” said Brazilian Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho, MD, Ph.D., study author, “the exercises significantly reduced snoring in our study group.”

US doctors have backed the research

“This study demonstrates a promising, noninvasive treatment for large populations suffering from snoring, the snorers and their bed partners, that are largely omitted from research and treatment,” said Barbara Phillips, Medical Director of the Sleep Laboratory at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. “Frankly, this will change the advice that I give to my patients who snore. And that’s a lot of people.”

As you now know and probably already knew, the various so-called solutions that are currently out there for snoring simply do not work and are extremely intrusive and unpleasant. They do not get to the root cause of snoring and attempt to cover it up with cumbersome contraptions.

In order to cure your snoring for good, you must address the root cause which is done by exercising your throat, tongue, jaw and mouth.

Ready to cure your snoring for good? Click here to learn about the Optimum Sleep Protocol:

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Olivia, a birth story

On October 14, 2017 at around three in the morning, I woke up and went to the bathroom. That had become a normal time for me to pee while I was pregnant. This time, my shorts were all wet. I didn’t know your water could break without having contractions, so I wasn’t sure if I peed myself or not. I smelled my pants and there was no odor. I cleaned up and went back to the bedroom. Matt had woken up, as he usually did when I got up at night, and asked if I was okay, as he always did when he woke up because I had gotten up. I turned the light on and let him know I had to see if I had wet the bed. No spot. We made a game plan that if I continued to wet we would go to the hospital. I put on a sanitary pad to see if I had a slow pee leak or water breaking. After a couple gushes of liquid leaving my body, we decided to bug out.

This was a very calm experience. I changed my clothes, my bug-out bag was prepped and in the car, and we were ready to go. The drive was calm at four in the morning. It was the third time we had headed to a hospital at that time during this pregnancy: the first time, we thought I had already miscarried and that I had become septic (but we learned there that I was indeed pregnant) and the second time my eyes had swollen up in some strange allergic reaction and we wanted to make sure it wasn’t something awful. We laughed a bit that this early morning trip was on par.

We drove to Garden City Hospital instead of the hospital 10 minutes away (at which we had both been born) because while our OB could go to both, our midwife could not (though, our midwife was not on call for the weekend). As we drove, we saw a “Haunted Funeral Home” and laughed at how creepy it was. The trip seemed short and when we arrived we were able to park and walk to the Emergency enterance without a rush. When asked why we came in today, I replied that “I think my water may have broke? But I don’t know?” They took my info, took me on, and asked if I wanted a wheel chair to head to the Birthing Center. I opted to walk because I could and I figured it would help the process along. After a mild case of getting lost, we found our way and they set us up in an examination room. I got my first piece of plastic hospital jewelry: white bracelet #1. While in the exam room, they asked the typical admin questions while checking my vitals. The nurse was great and we joked about how if I was admitted she’ll have to ask me all the same questions again because whoever set up the computer system never thought to make the answers transfer. The in-house doctor examined me and yes, my water had broken and I was 1cm dilated. They admitted me and the nurse asked me questions again. We laughed.

Since I was admitted, they took me to a Birthing room and called my OB. They hooked me up to an IV for saline, gave me white bracelet #2, and put two sensors on my belly: one for the baby heatbeat and one to watch my contractions. I had no contractions. The doctor wanted to give me pitocin to encourage contractions and I really didn’t want it— I wanted to wait and have everything be natural. The nurse said I was allowed to wait a bit and see how things progressed on their own. I was grateful that she told the doctor that was my wish. The doctor was irritated with me, but I explained I just wanted a little more time to see if I would dilate. They obliged, but my cervix didn’t play along. Still 1cm and my water had broken long ago, so I didn’t want to prolong the labor any longer than I had to, for the baby’s sake.

The pitocin started to help the contractions. They happened, though irregularly. Started off easy and grew to some... awful pain. From the time I was 13 years-old until maybe twenty-seven, I have had horriblly painful menstrual cramps. The labor pain I felt was the same as these contractions. I always assumed this would be the case and I figure if I could handle my periods, I could handle labor pains. For a long time, I did! I walked around and bounced on a Birthing ball to stave off some bad ones while my husband helped keep me grounded. I was surprised by how similar the pains were for me. The only real difference was that for my periods, the worse they got the sooner it would ease off and end but for labor, I knew it would continue to worsen because that’s what they needed to do to produce the baby! This fact made me break down emotionally. They had asked a couple times if I wanted an epidural. I didn’t want it—if I could handle my periods, I could do this. My mom’s babies gave her short labors; maybe 4 hours tops. I could make that work, I knew it. But, eventually, I realized I couldn’t take it. It had been 9 hours and I decided one more cervix check would determine what came next. I thought I had to at least be 5cm and if that was the case, I could do it! But the check showed 1cm, still. I felt defeated and asked for the epidural. (By the way, it’s never too late to get an epidural, but the anesthesiologist can get busy. Also, it won’t wear off if because they can give more. Don’t let them be stingy!)

My nurse, Brooke, was a godsend. She was so honest with me about everything and gave advice on what I could ask for. She let me know that everything that went on was my choice. “You’ve come a long way, you really tried hard and you should be proud. There’s no reason to put yourself through more pain. But, if you want to try longer you can. You’re in control.”

The time between asking for the epidural and receiving it was the worst. At least for me. The pain had become nearly constant and was so strong I could no longer control myself. I could barely move. I laid on the bed, curled into the siderail squeezing it as though my life depended on it. I sobbed in pain, trying desperately so remember that tensing up made it worse, that I needed to breathe. Impossible. When the doctor was finally ready, I was feeling pretty embarrassed that I moaned and cried with pain, that I made a scene. I’m not a dramatic person. This was hell. My husband was asked to leave (if something bad happens and you code, they don’t want him in the way). Brooke came to me and explained how I needed to position my back, keep it straight, curl over a pillow, remain still. I admitted how I was afraid of the epidural. She told me she was sorry I had to cry and leaned in to tell me firmly how strong I am. She made me believe her with her embrace.

The epidural worked almost instantly. The pain melted as the feeling in my lower half disappeared. Relief washed over me. My body existed and I could feel touch, but there was no pain. My monitor registered contractions, but I didn’t feel them. Matt said in the fifteen minutes he’d been gone, I transformed and it amazed him. The hardest part for him had been watching me feel that pain while powerless to help other than rubbing my back while I clung to the bed. He had helped me walk, steadied me on the Birthing ball, kept me focused when I needed it and distracted when that was best. He made me laugh and confirmed my strength. He was my rock and, gods, I love that man.

Eventually, I began to feel pressure in my contractions. Like I needed to poop. It would come and go. Matt could watch the monitor and was amused by what I could and couldn’t feel as the needle danced around. Brooke brought Dr. Sara at about the 13 hour mark in to check my dialation. I couldn’t move my legs, so they moved them for me like a rag doll. I laughed as my left leg flopped off the bed because I couldn’t stop it.

I expected 4cm or that my luck would leave me at 1cm forever. I was 10cm and ready to “labor down” until my OB could arrive. Once again, my husband and I felt relief that we would soon see our little peanut. We were amazed at how much time went by so quickly. At the 14 hour mark or so, I asked when I could push and Dr. Sara said it was up to me. We could do some practice pushing so I could learn how to do it and without being able to feel much. “Push like you have to poop.” It makes sense, except when you can tell if you’re doing it right. You really have to have good coaching and I am so blessed to have had Brooke and Sara helping me. Brooke held my left leg, my husband had my right leg, and they all watched the monitor for my contractions to come. Eventually, I could feel some that the computer didn’t pick up. I pushed with the contractions, and though I was told I was doing well, I felt like nothing was happening.

Brooke said if I wanted to, she could get a mirror so I could see. I laughed a little and said I didn’t know. Sara admitted some things you can’t unsee. I said I thought I wanted to but that it would probably make it worse for me. They said they could help me to touch if I wanted, too. I didn’t, but appreciated the offer. We joked a lot and exchanged stories. I often stopped to push and returned to the story once the contraction was over. My husband was beside himself that I pushed so hard and went right back into story mode.

My OB came and the show moved faster. He wanted to cut me and I felt a surge of panic. There were three things (well, 4: I hoped to not need a cessarian) I didn’t want to have for labor and they were pitocin, an epidural, and an episiotomy. My husband instantly reassured me that it would be okay. The baby’s head was just too big. Sara said I could wait if I wanted to keep trying; she had been massaging around my vulva as I pushed. I said one more (because the contraction was right there) but that it was okay. It had been nearly 16 hours since my water broke and I didn’t want to prolong my labor any longer that I had to, for the baby’s sake.

After three tiny (and audibly sickening) snips, I was able to birth a large, blue/pale/red head and then shoulders. They took care of where the umbilical cord was and immediately brought my little girl to my chest while she cried for the first time. I pet her head and comforted her as a nurse wiped her clean as best she could as I held her. My husband expressed his pride and joy in the moment; his face will forever be in my mind. He cut the cord while the nurses who suddenly doubled or tripled in numbers kept me distracted with questions as Sara delivered my afterbirth. I still felt no pain. “What a peaceful way to enter the room,” Dr. Sara had said.

They took Olivia from me to wash her up on the other side of the room. They weighed her (after taking quick guesses) and cooed over her beauty. They handed a clean baby to my husband who melted at her touch. I marveled at the proud father, the only man I ever would have concidered having children with. That, right there, was my family.

Olivia Joan. 10/14/2017, 6:53pm. 8.0lbs. 21 in long. 12.5 in head circumference. 16 hours of labor. Full head of long, dark hair. My miracle rainbow baby.

Labor doesn’t go as planned. Have an idea of what you want and let your partner know so they can help be your voice, but know that plans can change and it doesn’t make you a failure. Do what is healthy for your baby.

When you have good nurses and doctors, let them know it.