Woman streams daughter\u2019s birth to 45,000 viewers on YouTube to prove it\u2019s not \u201cgross\u201d YouTube: The Positive Birth Company \/ Instagram: shivy_millerA woman hoping to show others labor isn\u2019t always \u201cgross\u201d and \u201cscary\u201d live-streamed the birth of her daughter to 45,000 viewers on YouTube, but all didn\u2019t go to plan. For new moms, giving birth for the first time can bring about some anxiety and fear. It is a complex and life-changing event, and it\u2019s normal to feel nervous. In hopes of helping others see that labor doesn\u2019t have to be \u201cgross\u201d or \u201cscary,\u201d one woman decided to take matters into her own hands and show loved ones and strangers alike that childbirth can be \u201ceuphoric.\u201d 37-year-old Siobhan Miller set up a camera to livestream the home birth of her fourth child on YouTube, filming herself throughout contractions. Having had a traumatic experience birthing her first son, Siobhan discovered hypnobirthing \u2014 a practice that uses therapeutic relaxation techniques to manage pain during childbirth. Inspired, she trained in hypnobirthing and launched her own company before taking things to the next level for the arrival of her fourth child. \u201cEverything we see depicts birth as traumatic, it\u2019s a skewed portrayal of birth,\u201d Siobhan told Metro. \u201cIt ties in with how people think about birth typically \u2013 people think of it as gross and scary. But a change of mindset can show it can be empowering.\u201d However, after an hour and 20 minutes in labor, no midwives were available to come to Siobhan\u2019s house and she was forced to end the livestream and rush to the hospital. Siobhan ultimately gave birth to her daughter, Fionnuala, at the hospital in a birthing pool, calling the birth itself \u201creally lovely.\u201d \u201cI was disappointed not to have a home birth. I was disappointed the live stream had to come to an abrupt end,\u201d Siobhan said. \u201cBut I got to show [how] labor can be. I wasn\u2019t screaming. I wasn\u2019t terrified. People got to see me breathing. They just missed the finale.\u201d And while she would \u201clove to do it again and again,\u201d Siobhan has already decided Fionnuala will be her last child. Nonetheless, she hopes her livestream has helped others see the beauty in childbirth; \u201cI absolutely love giving birth. The power in your body \u2013 it\u2019s like a miracle.\u2019 Be sure to check out all the latest entertainment news on our page here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Woman streams daughter\u2019s birth to 45,000 viewers on YouTube to prove it\u2019s not \u201cgross\u201d YouTube: The Positive Birth Company \/ Instagram: shivy_millerA woman hoping to show others labor isn\u2019t always \u201cgross\u201d and \u201cscary\u201d live-streamed the birth of her daughter to 45,000 viewers on YouTube, but all didn\u2019t go to plan. For new moms, giving birth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}