“I’d never been to Disney before and basically now I’m a princess” 😂😂

Can we have a how to avoid tearing when giving birth video?

Your daughter creeping up was funny

19weeks tomorrow and I've had heartburn since before we even found out about little man. So I'm am 100% convinced I am giving birth to chewbacca.

I had an emergency c-section. I had placenta previa and started bleeding heavily at 31 weeks, we rushed to the hospital. I went under general and from the time we walked into the hospital they had me prepped and my baby out in 11 minutes. Loved my nurses and how well they handled the situation and my fear!

Omg #10! I actually got some grief from one of the midwives I worked with for not gaining enough weight. I gained 15 lbs for the whole pregnancy (I started at a normal BMI), which I know is below the recommended amount. I didn't diet, count calories, or anything. I continued to exercise through my pregnancy, but never excessively. I ate mostly healthy, sometimes not, and then just waited to get hungry again before I ate. Baby was born 6 lbs 11 oz, perfectly healthy, and my pregnancy was normal. There seems to be a slight double-standard with weight. We never want to hurt someone's feelings by saying they should lose weight, but if someone needs to gain we just flat out say it. Anyways. I don't hold anything against the midwife now - she was just doing her job. But as a first time mother, to be asked by someone if I was "even eating" was actually really upsetting. All my other stats were normal, bump was growing fine. And in some countries they don't even weigh you. Ok, ok. I'm done now, promise lol

I lost my first baby and it’s become very taboo to be able to get any help or advice on eventually being a mom again. No trigger here. Just glad to not be alone and have a second chance at my dream :) you rock!

I am not pregnant nor do l plan on being for several years but here l am watching every video😂 I’ve decided l need to move wherever you live so you can be in nurse when the time comes😂

“Your big ole honkin 9 pound baby” 😂😂 I’ve had 2 of those hahah. 9lb 5oz and 9lb 7oz! I’m cooking baby #3 and I feel like it’s gonna be 10 pounds. Pray for meeee

I pray I have a nurse as comforting as you when I give birth. Due June 16th 2020 &just had my first ultrasound yesterday. It was so awesome hearing that little heartbeat. ❤️

Your little girl is too cute! I love how she just snuck in and smiled as if to say, "Hello everyone! I've arrived!"

37 weeks tomorrow..hope i have a nurse just as kind as you are ❤️😍🌸

I would really love one of these videos that deals with induction. I feel like the internet scares the crap out of new moms when it comes to induction. I am 40 weeks + 1 today and my OBGYN scheduled my induction for the end of next week as is standard practice. I found when speaking to her about a lot of the things that I was worried about she said were not true or grossly exaggerated Some examples being: they make Labour significantly more painful. They can make labour longer. They can make you need to have a C-section. They can make you need more medical interventions. Etc

,Your such a big help this is my first pregnancy I’m due December 5th and I feel so comfortable and ready because of your channel I know what to ask my nurse and I know what to do Thank you ❤️

My mom is a professional photographer and takes photos for that group in Southern California! Love what they do and glad to hear about the donation 💕

Ah, I LOOOOVE how honest you are in your videos. You bring people BACK DOWN TO EARTH (emergency c-sections specifically is what I'm referencing). It's not belittling at all. People are always so dramatic. I'm glad you dispelled all these rumors for us (like milk not coming in). I'm 32-weeks and so glad I watched this!

I just want to say thank you. I’ve been watching your videos before I even had the blessing of becoming pregnant and now ending my 8th month the anxiety is definitely there and your videos have helped so much. Even just guiding me to topics to talk to my dr about when questions arise it is greatly appreciated ❤️

Currently 30 weeks and 3 days pregnant with my first baby. Your videos have made me feel so much more prepared and relaxed about my wee mans arrival. Thanks so much for making these videos, you're an absolute star

You have such a soothing voice I would LOVE for you to be my L&D nurse!! I’m not pregnant or anywhere near trying but I am a new RN and super interested in this area of nursing

I’ve loved watching your videos as a college student pursuing a career as a labor and delivery nurse. You’re such an inspiration and it’s been so interesting to hear your perspective!

The way you explain things is so helpful! It's thorough, calm, informed and supportive....really makes some tough topics so easy to understand and feel better about!

Nurse Zabe I just want you to know how much your videos have helped calm me. I am 25+5 right now with my first kiddo. He's my family's first grandkid too, so I'm flying by the seat of pants. I'm an anxious person by nature, but I am always calmer when I have more info to squelch those irrational fears. I love watching your videos and you always answer questions I've been wondering! Love you girl! Thank you for taking the time and effort to do these!

Currently being induced. 4cm 70% effaced, 8 hours into labors. Contractions are intense but doing okay with the gas so far. 😁 Can't wait to have my baby boy. ❤️

Can I just say, I LOVE YOU. You explain everything wonderfully, and I feel so much more prepared and I’m pregnant with #3! Thank you for all your videos!

7w+5d pregnant here, I am loving your channel. Even though I have a 14 year old daughter, it was so long ago I need to refresh my memory plus there is always something new to learn ❤

Almost 32 weeks now and your videos have been everything to me!!

Loved your talk about the cords! I know people can get freaked out when thinking of a nuchal cord but generally it’s not concerning. My friend who had her baby last year though was definitely an outlier, baby had recurrent decels as labor progressed further, when they did the c-section they found baby had a nuchal cord X5!! Have never heard of that before!

Hello Elizabeth, can you please make a video that talks about tearing while giving birth and how to avoid tearing? This would be great because it gives me anxiety!

I found your channel at a perfect time ❤ I'm due January 2nd. Thank you for all of your videos, they're very comforting and educational!

Baby 1 and 2 has a cord around their necks. This is the best info on that situation I’ve heard yet. Makes me less concerned for baby 3 due February. Thank you

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your videos! ❤️ I'm almost 12 weeks and I have so many questions since this is my first pregnancy. Your videos always put my mind at ease and help me feel like I can handle my pregnancy and labor like a badass! ❤️😄

QUESTION FOR L & D NURSE: is it possible to push past a swollen cervix? or do you have to wait for swelling to reduce first? and is that only possible with an epidural? Thank you so much! You're truly an inspiration to us women ❤ looking forward to your next uploads, keep 'em coming!

I adore you! You are so much fun! I just found your channel, and I'm watching everything, and learning so much!

"Nay nay!" Now I have an urge to watch John Pinette stand-up videos lol

Yeeess!! I had horrific heartburn and my daughter was born with the most luscious head of hair 😍

Love how your little girl snuck into the video at the start it crack me up!! Also love you and your personality your very relatable and listening to you helps ease my anxious mind!!!! Also my little baby was kicking away to this video hehe

"Maybe don't love something the size of a watermelon coming out of something the size of a donut.... but besides that, great plan!"

I’m glad you explained the difference between scheduled, emergency and urgent c sections. When people ask I often say not scheduled but not sure if it was emergency. I had to have a c section because my fluid was too low and my baby was breach. So I delivered that day but the time pushed back a few times because other emergency/more urgent c sections came up.

I love your videos ❤️ my husband and I are trying for a baby and these are so informative.

My mono mono twins had so many knots, twists and a nuchal cord together. The cords were thankfully SO thick and to this day, I'm so thankful for our amazing bodies! Thanks for this video!

Omgggg you are literally the most adorable human being! Somehow you being a L&D nurse and deal with babies is just so perfect and fitting for your personality! If only women can be so lucky to have a nurse like you during L&D :)

Thank you so much for this video! I really learned a lot. I’m 16 weeks and 6 day with my second baby girl! Can’t wait to meet her! 👶🏽💕

omg I didn't know about the hair and heartburn thing, so interesting. Great video nurse Zabe :) x

I love your videos so much! I’m 31 weeks with my second and your videos always put me at ease. I had an emergency csection with my first due to a placenta rupture at 27 weeks. I’m hoping and praying we have a different experience this time around.

I’d love to see a video about things your labor nurse wants you to know about preterm labor. I’ve went into labor 3 times already this time around and thankfully I’ve had great nurses each time but I’d love to see a video with some information on preterm labor

I love your videos & absolutely love how considerate you are to everybody’s different opinions and situations. You’re so sweet! & the heartburn thing I heard about when I was pregnant with my daughter & had killer heartburn, didn’t really believe it until she was born with a full head of thick hair, my son was bald and I did not have heartburn with him 😂 I’m on my third pregnancy and have no heartburn so I’m guessing it’ll be another little baldie lol

Your videos had helped me so much throughout my pregnancy. I was scheduled to be induced at 40 +6, which was on a Wednesday. But I had an NST that Monday I failed it , got sent to the hospital I was having contractions but they told me that I was probably dehydrated, didn't even check if I was dilated and sent me home. Around midnight that same day my contractions got worse and my mom made me go to the hospital I was having contractions every minute and so all of the nurses ran into the triage room to check if I was dilated and I was already 7 cm. They took me straight to the labor and delivery room gave me my epidural which slowed my labor down tremendously around 7am the next morning I was 9 cm dilated they gave me pitocin which did absolutely nothing but by 9am I was pushing there were quite a few complications while giving birth. Everytime I push my baby's heart completely stopped I was having a hard time breathing I ended up being put on oxygen the entire time she had came out with her hand up so I tore in every place imaginable. My placenta broke upinside of me so my doctor had to reach her arms in and pull it out in pieces. I am 5 weeks postpartum and have to get a d&C done because I'm bleeding through a pad an hour and have been for about 2 weeks.

You make me so calm I need you to come and be my nurse when I have my baby in April 😂

Based on my heartburn my baby is coming out with a mullet and a 90’s style mustache 🤣

I was a month and 6 days premature and I wrapped the cord around myself.. I think mother said that I was in NICU for 6 weeks for jaundice, I would fall asleep eating and I was only 4lbs6oz. She had an emergency c-section on New Years morning at 6:15am. So proud of her and the team that nursed me and mom back to health.

I love to watch your videos! They are so helpful and educational.

lol I love your videos. They are certainly helping me relieve some birth anxiety. I've got two months left to go, provided that my baby continues to put on weight. Currently on watch because he's 15% below the growth curve. Hoping he'll get to stay in there for the full nine months, but we'll see how it goes. Thank you for being weird and awesome and making me chuckle several times

Love your videos!!So informative!!Baby due in 3mths and the info answers so many questions🌷

U really look like Drew Barrymore . I know u get that a lot. Even talk like her lol

I love you! You’re so calm and reassuring 🤗❤️ Can you do a video all about “How to know when you’re ready to try for a baby?”... My hubby and I have been together for almost 9 years and married for 2 and a half. We want children in our lives, but is there ever a right time? How did you know? 😊 Love your videos!

can we please discuss hyperemesis gravidarum vs morning sickness??

Wow thanks for this video!! Very informative... Loved it!!

Wow you’re so informative and funny!❤️ you sound like the best nurse!!

My first son had his cord wrapped and had recurrent deceleration and I still had a vaginal birth. Nurses were scared, but you’d never have known! He’s great and had no issues. ❤️ My second son also had his cord wrapped, but had no deceleration. 🤷🏼‍♀️

You’re the cutest. Aghhh I love all of your videos!

The heartburn one I always thought was untrue. Maybe I just dont get heartburn! I had no heartburn my entire pregnancy! And my daughter came out with so much hair. I love your videos, btw. So informative. :)

Loved this! So informational and entertaining!

Thank you for donating to NILMDTS. I delivered my twins too soon on March 27th at 21w4d. I wish I had known about their services at the time. Though uncomfortable for some... I thank you for bringing up pregnancy and baby loss. I wish I had known about the harsh reality prior to. I was under the false assumption that we were safe after 12 weeks.

I absolutely love you 😍 you are so funny! 🤣 And very informative of course, which I also love!

I have a question for your q & a if possible, what are good gifts for labor and delivery nurses? We love the team who delivered my angel baby and took care of me, and will most likely see a few of them for our rainbow due in March!

Love your video’s! I just had my little guy 6 days ago and your channel helped me prepare for what was to come. 👍

I had an emergency c section due to a bad preeclampsia and hellp syndrome at 30 weeks. My team of doctors, nurses and anesthesiologist were so amazing though. Not a minute passed where I was scared for me or my baby as I was surrounded by so much sweetness. If you have a NICU baby (preterm) it's okay!! Like my nicu nurse told me, even though little, that tiny person is still a baby getting where they should be. No matter what type of birth you have, no matter how little or big your baby is, you're a mom! And everything will be okay ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I love your videos! Very educational even tho I'm not pregnant. I have posteral hypotension and no one in my family has it so none of them can answer questions about how low blood pressure affects pregnancy and the ability to get an epidural during labour. If you could answer, that would be awesome!

Thank you for clarifying these "week long labors". I don't count labor until 4cm maybe 3

Nurse Zabe you had me at Chick-fil-A cookies 😂😍

thank you very much for this and all your videos. This actually eased my mind A LOT. ❤ ty

I'm 37 weeks pregnant my baby has got heart disease so will be induced at 38_39 weeks ...I have been very anxious but iv been watching your videos you explain everything so I want to thank you I'm ftm I feels bit more comfortable about labor xx

This lady is the best! Hooked on her videos. Subscribed !

Wuuuw first one to comment Helpful God blessed you with your family ✌🥰🥰🥰

I knew my c-section was emergent because my labor nurse and doctor told me, it was a long labor and baby was doing well but suddenly dark meconium began leaking out and baby's heartrate dropped too low. They really rushed me in there! I was happy I'd had a trial of labor at least, felt my body was more ready to switch to mom mode. But so so glad that emergency c-sections are available and they move FAST

Can you do a video about what it’s like going through nursing school and how to become a labor and delivery nurse? Would LOVE your personal experience and info on that

Loved the video! As always :)

Boy that last one got me!!!! I had heard that one once frome a college but I thought that's just one of those myths lol

super cute cameo at 2:45 💕 she's so precious!

Thank you for talking about birthing hips. When I was 19 I was underweight because of a fast metabolism my family doctor at the time saw my hip size and told me that I was going to have a very hard pregnancy if I could even have kids. Because of this occurrence until like a month ago I have been terrified of ever being pregnant on top of the fact that my family has a lot of history of miscarriages. I am not expecting now but my fiance and I like to start trying in a year or so. Your videos along with some others have really been helping me demystify pregnancy and giving birth and now I am actually excited to be pregnant one day.

Great video as always! ❤ I'd love to know more about the way 'strep b' can effect pregnancy and labour?

Your videos are amazing!! So helpful and calming of my worrying mind. This is my first and you have put my mind at ease. I did want to know, Is it normal for Braxton Hicks to leave you breathless and sometimes lightheaded. I have read some forums about it with many women having similar symptoms but their doctors saying there is no correlation. Thank you💛 Jazmine

Omg I knew that the hair was true when my daughter came out with a lot of hair. Guess my next baby will have hair too I can't get rid of heartburn

My epidural ran out, the bag of medication actually ended up empty just as I got to pushing. I ended up needing a forcep delivery which in Australia is done in the operating theatre with an epidural so a c section can be done if needed so mine got topped up in there. They don’t have anaesthetist there at night they have to call them in so mine couldn’t be topped up until they realised they might need to do a c section. Baby head circumference was 38cm and her arm was up by her head with the cord wrapped around her neck and body so apparently I did very well to avoid a c section, I almost pushed her out but I’d had contractions for 30 hours and was just too tired to keep pushing and her heart rate kept dropping and wasn’t coming up enough and she just wasn’t tolerating labour anymore.

Wow! Learned a lot! Thanks!

So grateful for your videos. I’m in Orlando FL wish you were my nurse

My first labor was 10 hours and my second was 8.5 hours both with scheduled inductions at 39 weeks.

You're great and so insightful I only just found you a few weeks ago

This is great! Thank you! Birthing hips made me laugh!

I feel like you are a safe person to ask 2 important questions, do I need a diet to get more milk for baby? Is it possible to not get milk

I'm 33 weeks with my second. With my first i had an emergency (brinking esclampia) my daughter was 2 months early. But I seem to be having a load of Braxton hick this time were as I had none with my daughter

I feel so wrong watching these videos sometimes because I know I would not be supported by family members, friends if I were to have a baby right now. I am over the age of 18 and am really craving to be a young mom but I know I would be shunned by most people but I think your videos and many like this are very educational for those who want to have a planned pregnancy but need to make logical decisions and be properly educated first.

*More examples of Urgent vs. Emergency C-section* My mother had three C-sections. The first she had an umbilical cord prolapse this is an emergency. The second was planned because of scar tissue from the first C-section. The third (me) started out as urgent because of bleeding, turned into Emergency because of a placental rupture in combination with part of the placenta didnt want to detach from the uterus. Emergency is when eminent death is approaching for mother or baby. Urgent is where it will likely be a serious issue soon, and scheduled or planned is exactly how it sounds!

Something I just have to get off my chest (Pun intended) breast feeding with implants??? I rarely ever EVER hear anyone talk about breastfeeding with implants. Does anyone know if there's anything to be especially wary of?

My emergency C-section was following an amnio that went wrong and my son was in a dire condition. My amnio started at 9 a.m. and by 9:11 a.m. I had been moved down the hall to a surgery suite and he was delighted. 11 minutes total including changing rooms, prep and delivery. The needle from the amnio had punctured a vein in the placenta and he had lost blood into the sack and was delivered in shock with an apgar of 1. I will always tell everyone I had the easy part that day. I just got knocked out and had surgery, my husband was the one with the traumatic experience as he didn’t know if he might loose his first child and saw him being taken from the operating room white and not moving and having to be taken for emergency care.

You should do a video of rair or not common problems during pregnancy. Like preclamps and being rh negative so you have to get rhogam shots. I would love to see what you have to say about them I had both with my daughter. I'm 16 weeks now and hoping I dont get preclamps this time

To add to the cord around the neck: If you deliver vaginally, and there's more than three loops of the cord around the neck expect the doctors to share all of the potential negative side effects. On the brighter side of things, and using myself as an example, but babies can develop normally after having the cord wrapped around the neck 6 times and being vaginally delivered. I set a hospital record on the number of cord wraps, and my parents were expecting me to be extremely disabled based on what the doctors said. I'm college educated, have a technical full time job, a house, husband, fruit trees, and my only issue is scoliosis.

Thank you for all your videos! I love watching! Could you please do a video about tokophobia? I'm curious about how it's dealt with by nurses and obs. Does tokophobia include fear of having a c-section? I've tried to do research on my own about this, but I can't find anything good information that isn't just people writing articles saying not to be afraid. (For reference, after hearing about my mother's section with me where it was botched and causes her pain even to this day, and after seeing my sister go through a horrendous experience with a section as well, I'm absolutely terrified of having to have a baby in case I end up needing one as well. Even thinking about it or watching anything about it makes me verge in panic attacks at the best of times. I'd love to see a therapist about this, but I'm not in a country where I speak the language fluently, so it's not possible right now. So anything you would like to say about the topic would be great. I want to have children one day, but this is holding me back from that.) Thank you.

I have a bit of a background in ECE and a part of that came with a lot of knowledge about the body, pregnancy and labor/delivery, babies. And not to scare any mama's but when my sister in law was pregnant, we all found out about halfway through and she really did not know what to expect from any part of the journey. So everything was a suprise, actually a shock really. She had many issues during labor and delivery, she had a dangerously lengthy labor which ended in an emergency csection and an absolutely traumatized mama, physically and mentally. She was not prepared for even the best case scenario, and to have had the almost worst case scenario every step of the way, it was really hard on her in more ways than one. So much so breastfeeding was off the table, connecting with her baby was off the table, honestly she was fighting for herself to survive mentally and emotionally. So it is kind of hard to hear when a mama considers herself to have had an emergency c section, and when you kind of go into the details you find out that it was just not a a part of the plan that they had a relatively challenging experience but like she said not in the case of an emergent situation. And then I compare that to the knowledge i have of my sister in laws birth and other mama's who have shared their birth story with me, how traumatic birth can really be, how actually dangerous it was for them, life threatening even. And you realize how important it is to understand what is happening to you during your labor and delivery and how to label the birth for what it was so theres not a chance for someone to minimize your experience or so that another mama isn't triggered and etc. Just my thoughts on the subject 😊

My due date is tomorrow. This video is SO helpful haha