A powerful, raw truth every pregnant woman needs to hear: Your body knows. Trust it. Move.
After 14 hours laboring at home—calm, strong, standing tall under hot water, surrendering gracefully to each wave—Brooke Castel, 24, student doula and mama of two, stepped into hospital routine… and onto her back.
In seconds, everything changed.

Pain exploded.
Power vanished.
She felt small, helpless, like a patient—not a warrior birthing life.
“I knew better. I needed gravity on my side. I needed hot water.
She refused. She stood. She reclaimed her strength.
Lying on your back closes your pelvis, fights nature’s pull, dims your fire. For Brooke, it stole her dignity.
“Move as much as you can. Listen to your body. Claim the freedom to find YOUR position.”
No judgment—birth is sacredly personal. But her fierce honesty struck deep: thousands of mamas are waking up, demanding options, refusing to feel diminished.
One wrote: “Needed this right now!”

Another: “I’ll request different monitoring!”
A sister shared: “All fours over a chair the whole time—my body screamed for it. Anything else would’ve been hell.”
Sisters, you are not patients. You are forces of creation.
Stand. Sway. Kneel. Roar under warm streams. Let gravity carry you. Let hot water soothe your power.
Your birth. Your rules. Your unstoppable strength.
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