Health

I Was My Sister’s Birth Doula and Her 30-Hour, Unmedicated Birth Changed Me

I’ll never forget the feeling of complete amazement and admiration I felt as I watched my big sister, exhausted and depleted, push through the hardest and most painful experience of her life. 30 hours, no painkillers. Not all superheroes wear capes.

By Anna Hugoboom10 min read
Pexels/Jonathan Borba

I was so honored when my sister asked me to be her birth doula as soon as she found out she was pregnant. We were ten years apart but had grown closer as I became an adult. She was married earlier that year to a great guy we all loved and respected, and they were excited to start their own little family.