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Just over a month on from the arrival of her daughter Marlie-Mae Rose, The Bachelor star Laura Byrne has opened up about her birth story.
Laura, who won Matty J’s heart on the fifth season of The Bachelor in 2017, and Brittany Hockley, who made the top two in Nick Cummins’ season last year before he infamously chose no one, have just joined forces to produce a new podcast: Life Uncut.
In the second episode of the new podcast, Brittany interviewed Laura about what it was like being induced when her baby was two weeks overdue.
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“They don’t call it labour for no reason – it is definitely very painful,” Laura said, describing her birth experience.
“Although everyone does have a very different pain threshold. I was induced and I think if you go into spontaneous labour, it’s a very different experience. It was right at the brink of my pain threshold,” she added.
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I have had an induced and spontaneous labour. The induced labour came first and I actually preferred it. It was much quicker (8 hours) than the spontaneous (19 hours) and I liked the predictability of the contractions. I didn't need any pain relief for the induced labour but needed gas for the spontaneous right before the pushing unexpectedly started because I was psychologically exhausted wondering when it was all going to end. Each to their own, every woman's body is different. Well done Laura, it was never going to be easy but you did it!
I’ve had two drug free (not by choice but my super fast transition phase).... one was induction with gels one was spontaneous labour.... the induced was the WORST.... so much more painful I had wave upon wave of contractions with no break at all between them..... I was desperate not to be induced second time around .... second birth was a breeze in comparison