This is the water birth of my first and right now only son Xander. He was born December 2nd of 2011. I woke up at 6pm after a long nap to my water breaking ( I had no idea I was in labor) and he was born at 8:27pm. My contractions went from 6 min apart to 2 min apart in about a half an hour. My doula arrived at my home and suggested we go to the hospital. We barely made it between contractions (it was less than a mile away). I got into the hospital squatted, had a contraction, then ran to the labor and delivery room. Once I got in my doula ran the water for me and I immediately got in. After all that rushing I was a bit panicked and as you can tell from the screaming I had a panic attack. I do not regret any of my birth and given the choice I would do a natural birth again and again. After he came out there was no pain, no anxiety, only the rush of seeing my new baby for the first time. I was up walking around immediately, recovered very quickly, and left the hospital the next morning.