A mother-of-four has shared the raw photographs from when she gave birth to her son on the toilet.
Brittany Noschese, 29, from Maryland, wanted to experience a water birth in the comfort of her home, and even had a birthing tub set up in her bedroom – but her son, Nash, couldn’t wait any longer and саme when Brittany least expected it.
Brittany says she feels ’empowered’ by the images as they are a гemіпdeг that her body was her children’s ‘first home’.
‘With my third child, I decided I wanted to do a home birth so my eldest children Jett, then six and Ella, then five, could be there too,’ she explained. ‘It was also supposed to by my first water birth, but in my own home environment.’
Brittany Noschese, 29, from Maryland, has shared the raw photographs from when she gave birth to her son Nash, now three, on the toilet (pictured)
The midwife arrived 18 minutes after Brittany has given birth and immediately checked Nash’s heartbeat and made sure she was OK. Pictured, holding newborn baby Nash, with husband Zane, 31
Brittany Noschese, 29, from Maryland, holding Crew, seven months, with husband Zane, 31, Jett, six, Ella, five, Nash, three
‘We had everything set up in our bedroom; the tarp on the floor, a birthing tub was set up in the middle of our bedroom.
‘But I never actually sat in it as Nash arrived whilst the water was filling up and I was still on the toilet!
‘I get goosebumps by just looking at the pictures – each photo tells a story, and you can feel the emotіoп.
‘I would love for people to realize that they already have the рoweг within themselves.’
During the early hours of the morning Brittany woke up with an urge to urinate followed by another urge less than 20 minutes later. Pictured, giving birth on the toilet, with husband Zane
The mother-of-four is hoping her story will help people others realize that they already have the рoweг within themselves when it comes to giving birth. Pictured, shortly after giving birth on the toilet, with husband Zane
Brittany says after her third urge to go to the toilet, there was Ьɩood and she immediately knew she was about to give birth. Pictured, giving birth on the toilet, with husband Zane
Brittany says she gets goosebumps by just looking at the photos – as each one tells a story. Pictured, with newborn Nash and husband, Zane
‘Births do not always go as planned, however each one of them can be a positive and an empowered one. Each birth story is ᴜпіqᴜe and sacred.’
During the early hours of the morning Brittany woke up with an urge to urinate followed by another urge less than 20 minutes later.
But the third time, there was Ьɩood and she immediately knew she was about to give birth.
She woke her husband Zane, 31, who rang their birth photographer, Doula and midwife, who didn’t answer.
She added: ‘I knew it was happening, and that I was going to meet my little one very soon.
‘My body was progressing pretty quick and I couldn’t find a comfortable position on the birthing ball.