by Michelle Stein posted in Pregnancy

A pregnant blogger from Australia is posting live updates of the labor and delivery of her second child. And for a darned good reason.
Adele Barbaro, who runs the website The Real Mumma, recently took to social media to reflect on her first childbirth experience. She also announced her play-by-play intentions for when she goes into labor with baby number two.
"I know it's a little daring but when she decides it's time to vacate, I'm going to share the experience of my labour," Barbaro wrote on Facebook. "PG of course! I want to show that labour is nothing like the movies and you can't plan for any of it! I hope it will give a great insight into childbirth for those that are expecting soon or maybe even their partners too." Before the arrival of her first baby, Barbaro had a birth plan all laid out. "Childbirth was going to be a day where I would be empowered, strong and proud," she wrote in a piece published on News.com.au. Instead of the calm drug-free water birth Barbaro had envisioned, she ended up having an emergency c-section. "I felt ripped off. I felt like a failure," she wrote. "And I felt like less of a woman because I didn?t get to go through the motions of labour or have a 'natural' vaginal delivery."
For round two, she's approaching labor and delivery a little differently. Instead of focusing on the details surrounding her daughter's birth, Barbaro says she's going i...