Eagerly awaiting the birth of her second son after a traumatic first birth experience, a Utah mom made sure her family was prepared, including her then-3-year-old son. Yet when labor got almost too intense to bear, nothing could have helped her more than the sweet, calming words from her son that made her pull through.
Idaho-born Delaina Leigh Compton, 27, endured an asynclitic birth with her first son when he shifted position so his head was tilted to one side. Delaina gave birth to Leo, now 4, amid the dissolution of her marriage to her first husband, and claims she wasn’t at her healthiest “mentally, emotionally, or physically.”
