Steps to Wander: Natural Disaster

[ja14]

I feel like people on these forms can be so unnecessary harsh sometimes. I typically don't have many good things to say about K & C, but I watched the birth story and I thought she was open and honest about the whole thing. She talked about her high expectations, how she thought her body wouldn't need the interventions, but how that wasn't the case. She said she sees epidural​s differently now and it allowed her to enjoy her labor. She was disappointed with her self for not being strong enough to do it without, but the most important thing was June was there. Also, she wasn't acting like she willed her body to stop labor for Paris to go to doggy daycare. She was saying they were stressing about and hoping to make it at home until the morning so they would have somewhere for Paris to go. Then when that time actually came, her contractions stopped. Seemed like she was just mentioning the irony in that....... She did have unrealistic expectations, but at least she acknowledged she was wrong for that and talked about how her opinions changed. I'm sure you're all disappointed when things don't go your way and you can't 100% predict how things are going to happen.

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[Edenberry]

Did anyone else notice Missy's speech was REALLY bad when they were in the bathroom getting the bathtub ready. She was slurring words, the lisp was much worse, and she seemed generally "off" to me.

[Edenberry]

*wrong board...omg sorry*

[HashtagBlessed]

Kelsey was counting mild to moderate contractions spaced around 20 to 30 minutes apart as active labor when she's claiming she was laboring for 50 hours. This is consider early labor. Until she dilated to at least 3 cm, she was still in early labor. She wants to count everything as active labor, so she goes around claiming to have been in labor for 50 hours. I don't think they learned anything.

And she wants it to sound like she was throwing up at home due to the pain of her contractions, but diarrhea and vomiting are common symptoms of early labor. It doesn't mean the contractions are particularly intense.

Is it unusually that they never broke her water for her? I've never heard of that before.

[fossilfinger]

I feel like people on these forms can be so unnecessary harsh sometimes. I typically don't have many good things to say about K & C, but I watched the birth story and I thought she was open and honest about the whole thing. She talked about her high expectations, how she thought her body wouldn't need the interventions, but how that wasn't the case. She said she sees epidural​s differently now and it allowed her to enjoy her labor. She was disappointed with her self for not being strong enough to do it without, but the most important thing was June was there. Also, she wasn't acting like she willed her body to stop labor for Paris to go to doggy daycare. She was saying they were stressing about and hoping to make it at home until the morning so they would have somewhere for Paris to go. Then when that time actually came, her contractions stopped. Seemed like she was just mentioning the irony in that....... She did have unrealistic expectations, but at least she acknowledged she was wrong for that and talked about how her opinions changed. I'm sure you're all disappointed when things don't go your way and you can't 100% predict how things are going to happen.

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I agree, she owned up to her mistakes. I was more critiquing the way the labor actually happened than her recap/reaction to it. Thankfully everything went well and June is here without any complications, and yes, that is the most important part. But I would hope this would be a lesson to them for the future.

[HashtagBlessed]

And LOL at Kelsey claiming she's usually a "really energetic person." This woman was essentially a stay-at-home-wife for years until she had her daughter, and now she still has her husband home with her 100% of the time since he "works" from home. What about her comes across as energetic? I don't blame someone for taking a break while they're caring for and adjusting to a newborn. But what was her excuse before and during pregnancy for doing nothing all day?

[tintin15]

I thought they were claiming that the labor was 42 hours...now it's 50?

[lmmomSD]

I thought they were claiming that the labor was 42 hours...now it's 50?

50 is such a nice, round number.

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[westwuff]

I just had my daughter on Friday and it's interesting to me that they never broke her water. I actually felt similar to Kelsey during my labor that the contractions were intense, close together, and tiring but I could tell they weren't doing much as far as dialation. So I asked to have my water broken and my daughter was born about 90 minutes later. Surprised that wasn't tried before an epidural and everything consideering how admittedly set she was on a natural labor.

[S_tine05]

I always thought of labour as starting when your contractions were regular and constant? a friend of mine walked around with constant contractions at 3cm for nearly 2 weeks because the government hospital said they would not take her until things sped up her baby was born via c section at 4.8 kg and she is a tiny size 4/6 which I think would be an overseas size of 0/2 I'm not sure but in any case her mother eventually rushed her in privately and paid for the c section because she was literally black and blue down there from baby trying to make his appearance and not getting anywhere I would say she was in labour for 2 weeks, Missy however uhm nope and Kelsey I don't think she started as early as she thinks/says she did, everything for Youtube

[Scar2016]

And LOL at Kelsey claiming she's usually a "really energetic person." This woman was essentially a stay-at-home-wife for years until she had her daughter, and now she still has her husband home with her 100% of the time since he "works" from home. What about her comes across as energetic? I don't blame someone for taking a break while they're caring for and adjusting to a newborn. But what was her excuse before and during pregnancy for doing nothing all day?

Hush now. All that jogging she did was extremely energetic and also as exhausting as working a full time job. #Sarcasm

[Playsinrain]

And LOL at Kelsey claiming she's usually a "really energetic person." This woman was essentially a stay-at-home-wife for years until she had her daughter, and now she still has her husband home with her 100% of the time since he "works" from home. What about her comes across as energetic? I don't blame someone for taking a break while they're caring for and adjusting to a newborn. But what was her excuse before and during pregnancy for doing nothing all day?

Granted she used to run every day, maybe thats what she means by energetic?

[Playsinrain]

I feel like people on these forms can be so unnecessary harsh sometimes. I typically don't have many good things to say about K & C, but I watched the birth story and I thought she was open and honest about the whole thing. She talked about her high expectations, how she thought her body wouldn't need the interventions, but how that wasn't the case. She said she sees epidural​s differently now and it allowed her to enjoy her labor. She was disappointed with her self for not being strong enough to do it without, but the most important thing was June was there. Also, she wasn't acting like she willed her body to stop labor for Paris to go to doggy daycare. She was saying they were stressing about and hoping to make it at home until the morning so they would have somewhere for Paris to go. Then when that time actually came, her contractions stopped. Seemed like she was just mentioning the irony in that....... She did have unrealistic expectations, but at least she acknowledged she was wrong for that and talked about how her opinions changed. I'm sure you're all disappointed when things don't go your way and you can't 100% predict how things are going to happen.

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I agree. It was nice to hear her labor story and not the one Corbin fed into the birth vlog. I'm so glad that she actually felt as though labor was more "enjoyable" after her epi and that she doesn't regret it. It was nice to see her being fine with the fact that things didn't go as planned, since she seemed so unwilling to wavier from her birth plan in the beginning. I'm glad shes at peace with it (something that her best friend could never EVER do) and realizes that a medicated birth can be just as amazing as a natural birth.

[HashtagBlessed]

And LOL at Kelsey claiming she's usually a "really energetic person." This woman was essentially a stay-at-home-wife for years until she had her daughter, and now she still has her husband home with her 100% of the time since he "works" from home. What about her comes across as energetic? I don't blame someone for taking a break while they're caring for and adjusting to a newborn. But what was her excuse before and during pregnancy for doing nothing all day?

Granted she used to run every day, maybe thats what she means by energetic?

I think she jogged everyday for a few weeks while they lived at the beach condo. Did they ever mention jogging on a regular basis while on their road trip? Or before that? I work full time and still manage to work out 4 days a week and cook dinner. I don't consider myself particularly "energetic" for being an adult for the last eight years. Kelsey rarely cooked, didn't work, and I doubt she was exercising regularly either. Neither of them strike me as particularly structured or disciplined people. Corbin is exhausted after working half-days from home lol

Notice how Corbin was SO defensive and combative with commenters talking about the car situation, and all of a sudden today he's claiming it's time to buy a car of their own because they want to take day trips and it takes more time to get the rental car for every doctor's appointment. Isn't that what everyone was trying to tell them before they became parents?

[lmmomSD]

I just had my daughter on Friday and it's interesting to me that they never broke her water. I actually felt similar to Kelsey during my labor that the contractions were intense, close together, and tiring but I could tell they weren't doing much as far as dialation. So I asked to have my water broken and my daughter was born about 90 minutes later. Surprised that wasn't tried before an epidural and everything consideering how admittedly set she was on a natural labor.

Congratulations!

I don't understand that either. Maybe they didn't mention it? It's been so long, but don't you need a fetal scalp monitor if you have an epidural?

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[ja14]

I just had my daughter on Friday and it's interesting to me that they never broke her water. I actually felt similar to Kelsey during my labor that the contractions were intense, close together, and tiring but I could tell they weren't doing much as far as dialation. So I asked to have my water broken and my daughter was born about 90 minutes later. Surprised that wasn't tried before an epidural and everything consideering how admittedly set she was on a natural labor.

Congratulations!

I don't understand that either. Maybe they didn't mention it? It's been so long, but don't you need a fetal scalp monitor if you have an epidural?

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I gave birth in may. They were going to break my water after being on pitocion for 12 hours and only going from 4 cm to 5 cm. However, I got an epidural, my water broke 15 minutes later & then I was at 10 cm and ready to push. ... They do not do scalp monitor for every epi. You do have a normal fetal monitor around belly though.


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[Snow White]

I'm glad she acknowledged nothing went according to her plan and that she's at peace with that.
The thing is people tried to prepare her for that. When they began exhausting Kelsey physically in an attempt to kick start labour, viewers tried to explain to them that labour would be intense and exhausting, and they were dismissed like "trolls".
They never once said we HOPE to follow our birth plan, they truly believed they could control everything. They were and continue to be dismissive and rude to anyone whom offers advice.

No one posting here is any more harsh than K &C are with their own viewers. JMHO.

[Playsinrain]

And LOL at Kelsey claiming she's usually a "really energetic person." This woman was essentially a stay-at-home-wife for years until she had her daughter, and now she still has her husband home with her 100% of the time since he "works" from home. What about her comes across as energetic? I don't blame someone for taking a break while they're caring for and adjusting to a newborn. But what was her excuse before and during pregnancy for doing nothing all day?

Granted she used to run every day, maybe thats what she means by energetic?

I think she jogged everyday for a few weeks while they lived at the beach condo. Did they ever mention jogging on a regular basis while on their road trip? Or before that? I work full time and still manage to work out 4 days a week and cook dinner. I don't consider myself particularly "energetic" for being an adult for the last eight years. Kelsey rarely cooked, didn't work, and I doubt she was exercising regularly either. Neither of them strike me as particularly structured or disciplined people. Corbin is exhausted after working half-days from home lol

Notice how Corbin was SO defensive and combative with commenters talking about the car situation, and all of a sudden today he's claiming it's time to buy a car of their own because they want to take day trips and it takes more time to get the rental car for every doctor's appointment. Isn't that what everyone was trying to tell them before they became parents?

I'm pretty sure she ran quite a bit while in the van, and i watched some older vlogs and she was out running just about every day. (Also, her mom and sister run as well, i think i remember her talking while she and her sister were out on a trail run once that they have been running as a family her whole life) I do agree that her running is probably the most taxing thing she did in a day, and that over all she nor Corbin are very "energetic" people, i just think she meant that she used to run almost every day, maybe she should have said she used to be much more "active" which makes more sense. Even if you just run (or workout) a few times a week, thats still more active than the sedentary lifestyle they are living now. I have a feeling shes itching to get back into running. I do get the point you are making though, she does nothing, except maybe run a few times a week.. most adult who do that also have jobs and chores and life..

[ewokfan11]

Notice how Corbin was SO defensive and combative with commenters talking about the car situation, and all of a sudden today he's claiming it's time to buy a car of their own because they want to take day trips and it takes more time to get the rental car for every doctor's appointment. Isn't that what everyone was trying to tell them before they became parents?

Well, now that the $$$ is starting to roll in, I'm sure they can actually afford some sort of car. It was never about the environment or living a sustainable life...they just didn't have any money before June was born.

Does anyone know if they even bought the Wander Wagon with cash or was it purchased with a loan or cash advanced from CCs? I don't know how much the van cost, but they really weren't working back then and still had rent to pay and bills. It was obvious they were in a really bad financial situation at the end the the van trip - relying on free housing and immediately selling the van.

It's so messed up how they now rely on June for THEIR livelihood! I hope (but doubt) they are saving any for her future. YT won't last forever and poor June may not even get a college fund out of this.

[Pency]

I'm a runner, I could run every day too if I didn't have a job. I wish I had that kind of time for running.

I haven't watched them in a while, just come here to check in, and I think it's so funny that Corbin "we don't need a car" is now changing his tune.