By the time Danielle was 18 years old, she was married to her high school sweetheart Graham. The loving couple had also welcomed their first baby, a daughter named Lacey.
Three years later, Danielle was pregnant with her second child. This time around, she wanted to participate in a viral challenge called the "Baby Mama Dance" in which heavily pregnant women film themselves (and their growing baby bumps) dancing. Sometimes they dance so hard and with such gusto that they bring on labor. Her dance was so epic that it wracked up two million views on YouTube… and Graham's awesome appearance in the viral video only helped.
While organizations like the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gyneoclogists don't mention dancing as a natural way to spur labor, many women say it's a surefire method. One mom shared her thoughts on a Huggies.com message board: "I know that belly dancing was historically used in labour to facilitate the passage of the baby, all that good hip rotation was wonderful at easing baby down, and was also good pain relief.
"Dancing may very well help to move baby into perhaps a more snug fit into the pelvis, and could help to set off labour, as sometimes the baby's head pressing really nicely on the cervix can help initiate labour…"
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The dancing did, in fact, jumpstart Danielle's labor. Wolf Russell was born shortly after Danielle and Graham's Baby Mama Dance. You're about to see why.
[H/T: elleandbabes / YouTube]
