title: The most amazing 24 hours.
abstract: In this column, a mother shares the story of her son's birth with her prenatal yoga instructor. The mother was able to work with her labor, was well supported by her husband and doula, and negotiated successfully with the hospital staff to have a safe, healthy birth. She describes how difficult labor is and the ways in which comfort and support strategies help women manage contractions.
authors.affiliation: TRACY POSNER works full time as an application coordinator at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland. Besides spending time with her family, she is an avid cyclist and enjoys mountain biking, hiking in the woods with her husband, Jonah, and their two Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs, and balancing it all with yoga when she can .
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Posner