A glam mum ensured she had a full face of makeup while in labour so she looked "picture-perfect" after the baby was born.
Tina Aragon, 24, decided after her first pregnancy that she wanted to get glammed up to give birth again.
She wanted to make sure she looked flawless in photos for any future children she had.
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The cosmetologist fell pregnant with her second baby in March 2022, and packed her hospital bag with the essentials and her full glam kit.
When Tina went into labour on October 26, she spent an hour-and-a-half applying a "full glam" makeup look from her hospital bed – she even had false eye lashes applied while 5cm dilated.
The mum-of-two breathed through agonising contractions while blending her foundation, and had an epidural injection mid-way through powdering her face.
Tina admitted doctors were shocked, and warned her eyelashes would be long gone by the next day, but it didn't budge at all.
She believed giving birth "looking like a bad b****" helped her have the confidence to "conquer labour", and said other women should give it a go.
Tina, from Pueblo, Colorado, US, said: "I was half dilated and was sat bored just waiting – I started getting in my own head and stressing about what might happen.
"So, I said 'give me my make-up' and started my go-to glam look.
"Doctors were shocked – and as soon as I had the eyelashes on, it made all the difference.
"I kept telling myself to 'breathe and blend' through my contractions – and I had powder setting on my face as I got my epidural.
"I wondered how long it would last especially as I had a couple of hours of shedding tears, but it literally lasted the whole night – until I was ready to wipe it off myself.
"It was really helpful because it cleared my mind of the pain, and it kept my mentality strong.
"I knew I could do it because I looked good, and I would 100% recommend others try it."
The mum developed a love for makeup after she come out of a dark place in her late teens when she was taking heroine and meth.
She trained to became a cosmetologist so she could pursue her passion and claims it kept her on track with her addiction recovery.
After having her first child, Marzia Marie, now four, she decided she wanted to be made up for her next birth.
"It's good promotion for my work. And when we're taking pictures for all those special moments I want to look good," she added.
"Also, it's like a therapy for me. I knew it would be a way for me to relax."
When she found out she would be having a little boy in October 2022, she already had a plan.
Tina realised it might be a difficult birth, as doctors had detected a heart problem with her baby before he was born.
This made her even more sure she wanted to do her makeup in labour, because it would help her to stay calm despite a stressful birth.
On October 26, 2022, when she began experiencing stomach pains at 5am, husband Payton Aragon, 28, a home inspector, took her into Denver's Children's Hospital.
Doctors wanted to make sure they were supervising Tina because of the baby's heart defect – hypoplastic right heart syndrome – so she came into the hospital from the early stages of labour.
Tina was sat waiting for hours in early labour before she started getting full contractions, but over time they grew stronger.
She said: "I was sat bored just waiting and I started getting in my own head.
"I said 'give me my makeup', and started my go-to glam look.
"It was nothing super crazy – it was just the perfect thing to do while at the time in labour.
"I knew I could do it, because I looked good, and it made me feel like I was at my strongest.
"I didn't collapse or feel too vulnerable – it brought me to the point where I needed to be.
"It literally lasted the whole night until I was ready to wipe it off myself.
"I was proud of myself for that makeup – to be able to do that for myself as a makeup artist in a vulnerable moment was special."
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