#vrikshambirthstory

Hi anu sis, I am your may month labor management student and living in Sweden. Bcoz of these current situations we can’t bring our parents here. All was handled by me and my husband with 5-year-old kid.

This was my second pregnancy. I was at 39 weeks 4 days, 16 hours of labor pain and birthed a baby boy on September 5th at 4am and it was a Vaginal birth. It all has started on September 4th morning. I had a normal period cramp and did walking for a while and the pain goes off. Again, pain has started in the noon and timing the contraction and it was half an hour once and not strong.

Then i cooked lunch and grinded dosa batter. I kept myself active by doing all these kitchen works between the contraction and during them I did squats and the breathing exercise.

Still, I had a doubt, if true labor has started or not. We had a lunch and decided to go for a walk, we went to grocery store and the pain was little stronger than before. So, we came home and called to my midwife around 9pm and she said call me after you feel more stronger because this was early to come to hospital.

Then I started the ball exercise and the contraction come every 15 mins. My husband was very supportive during the contraction, he kept water bag and my elder son did thigh massage for me that was a memorable time for us as three and my little one went to sleep. I was keep moving around the house. At 11.30pm it was stronger so I woke up my husband to drop my elder son at our friend’s home.Till he arrives I was at home alone and meanwhile doing my ball exercise and lying on the ball was little relaxed during the contraction. Again, we called to midwife around 2am and said, the contraction timings are 7 mins once for more than one hour, mucus plug also started to show, we asked if we can come to hospital and she said it’s your choice. I decided to go to hospital to check the status of dilation.

Slowly I came down from my apartment and felt the contraction stronger and my water broke up with some blast sound. So, I decided to use toilet and change the dress and then go to the hospital. When I entered our house to change, I felt like the baby is coming out and touching with my fingers and I felt like something very hard. Immediately I walked into the bath tub and called midwife and she gave the instructions to my husband to check the baby head is really coming out or not. He was in shock mode “what” and midwife give instructions. He examined and told the baby hair is showing and I was losing my strength.

My midwife continuously said “don’t give up you almost there trust your body and the baby” that time I remembered your words and did your pushing techniques. Within 3 to 4 push my baby born and my husband held him that moment baby cried and we put skin to skin immediately.

My husband was very surprised at what we did because he usually tells me that I can’t come inside the labor room but what a miracle happened now without any medical professional at the moment we gave a birth to our child. Never did I dream it will happen this way.

Within 5 mins ambulance came with a team of medical professionals, they gave me some pain killer again, I got a contraction they told me to push and placenta came out and did delayed cord clamping after that they took me to the hospital. I had a second-grade tear. Everything went well like feeding within an hour and he passed meconium.

All my thanks to Anu Akka. Really, your coping techniques, the breathing exercise and your powerful words what you have taught in the class it helped a lot even I was in pain. All these memories happened on teachers’ day. You are wonderful teacher and you are very much an inspiration for all women out there.
Thank you so much guru🙏