#vrikshambirthstory,

Hi Anu Akka, I have been your early pregnancy, labor management, and breastfeeding webinar participant. And I must say that through all your sessions you have only empowered me through your positivity. Today I want to share my birth story with you.

I have been having Braxton hick’s contractions since almost the 36th week. I also had been doing regular walking, curb walking, squats, and most of the exercises you recommended. I had my PV checkup on the 8th of March but I didn’t cooperate well and the doctor told me that if I can’t bear this then the c-section is the only option.

The doctor called me again on 15th March and if I didn’t cooperate then too, then he would go ahead with that. I started having doubts that I can deliver normally but I went through your notes and regained my confidence. On the 9th of March evening, when I had completed 38 weeks, I found my contractions quick in frequency. I had used to contractions timer app you suggested earlier and it always suggested false labor.

But that day it said that I might have to go to hospital as my contractions were 5-6 mins apart. Your class gave me the courage to not panic and I convinced my family to first have a proper dinner and then I’ll inform the hospital. When I reached the hospital, they did a PV checkup again.  This time I practiced breathing techniques and pictured my baby’s face and it went well. The doctor said that I will be taken to the labor room now. I was shocked because my contractions were still not strong enough.

They took me to the labor room at 11.50 pm, induced me, and broke my water. The doctor told me that the baby has passed meconium and there is not much time. My contractions grew stronger and there was a point I felt I couldn’t do it. But I remembered your mantra, “Trust your Body” and focused on breathing. Surprisingly everything went too quickly and at 12.39 am I delivered my baby boy vaginally. I was surprised it all happened so quickly. My labor after inducing was barely an hour.

It was all thanks to you that you made me believe in myself and motivated me to let my body take its own course. If I had resisted then I had to undergo an emergency c-section because the heart rate was dropping due to meconium.

Thank you so much Anu Akka. Lots of love to Ahan and Ayan. ❤️

– Lots of Love,

  Sneha