Another Pink Kit Story

5 March 2009

This was received from Anna tonight:

Hello Wintergreen.

It's been nine months since my baby was born and I've been meaning to write and let you know how it went. After I did the course with you years ago, I though I had a pretty good grip on the information. But with my daughters birth I still really struggled. This time round I had the most awesome time I could have ever imagined. Jordan was born in nelosn Hospital.

My midwife over here was worried about me being two weeks overdue, and sent me to get induced. Luckily I went into labour before they got to me. It was the first time I had gone into labour with the baby in an anterior position, and it was SO MUCH easier than posterior. I felt so confident in my self, my body etc. I had done 10 weeks of internal work, and really had myself well prepared.

As soon as I got to the hospital, I decided "this is as good a place as any to have a baby" and just relaxed and let my body do it's thing. I thought about what you'd said, that if things are progressing, it doesn't matter what position you are in, so feeling sure things were progressing well, I decided to lie on my side and just relax. Each time a contraction came i focused on the pelvic clock visualisation and it really helped. When i forgot to do it, i felt as though things were hurting, then I reminded myself to do the pelvic clock thing, and the pain would go away.

At about when I felt i was in transition i wanted to have my leg lifted up while on my side,with my leg bent, which felt like a variation of the pelvic tilt. I just asked for my leg to be moved however it felt most comfortable and this seemed to help.

At almost full dilation(i checked myself) it felt like i had an anterior lip, so i decided to just chill out for a while, and do the pelvic clock exercise to see if i could focus on getting that anterior part of my cervix to relax. I think I got a bit too relaxed as after a while my midwife told me she thought that maybe I should sit up and push my baby out. I did sit up, but didn't want to push, or force the baby to come out. I didn't need to anyway. In two contractions I felt him moving through my pelvis, and announced that the baby was coming out now. I reached down, and out he came, into the bath and I pulled him up to my chest.

What delighted me so much was that i was not sore at all after the birth. It did not feel like I'd just had a 4.6kg(10lb 2oz)baby. I wasn't at all tired and went back home after a few hours and was totally happy and pround of myself. This time I really felt like I "got it"

and it is just so satisfying. Thank you so much for sharing this "common knowledge" with me and the world. I'd love to hear from you,

Lots of love, Anna

That about says it all.

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