Valarmathi and her husband entered the auditorium with their 6 year old daughter in between my sessions not what this place is about.Once I saw them I could figure out they are for their second pregnancy and I thought they should have come to learn general exercises for back and leg pain alone.
As most expected moms who come for the second pregnancy wants to learn exercises alone not much of labor plans.But Valarmathi made my assumption to be wrong.
She is a normal Housewife been so committed to family and Kid.Once I started to talk to her she made all my ideas about her to be wrong. She had a planned caesarean in her First pregnancy as she doesn't know much about labor she just got in to C-Section. Now for her second Pregnancy she was so determined that she wants to experience Natural Labor. I was initially not sure on how far she will be to her decision but I was moulding her in my sessions.
In my Birth Choices session one of the favourite session for most of my couples Valarmathi started to learn about Birth Options.She was so Thrilled and immediately she said I want to go for WaterBirth.I usually don't take decision fast so I told lets see how it goes.
Every session she use to reinforce me on WaterBirth , I myself also give her a word on it. I could than feel that she can go for it by seeing her determination and motivation. She use to tell me after 34 weeks of pregnancy half of her day will go by doing all the activities I have taught her to do. So regular in her schedules.
Everything was going fine with her, I thought that I should introduce her to water before directly going to waterbirth so I told her to attend one aquanatal session. She was so amazed with the comfort what she got with water and got still more assured to her decision of WaterBirth.
From her 38 weeks i use to talk to regularly to know how she is feeling. from one week before her due date she started to say of false contraction which she tend to say as i feel like pushing. I will be on toes than and i will send her to hospital for examination she will be normal than she will be back home.Next time when she told me like this around 10.00 pm i told her to eat and go to bed. I slept off suddenly i got up 1.00 am to know what happened to valarmathi , her husband picked up the call and said that she is sleeping peacefully. Like this it went for 10 days everytime she sleeps she will become normal.
April 3rd like wise it happened but very minimal contractions . They reached hospital in the evening i than went by 11.00 pm she started to say its get severe so i shifted her to the labor were we had BirthPool.
Once getting in to the pool she started to feel better. The whole night her husband was supporting her. Around 3.30 am i told her to come of the pool to change water , after she got outside she was not able to bear contractions she started to say do something i am not able to take the pain , i could her as a first time mom. Ofcourse she is for me like that as she is experiencing natural birth for the first time.
It took 45 minutes to change water than i shifted her to water she started to feel better.
Around 5.00 pm onwards she started to say i feel like passing stools. Her Aminiotic sac didn't break till than , the nurse next to me always wants to do pelvic examination which i mostly don't allow , just by checking heartrate of the baby position of the baby will be known. So i told her to hold. Around 6.00 pm she started to say i feel like pushing than i could see gush of fluid in water will bleeding so i informed the Gynaec Dr.Kavitha Gautham.
Around 6.20 am i could see the baby crowning, i was about to wear the glove Dr.Kavitha Gautham came. Now we are in positions, her husband in the pool sitting behind her to support her a duty doctor to support her arms i am in front of her talking to her.She was doing it really well but it happened for us to say push when she did that there was a slight perineal tear and baby was out than. 2.8 kg Baby boy.
Gave baby to valarmathi and then clamping of the cord done than she was shifted to be dto stitches for the perineal tear and i made her to breastfeed the baby immediately on the labor bed.
Valarmathi was so happy that she had achieved what she dreamed for.
It was the first VBAC in water . We were so happy in it.
Everything was so happy but it was a learning lesson for me.
I shouldn't have told her to push it has to be a gentle breath and no need to support her in water she knows how to balance herself in water.
So now i was preparing myself for the next birth to give the best with whatever lesson i have learned.
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