Preethi Singh Instagram – Taksh’s Birth Story- 1/3
*I’ve haven’t been blessed with the art of beautifully articulating a story with words like poetry, so that is not something you should expect, But what I can give you is an unapologetically real story. So here it goes.
Part 1
Throughout my pregnancy I’ve never given much thought to labour or the actual process of giving birth (except as a concept for my reels), I’ve always just blindly jumped into a difficult situation with the belief that in the end it’ll all work out. So when my doctor did an internal exam(which is so painful btw) and informed me that I was around 2 cms dilated and everything looked good, which meant that a vaginal delivery was possible, I was honestly relieved( since you hear stories all the time about private hospitals pushing you towards a C section) and then decided not to talk to anybody about the labour or the pain since I did not want to back out.
Knowing my pain tolerance and the amount of tears I’ve shed during my period cramps, when the Doctor asked me about my birthing plan and if I wanted to opt for an epidural (it’s an injection which REDUCES the labour pain significantly), I said absolutely, a 100% yes!
My doctor told me that I was due any day now and should expect either labour pains or a water break, but I didn’t experience either. On my next visit, she told me that my amniotic fluid was low and I was to be induced on the very next day (17th Nov).
On 17th we reached the hospital at 6 am and I was given a pill to induce labour, in the mean time I was asked to exercise -squats, bouncing on a soft ball etc. I did all of these diligently. But the pains did not start nor did my water break. The doctor then had to break my water and with that I started to feel the first contractions, which only increased and intensified with time. How do contractions feel? Similar to period cramps but much more intense. In the beginning the intervals between 2 contractions are long but then the intervals slowly starts to reduce and the pain increases.
….Continued in the next post
#birthstory | Posted on 17/Dec/2021 06:25:29
