Here is the story of the birth of my beautiful daughter and the events leading up to it.
DURING PREGNANCY(Before Labour):
Pregnancy is a boon for woman and I was also on my family way. My previous (first) pregnancy lasted for only 2 months and so everyone at home this time asked me to be at rest. They made me sit, stand, stretch legs, turn around very slowly and cautiously. I am a person who runs after work with no rest and being at rest induced a stress.
My gynaecologist Dr. Anita asked me to go to Dr.Amba for pregnancy classes and she consistently told that you won’t get back pain after delivery if you go to her class. My hubby and I were not sure in going to such prenatal classes. He told I will make u walk do work etc...for normal delivery. After 3 months of pregnancy my hub made a call to Dr.Amba and was enquiring about classes. Am sure she would have faced plenty of questions :)
After some discussion, we thought “Lets go to the classes and see”. We made a walk from our home to the class.
Her first class was about pregnancy myths food and nutrition .After that she made us do simple exercises. After my loss of first pregnancy, even if I walk for 10 mts, I would get a back pain. At the end of exercise class, I got some relief in back pain. I told my hub back pain is fading away after the exercise classes. This gave me confidence and drove us to attend classes further.
Now I was able to sit stand turn around with confidence and no fear. Initially, every morning I did exercises for a count of 5 then gradually increased to 10 to 20.Whenever my body aches the exercises helped me to relieve from pain and leads to HAPPY PREGNANACY and not FEARFUL PREGNANCY.
HOW LABOR CAME???
Feb 22 At 11.30 PM I had a light bleeding and we rushed to hospital immediately. Dr. Anita examined me and she told uterus is closed so stay at home and let’s wait for pain naturally. The next day morning at 5 am I had light contractions that lasted for 15 secs with bleeding. My hub called Dr.Amba and asked her about how the contraction will be....and she replied it will pull stomach in and also she asked me to note how many contractions I get in an hour .But whenever I got contractions, I was doing slow breathing but later I understood from Amba that this is not the time to use the breathing techniques and she asked me to allow the baby to do its work. I had nearly 5 to 6 contractions in hour.
On Feb 23, at 11 AM as bleeding was still present, I was admitted in hospital. Dr. Anita checked my baby fetal rate and it was fine. She told lets wait for pain to naturally come and I was in hospital the whole night. Dr. Amba asked me to take a walk the night and also asked me to try some techniques so that pain gets induced naturally. I had a walk in hospital by taking long steps and this time contractions lasted for 45 to 50 secs. Every nurse in hospital told it’s not necessary to take long steps just walk a little. I didn’t hear their words, since I learnt in class how to walk during labor. I was unable to sleep at night due to contractions, but I was able to handle them by using different positions taught in class.
On Feb24, at 5 AM, my hubby made a call to Amba mam for labor support. She arrived immediately and she made me relax. My whole body was completely relaxed. My hub was to right of me and Amba was to the left of me. To be frank before labor, I started practicing labour techniques only after a call from her a few days before labor. She repeatedly insisted me to practice the labour techniques. I had fear that whether I will have strength to push since I was thin and Amba replied me “Nature will take care and don’t worry about it”.
PRESENCE OF DR. AMBA DURING LABOR
Dr. Anita induced pain on me so that contractions were severe. I was holding my hub hand tightly and handled contractions by slow breathing. Amba was sent for breakfast. Again, she arrived and I was much more relaxed and now I was holding her hand tightly and my hub was sent for breakfast. Really you need a support person near your labor to insist you to relax your shoulders back and do breathe in and out. Amba’s presence and her words made me do that. I couldn’t see other persons such as nurse, hub or any other. No one was visible to me and only her words reached my brain. Now I was holding both her hands since it was more comfortable and I really crushed her shoulders. During pushing she gave support to lift me up and push. After a few push my healthy girl baby came out and boon to pregnancy was in my hand.
Everyone in hospital told my mom she doesn’t make any noise at all and I was in turn telling everyone it was only due to Dr. Amba. Whenever I feel to cry “amma” in pain, her encouragement and presence forced me to do breathing and not to make noise. I had normal delivery only due to presence of Dr.Amba, since you need a correct support person in labor to support your mind to do all techniques you learnt. People nearby Dr. Amba area don’t miss to call her during labor! You will definitely gain from her presence during labor for damn sure.
HAPPY PREGNANCY HAPPY BABY :)
- Annapoorani Vetripandian
DURING PREGNANCY(Before Labour):
Pregnancy is a boon for woman and I was also on my family way. My previous (first) pregnancy lasted for only 2 months and so everyone at home this time asked me to be at rest. They made me sit, stand, stretch legs, turn around very slowly and cautiously. I am a person who runs after work with no rest and being at rest induced a stress.
My gynaecologist Dr. Anita asked me to go to Dr.Amba for pregnancy classes and she consistently told that you won’t get back pain after delivery if you go to her class. My hubby and I were not sure in going to such prenatal classes. He told I will make u walk do work etc...for normal delivery. After 3 months of pregnancy my hub made a call to Dr.Amba and was enquiring about classes. Am sure she would have faced plenty of questions :)
After some discussion, we thought “Lets go to the classes and see”. We made a walk from our home to the class.
Her first class was about pregnancy myths food and nutrition .After that she made us do simple exercises. After my loss of first pregnancy, even if I walk for 10 mts, I would get a back pain. At the end of exercise class, I got some relief in back pain. I told my hub back pain is fading away after the exercise classes. This gave me confidence and drove us to attend classes further.
Now I was able to sit stand turn around with confidence and no fear. Initially, every morning I did exercises for a count of 5 then gradually increased to 10 to 20.Whenever my body aches the exercises helped me to relieve from pain and leads to HAPPY PREGNANACY and not FEARFUL PREGNANCY.
HOW LABOR CAME???
Feb 22 At 11.30 PM I had a light bleeding and we rushed to hospital immediately. Dr. Anita examined me and she told uterus is closed so stay at home and let’s wait for pain naturally. The next day morning at 5 am I had light contractions that lasted for 15 secs with bleeding. My hub called Dr.Amba and asked her about how the contraction will be....and she replied it will pull stomach in and also she asked me to note how many contractions I get in an hour .But whenever I got contractions, I was doing slow breathing but later I understood from Amba that this is not the time to use the breathing techniques and she asked me to allow the baby to do its work. I had nearly 5 to 6 contractions in hour.
On Feb 23, at 11 AM as bleeding was still present, I was admitted in hospital. Dr. Anita checked my baby fetal rate and it was fine. She told lets wait for pain to naturally come and I was in hospital the whole night. Dr. Amba asked me to take a walk the night and also asked me to try some techniques so that pain gets induced naturally. I had a walk in hospital by taking long steps and this time contractions lasted for 45 to 50 secs. Every nurse in hospital told it’s not necessary to take long steps just walk a little. I didn’t hear their words, since I learnt in class how to walk during labor. I was unable to sleep at night due to contractions, but I was able to handle them by using different positions taught in class.
On Feb24, at 5 AM, my hubby made a call to Amba mam for labor support. She arrived immediately and she made me relax. My whole body was completely relaxed. My hub was to right of me and Amba was to the left of me. To be frank before labor, I started practicing labour techniques only after a call from her a few days before labor. She repeatedly insisted me to practice the labour techniques. I had fear that whether I will have strength to push since I was thin and Amba replied me “Nature will take care and don’t worry about it”.
PRESENCE OF DR. AMBA DURING LABOR
Dr. Anita induced pain on me so that contractions were severe. I was holding my hub hand tightly and handled contractions by slow breathing. Amba was sent for breakfast. Again, she arrived and I was much more relaxed and now I was holding her hand tightly and my hub was sent for breakfast. Really you need a support person near your labor to insist you to relax your shoulders back and do breathe in and out. Amba’s presence and her words made me do that. I couldn’t see other persons such as nurse, hub or any other. No one was visible to me and only her words reached my brain. Now I was holding both her hands since it was more comfortable and I really crushed her shoulders. During pushing she gave support to lift me up and push. After a few push my healthy girl baby came out and boon to pregnancy was in my hand.
Everyone in hospital told my mom she doesn’t make any noise at all and I was in turn telling everyone it was only due to Dr. Amba. Whenever I feel to cry “amma” in pain, her encouragement and presence forced me to do breathing and not to make noise. I had normal delivery only due to presence of Dr.Amba, since you need a correct support person in labor to support your mind to do all techniques you learnt. People nearby Dr. Amba area don’t miss to call her during labor! You will definitely gain from her presence during labor for damn sure.
HAPPY PREGNANCY HAPPY BABY :)
- Annapoorani Vetripandian