One mum's experience of giving birth after having a back-to-back baby 🫄
, lives in Brighton with her partner and children Violet, four, and Pearl, two. Here she recounts how she took control over her birth experience...
As we wandered around, the sensations in my bump became more noticeable. I started timing them on the contraction app on my phone. Some were two minutes apart, some seven. When we got home at around lunchtime, the tightenings ramped up – I was vacuuming the carpet and every time a contraction came I had to stop and lean over the machine.
From the moment of finding out I was 4cm, it was like a switch had been flicked. The contractions became more intense – not unbearable, but I had to focus on counting my breath to get through each one. One thing that wasn’t making it easy, though, was the weather. We were in the middle of a heatwave, and the examination room we were in was roasting. Every so often between contractions I went out into the corridor to try to cool off.
By around 5pm, a couple of hours after I’d been in the pool, the discomfort became intense. I imagined a crossroads in front of me. One sign pointed to ‘panic’, the other to ‘calm’. I chose to go to calm. Knowing I was in control of how I reacted to each contraction was empowering. Unlike my first birth experience, I never freaked out.
‘Try without the gas and air,’ the midwife advised. She was concerned it was distracting me from fully focusing – without the mouthpiece, I was free to put all my inner strength into getting the baby out. It was hard work, but when I felt the pressure mounting, I knew the end was in sight.The midwife placed a warm compress down on me, which helped to relax me, ready for the final few pushes. ‘She’s coming!’ I heard the midwife say.
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