A friend just birthed and had a wonderful time. It was painfree though tiring labour and birth experience.I am just so pleased for her. Since 2004, dh (http://www.BroHenson.org) and I have been sharing our birth experiences at Wesley Methodist Church under the title Experiencing God In Pregnancy. She was so keen to make this work that she attended TWO of the talks! One before she was pregnant and the 2nd when she was pregnant.
She’d called me on Friday night when she had her show but no contractions. I told her not to go into the hospital just yet. To complicate matters, her doctor was away! He would not be returning till Monday. And she had originally booked her hospital bed at Mount Alvernia Hospital (Mt A) . But the stand-by/stand in (?!) dr at Mt A was also away! Now that caused some stress But the stand-in dr at Thomson Medical Centre (TMC) was available.
I told her that if it were me, I’d go with the doctor than the hospital. She did end up at TMC last night and had the baby this morning.
In her words – it was not painful but it was uncomfortable and tiring! Her baby is also nursing like a champ. What a way to enter motherhood!
I’ll see if she is up to writing our her testimony anytime soon. If so, I’ll put a link to her blog, with her permission of course! These kinds of stories must be shared! All we hear are the 24hr long labours and excruciating pain, etc….
Her birth story can be found HERE.