I almost delivered her in the Car

She is almost four and a half years old and now I feel, is the time to finally put it down in ink... Birth story of my child

I almost delivered her in the car..

We were at the beach on Saturday. It was a much needed visit, when you are fully pregnant at 39 weeks. Every part of the body, now fatigued and overwhelmed by the changes that it was undergoing for the past many months. Everything about the sea soothed the body and much more, the mind. It's a mental exercise of wanting to see the creation you are carrying within you, that you feel it but still can't see it and nature's teasing just one more stroke on this beautiful one, please wait a moment, woman.. and you feel it's on the verge of now being unkind.

And that moment after moment, there comes a point where you no longer want to wait but want this baby out of you and see what your body has been carrying all this long. You long to see the tiny fists and feet which, uninhibited, has been feeling the edges of its universe, which happens to be your tummy; doing somersaults at odd hours when the body most yearns to rest. I was mentally exhausted and wanted an end to this. That was when we visited the beach and let the sea touch my feet. It caressed my body where it could reach, as a mother to her child. I walked the shore, just soaking it all in.. it was a motherly affection, as if she said, "I know.." compassionately for all the pain I shared with her. Not a sign till now, I still complained..

On Monday morning, I woke up and tried getting some much needed stretch on a willing man's body, who was her father, angled in a way that would accommodate my tummy and we ended up getting intimate this time.. he wanted to ease my pain. It was he assuring me and composing me as if to say, " I am still with you. Don't you doubt.."

I soon connected with my higher self and one who was cozy inside, to say, Now is the time..

Around 1:30 pm, I felt some discomfort. It was the usual discomfort only a bit intense this time. I just sat on my bed with a pillow in between my legs and one on which I lay my head. Somehow managed to push down some food, which was difficult. It got some more intense by 2:30, this time I knew this had to do with some sign of labour, so my midwives were alerted, and they asked us to time it. I was soon in the bathroom, pacing up and down. I didn't know why, but I felt the need to be there in the bathroom. Soft moans that were now getting intense alerted the rest of the members in the house. Soon it felt like the contractions were too close and I knew I wouldn't have the time to pack the bag for the essentials which I had been putting off all this long imagining my labour to be long enough. In between contractions, I remember gasping and taking deep breaths while throwing one after the other essential onto the bed to be packed.. 

and soon I was walking down into the car where I couldn't sit! Gosh, I just couldn't sit. I felt like going downward onto the floor. I just held onto the handle above and somehow suspended myself somewhat without going too low while dealing with two other contractions. I felt like she was almost there and I would have to hold her in to make it in the hospital room. No time for proper parking, sorry daddy.. (This was a 800 mtrs ride from the house to the hospital.) And two more contractions in the hospital with the lift taking its sweet time to appear. I made my way up walking up the stairs breathing as deeply as possible - the pain getting into my bones and every cell in the body now.. avoiding all the quiet glances that understood the woman is in labour. I squatted this time when the contraction came, and the moment it was gone I rushed into the room and asked for the bathroom. I just knew she was there. The bloody show (mucus plug) was already over and I was asked to come out of the bathroom, onto the cot and realized that she was already crowning.. I felt her head and the exhilaration I felt! With the next contraction the stream of warm water flowed and in the next she popped out with an ultimate push. With my husband supporting me from the back, I heard something that was otherworldly, in between half a chuckle and excitement, as he caught a glimpse of a tiny figure that came out as I charged backwards on him..and that was all to it. The baby was caught by another woman, the only other person in the room.

I immediately asked my husband to check the time to note. Her birth time, earth side.. It was 4:39 pm. The midwives arrived rushing through the door sometime later while I was cozy up with my tiny one on my chest. The placenta was coughed out and all the necessities were later looked into..

They said it was a rare case of precipitous labour, especially for a first time delivery. Looks like the baby had made up her mind and just wanted to come outside, just like i had made up mine.. that night I was wide awake in that warm light with her placed by my side, her tiny fingers holding my finger, i soaked in this reality, all that I saw and felt, finally coming to this knowing that this tiny creature had been inside me all this while.. This is how she looked and this is her form. Witnessing a miracle out of you, another being, another person with a mind and a body of her own who I almost delivered in the car..

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[JessyJacob]

Hi
I read starting lines, I liked but will read later today I am in office now
Thank you for sharing, I keep on seeing this because people are blocking me..