Hi all:

Thank youk so much for all your wishes and prayers. Thanks Jenn for posting the message on Advika's arrival.

Advi is sleeping now so I thought I feel steal a couple of minutes to check our grp and share with you all my birth experience.

It all started on sunday 18th morning when my mucus plug came off. The night before I was having some slight crampy feeling but not anything we feel concerned as it only felt like tightening of muscles. Anyway after the bloody show we went to the hospital and had fetal monitoring and dilation check up. I was only 1 cm so they send me back home.

Later that evening as we had a some guest at home I wasnt aware of the slight contractions I was feeling till they all left. Anyway by 7:30 - 8 in the eve I could feel that something is going to start :-)

By night the contractions became more intense and so we couldnt sleep. After a warm shower we left for the hospital around 3 am. After reaching the hospital they checked my dilation and then it was only 2 cms. But with my husbands request, who was timing my contractions, they kept me on monitor for an hour and then in that time my contractions restarted and I was 5 cms dilated in next 1 - 1 and half hrs time. We tried the massages and abdominal breathing exercises taught by our bradley tutor and it helped me a lot to cope through the contractions. By 9 I was reaching the transition stage and so the contractions were more close and hard. Then as I went to use the restroom I threw-up and my water also broke. The contractions and pain was getting hard but when the doc checked me after this I was 8 cm dilated and baby positioned and so she encouraged us and told us to get ready to welcome our new addition :-) It was such a nice moment and that words gave me the power to go through the last stages of labor and delivery with a renewed confidence. I had an episiotomy and it wasnt painful. With 5 set of pushes (3 pushes a set) our precious darling was out :-)

We are back at home now and as I had a normal and mostly medication free birth I am not having any body pain, back aches etc so far. Now we are the stage of getting used to the new cycle of life with advika to take care of and learn the task of breast feeding :-)

Good Luck to all the waiting moms... I assure you its wait every single sacrifices we make at this stage and all the pain we have to go through.

Take care!!!!

~ mansi Archie replied. Dear Mansi,
Hearty congratulations on Advika's brith. Wonderful name.
It was so elucidative and detailed.
Take Care
Archie selvi replied. And I thought you would be the one person in our group who would deliver with me in May :-) Well, I am glad it went quickly for you. Thanks for all the details. Advika is such a beautiful name. What does it mean? Take rest and hope you have a speedy recover. Lots of kisses to little advika.
love - selvi bhargavi replied. wish u and ur family hearty congrats.thanks for ur birth story and thanks for inspiring future moms to be to go for it positively coz even i felt it was nothing and each and every moment worth it.
breast feeding is ur next challenge.it needs lot of patience so hang in there.
grab rest when u can
take care of u and advika
lots of kisses to advika
bhatgavi jenn replied. just wnanted to wish you guys again on your bundle of joy,
good to hear that you had an easy delivery..
do let me know when you are free so we could talk sometime,,
jenn Maitrali replied. Dear Mansi,
I am very happy to hear your story. Do post Advika's pictures. How much is Advi's weight?
Take care
Maitrali Essaar replied. dear mansi,

Very happy to hear that everything went on smoothly. Even i am worried about body pain and back aches after the delivery. Its very good that u dont have anysuch thing. touch wood.

Have a nice time with advika.

tkae care,
bye
rama Tina replied. mansi,
glad to hear your birth story and happy that everything went smoothly for u and little advi.. hows baby advi doing? do post her pictures in our group when u get time..

take care
tina