Birth Story by Gina, Hypnobirthing Mum
“Everything is still surreal. As I look at my two beautiful girls I am so proud of what I achieved, backing myself & trusting in my innate abilities & in my babies to birth them. All the midwives at the hospital told me that it’s a rare sighting for them to see these days.”
13/08/22
16:13pm Kitana Nari (나리) Lewis Aka Kimchi
18:25pm Larita Ari (아리) Lewis Aka Coconut
🥰 Twinnies came into this world 2hrs apart at 37+6wks
I remember being in so many positions during active labour – in the shower, on all 4’s, duck squat, side laying, hip figure 8’s. My eyes remained mainly closed in our dimly lit room.
The birth of my first was calm – listening to solfeggio frequencies & letting my body relax. I birthed Kitana 4hrs into active labour – standing/squatting while doing tricep dips😅 (no birthing pool given🥲). I could feel her coming down, telling me she was ready. I spoke to her in Korean during the last push. I felt my nanna & grandfathers presence.
Kitana & I got to spend time connecting before the surges started again. My body was already depleted. Legs were shaking by the time Larita was ready. I fidgeted through different positions recalling all the feelings & pains I felt earlier. There was still so much to go through. An uphill battle.
I made my way onto the bed, thinking I would birth my 2nd on all 4’s leaning on the bed head (letting my legs rest). But instinctively, it felt wrong. I knew I had to stand but I didn’t know if I could.
But once again, I got up. Arms in tricep dip position on the edge of the bed, braced & ready to squat my already tired body. There it all clicked. Twin B was ready. But she was bigger than the first. this was going to be more difficult than before.
The relaxation playlist was now irritating me. I asked Donny to put on my labour RnB playlist. To my surprise he put on a song special to us, giving me a surge of energy & something to focus on. I managed to push Larita out just as the song ended. A moment I will cherish forever ❤️
I’d done it. Brought my girls into the world. That mama adrenaline and instinct, truly something else.
Thank you for trusting in me💫
Huge thank you to Kate at Positively Hypnobirthing for sharing your passion for birthing & calm happy mamas and sharing your wealth of knowledge. I absolutely loved taking all the concepts, making it mine and having this experience as joyful and empowering as it was xx
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