tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post8908991359923522940..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: Sophia's Birth Story, Part 3Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-18801482644631062972016-12-10T06:39:21.684+03:002016-12-10T06:39:21.684+03:00Oh, thanks, Elizabeth! I was so happy to see a po...Oh, thanks, Elizabeth! I was so happy to see a post!<br /><br />I also wanted so much to have a "normal birth" and the "ecstatic experience" and all..... Aidan was born by emergency C-section at 26 weeks.....(though in the end it was actually the midwife who saved the day)...long story. With Lydia I was DETERMINED and even drove to another city so I could have a doctor who allowed VBAC. In the end, though, she showed some of the same issues, and it was another C-section. But - you know what? I DID feel ecstatic when I saw both of them for the first time - even though with Aidan, I was looking at a Polaroid, not even at him. <br /><br />By contrast, Anastasia, tiny though she is and 100% totally unprepared, had easy and pleasant 2- hours or less labors. When the nurses were trying to get her to do things she didn't feel "good" about - she told them "no" and did her own thing, which certainly worked. <br /><br />I'm glad this birth was easier, and I pray for healing as needed. <br /><br />Now I need to see pictures of little Sonya! Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-61348093042465192912016-12-09T08:20:02.639+03:002016-12-09T08:20:02.639+03:00Hooray! So happy to have the next part of the stor...Hooray! So happy to have the next part of the story! And how much more lovely is its joyful outcome!Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924646775541536761noreply@blogger.com