A Blessed Birthing in 2020
July 31, 2020 At 12 midnight, I felt cramps and had to go to the bathroom. I suddenly felt that this time, the contractions were different. I thought " This is it!" I can't sleep and was feeling my body. At 2 am, contractions were getting more frequent. I told my husband that I think I'm about to give birth. We messaged our midwife and she instructed us to record the intervals and duration of each contractions. I started recording my contractions from 2:30 am - 3:30 am. The duration and intervals were consistent, 40 seconds to 1 minute duration with 5 mins. interval. We sent the record to the midwife and she told us that we can go to the clinic during active labor. I slept for a while from 4 am to 5:30 am. At 6:30 am, we already packed everything and went to Marikina Lying in Clinic. We arrived at 8:00 am and prepared all the things needed while waiting. The midwife checked my cervix at around 10 am. This time it was dilated 2 - 3 cm. After an hour, it progressed to ...
