Home birth after Caesarian via the Pink Kit.
‘My husband and I were living in Wales when we had our first little girl. We aimed for a home birth and read everything about pregnancy and labor that we could get our hands on. Despite all of our best efforts and after a forty hour labor, (thirty hours at home – and an indifferent midwife) I was wheeled in for a C-Section – my worst nightmare.
We moved to NZ in time for our second baby and after much searching, found an independent midwife willing to deliver our baby at home. Andrea introduced us to the Pink Kit which we took to with enthusiasm. My husband and I were thrilled to learn so much about our bodies, how to help the birthing process along and how to cope with pain in labor.
Our second baby girl was born at home after nineteen hours of active labor. It was another painful labor and I had a lower back problem to cope with as well. The relaxation techniques we learned in the Pink Kit helped with pain relief immensely – along with a heat pack and TENS machine. We used the ‘uterine lift’ and ‘sacral lift’ together, with dramatic results the first try – my baby slipped right past the scar tissue from the previous section and came into the world about two hours later.
I’m sure that if I had tried a standard hospital birth – I wouldn’t have been able to give birth without interventions or even another C-Section. My Pink Kit savvy midwife and supportive husband enabled me to rest, ea, sleep and do what ever I need to do to birth my daughter.
Our midwife and the Pink Kit itself were an answer to prayer. I thank the Lord – birth can be normal and is totally rewarding – just a couple of hours later I was already looking forward to the next time!’
Zeta and Maximum
Women feel that they are climbing a very steep mountain when they are preparing for a vaginal birth after a cesarean. They often feel that they are fighting a whole system. Much of The Pink Kit Method for birthing better™ comes from very determined women who knew they had to prepare their bodies more realistically for birth than they had previously. Often the focus was on blaming external factors.
Focusing on making your body flexible, recognizing your own tendency to respond to pain by tensing up and understanding that you have the ability to control your reflexes have given women and their partners more tools to achieve a vaginal delivery. (NOTE: Wintergreen)
Story #1:
‘I did it! After 3 previous cesereans, I gave birth vaginally to my daughter. It was the greatest challenge of my life. I tell everyone about The Pink Kit.’
(This woman had had a previous c-sect 19 years earlier. She used the information and had another c-sect; however, she discovered that she had an extremely small midpelvis and outlet. Although she had hoped that she could get her baby out, she wasn’t able to. She got pregnant the next year. Although she knew that she would have another c-section, it didn’t mean she couldn’t labor…which she loved doing).
Story #2
‘I was very disappointed after my second birth. I really hadn’t acknowledged what was obvious. A peanut couldn’t have gotten out of me. After thinking it all through after our daughter was born and my husband and I talking about things; we decided that at the next birth we’d still ‘do’ labor.
When I got pregnant the next year, we prepared with The Pink Kit just as we had for the previous birth. We just got closer as a couple. I labored at home until I felt ready to go to the hospital. I had a wonderful doctor who knew my story. We got to the hospital and I was fully dilated. My baby was fine and he suggested I push for a little while which I did. After 45 minutes I was ready. I had a c-section but no one can take away the wonderful experience my husband and I had’.