Letter from a Pre Natal Student
September 9th, 2009This came in my mailbox today!
Hi Kim! My name is Jennifer, and I was in your prenatal yoga class over the summer. I am the one who is a kindergarten teacher…hopefully you remember me!
Anyway, I just wanted to express to you my extreme thankfulness and gratitude for a wonderful yoga session. I really enjoyed how you talked a lot about the birthing experience and gave helpful hints about delivery as well. I think that I had told you that with my first pregnancy, my water broke and then I did not go into labor on my own. They put me on Pitocin, and I just couldn’t handle the intense contractions that came with that drug and eventually I requested the epidural (against what I had originally hoped for).
After taking your class, I was reinspired to have a completely natural, drug-free delivery. My husband and I did not take any refresher birthing classes, nor did we have much time to practice our breathing techniques and everything else with our 2 1/2 year old daughter running around, so I was very nervous.
On Sunday, September 6, my water broke at 2:00 in the morning. I was already having some contractions the evening before, and when my water broke the contractions really escalated. We got to Henry Mayo hospital just after 3:00 in the morning (after dropping my daughter off with my brother). My husband was an absolute AMAZING labor coach! At 5:23am (just about 2 hours after arriving to the hospital), our wonderful son Luke was born. And I did it with absolutely NO drugs! It was the most amazing feeling, and I am so excited and proud that I chose to do it that way. The pushing was SO much easier, and I feel like I have recovered so much more quickly this time…what a difference!
So, I wanted to thank you so much for your inspiration and appreciate how grateful I am that you really stressed a “natural” delivery in our talks at class. I will always remember your terrific advice about questioning everything, and I will forward on this useful information to everyone I know going through pregnancy. I feel like I had the absolute BEST birthing experience ever, and I just want to tell everyone my positive experience (thanks to you!!).
Have a wonderful next yoga session, and thanks again for EVERYTHING!!!
Love, Jennifer