It was a year ago when former actress Rica Peralejo gave birth to her second child Manu after 25 hours of labor. On her son's birthday, Rica took to Instagram to share and thanked the people who helped her until Manu was safely delivered after a long hours of labor.
"It was such a memorable birth not only because of the kind of labor I went through, and where I actually gave birth, but also because he was born in the midst of people who were of tremendous skill and love," she said.
"Can you imagine being born in the middle of all these exemplary women??? Who were of strength and tenderness! Your birth is a coming together of these seemingly opposed things," she recalled.
Mom's who've had the experience have said there's a sense of peace and tranquility associated with having a baby on her own home, Rica also have this experienced that she wanted to tell.
"You really do unite spectrum ends, challenging mindsets that say it is only this way OR the other. But you bring the AND — this way AND ALSO the other. To be born at home, but also to be safe. To be born after many many hours, but also to never be in danger," she
On a separate Instagram post, Rica shared how the healthy boy came out into this world after 25 hours of labor.
"Let me just say that it was a miracle to actually do homebirth, vbac (vaginal birth after caesarian), and to remain completely unmedicated all throughout the labor. So many times I wanted to quit... but somehow strength came to my bones and body."
However,it's unclear if choosing home birth is the original plan or nature proved otherwise. In these instance, the baby was ready to be born - whether a doctor or midwife was present or not. Sometime babies come on their own terms.
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