“The only ‘proper’ way to have a baby is the way that’s safest for you and your baby.”
Gemma Atkinson has shared an important post about C-sections aimed at those who think the procedure is any easer than a natural birth.
The actor and former glamour model said that she had been told by somebody that she was lucky to have given birth the “easy” way.
‘She wasn’t being nasty, she said it in jest and she was actually really lovely, but it did get me thinking when I got home,” she wrote on Instagram.
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“Had I failed? Had I not done it “properly” ? After a good chat with myself i came to the conclusion that the only “proper” way to have a baby is the way that’s safest for you and your baby. ”
Gemma gave birth to her daughter Mia last month after suffering a considerable haemorrhage.
The baby was born via emergency C section after it was discovered that she was too small to open the cervix by herself.
“The decision was made to induce me to help her along but she disliked that even more,” Atkinson said in a post soon after the birth.
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“With every contraction her heart rate dropped. On the 3rd one midwife Katie who was taking care of me at the time pressed the panic alarm & within 15 mins I was rushed out, prepped and delivered Mia via an emergency C section.
“It wasn’t what I’d planned but thanks to my hypnobirthing despite the madness and panic, I was able to calmly keep my breathing technique and accept whatever is best for Mia just do it!”
Atkinson and Strictly Come Dancing‘s Gorka Marquez welcomed baby Mia on July 4.
