A couple of weeks ago we conducted an interview that many will remember Transi Álvarez, a woman who suffered three consecutive abortions, who offered us a few seconds of privacy to explain how a woman feels in such a situation and how it can affect her environment.
Luckily her story had a happy ending, because when we interviewed her she was in the final stretch of her pregnancy and a few days ago, specifically on May 16, she gave birth to her daughter Ana.
Transi wanted to share the video of her birth with all of us (You can see it below) and from here we thank you for letting us see a little more of your life, and above all for showing us that happy ending that I so longed for.
I have to confess that when I saw him I got excited, especially at the moment he takes his girl in his arms and, for a moment, when nobody says anything, she and her daughter tell her everything.
Taking advantage of the moment I wanted to ask you some more questions, now as a mother (again, because she is your second daughter):
What did you feel when you finally had Ana in your arms?
Well, I don't know how to describe it to you: something very similar to when Nerea was born and I looked at her for the first time, but this time I was even more aware of how fortunate I was to live that moment, to finally feel it with me. It's a mixture of feelings: thanks to her and to life, peace... I felt that this moment made up for everything I had lived, that I took everything for good because that look was my great reward. I don't know how to explain myself better ...
Watching the video seems to hurt ...
It doesn't really hurt as much as it seems, but shouting, singing, moaning or howling helps open the birth canal. I had heard and tried and it was true. Also at that time I didn't feel like talking and it was a way to communicate, to let me know if the contraction was more or less strong. Speaking of contractions, I have to tell you that at first they hurt, like those of Nerea in the Hospital, but there you wait for the epidural and do nothing, instead at home I discovered that if I squeezed, they hurt less, they were more bearable. The contractions serve to tell you what you have to do, if you let yourself go and squeeze, they don't hurt so much. Now I still have the feeling that I was "robbed" of the birth of my first daughter, because when I was about to arrive the big moment is when they say "Do you want epidural, right?" And that's where the sensations end (that Very good for those who do not want them, but it is something so beautiful ...).
In a moment like that you remember ...
Well, I would like to thank my husband for his unconditional trust and great love; to Inma for the passion for her work and her disposition; to María Durán for her complicity and her great friendship; to my daughter Nerea, for teaching me a little more every day to be a mother and to my friend Micka Luna for giving me her music for the wildest moment of my life.
We thank Transi Álvarez once again for letting us see how his birth was. Even more curious, then, as the matron (Inma Marcos) says in the video, “she was born in the bag”, something that happens rarely.
