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The Cuban Experience – Part 2 – The Birth
The Big Day I was meant to be induced on 24 February 2016, but luckily (errr…) for me the pains started the night before. We had gone out for a walk in the evening when the pains started – at around 9.30pm. I didn’t realize these were contractions, because they were on my lower back – around the tail bone. I was told that contraction pains would be a much more severe version of period pains. Now considering I didn’t usually suffer from too much pain anyway. What I feeling was like a lot of pressure on my back – a mix of extreme discomfort and mild pain. Later that…
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The Cuban Experience – Part 1 – Before Birth
I have always been a fan of the Cuban from everything I heard and that is where I chose to deliver. Why I picked the Cuban Hospital: The fact that it is part of HMC was a huge deal. Even if you are in a private hospital, and you have a high-risk situation, you get moved to Hamad. So if I am in Hamad to start with, it all becomes easier. I cannot get my head around paying for delivery. Women have been doing it since time began and I refuse to pay thousands upon thousands for delivery. I knew that I absolutely did not want to give birth without…
