We can’t decide how we feel about this one…
DJ Khaled, of Snapchat fame (@DjKhaled305), has shared with us an extremely intimate moment: just last Sunday, he live streamed the birth of his son.
Before we go any further, you know who we’re talking about right? RIGHT?
Khaled is an internet phenomenon, whose fame stems from his larger than life persona and social media presence rather than his music. (He’s basically famous for being a “living meme”). Surrounded by close friends and a team of doctors and nurses in Miami, Khaled documents the entire birthing process. He takes us from the early stages of labour, right through to the ACTUAL MOMENT HIS WIFE STARTS PUSHING.
It started off pretty easy going, with some pre-labour good vibes:
We don't know what Lion order is. Honestly, no clue. AND IT DIDN'T STOP THERE. Oh no... Khaled kept the updates coming thick and fast when the action started.
Again with the lion symbol. Is he the father lion? Is he naming his baby Simba?
Then there was even some confusion surrounding the labour process.
Being a DJ, you better BELIEVE he had a birthing soundtrack. Throughout the event, his Snapchat followers were treated to a variety of Arabic prayers as well as his own music. Yes. His son's birth was accompanied by some techno doof-doof gold...
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It seems to me - due in about 17 weeks with my first baby - that a lot of women are still giving birth on their back, with legs either being held up or in stirrups. Not just in this case but even in Australia (Nadia Bartel, for example, said that's how she birthed her son).
I am surprised by this, as I plan to work with gravity by being on all fours or kneeling, squatting or leaning as upright as I can manage. With support from my partner & our doula.
Is the reason I keep seeing this due to full-block epidurals? I have learnt that these are the only kind we can get here - no 'walking epidurals' avaiable. Can women not get into any other position after a f-b epidural?
I was told (5 years ago) that if I wanted an epidural I had to be lying in bed. I expected a miracle so I got an epi but it numbed me in the normal parts, but my son decided that grinding on another nerve tract that the anaesthetic couldn't numb, so I was paralysed but in absolute agony. They kept turning me from one side to another to get me comfortable but then I'd just get really numb on the side I was lying on and I'd freak right out thinking I was permanently paralysed. Overall I was in agony but couldn't move on my own and I tore terribly because I went from 2 to 10cms in under 30 minutes. The only thing that worked for my pain was the gas and I was flying. I had originally wanted a water birth but wasn't able to have an epidural that way so I trusted in medicine over my gut. Next time (whenever that will be) I'll be going with my gut and having a water birth with gas (if I'm allowed which I hope) and will be using the fact that I'm hypermobile to help with positioning. I spent so much time squatting and bending in my pregnancy that it's a shame I didn't use it in labour. It was all the made me comfortable so Im sure it would have been very useful.
Whatever you go for, trust your body. It sounds very silly to say that but your body becomes a totally different entity during childbirth and it knows exactly what it needs to do and how to go about it. It's easy to panic and be totally freaked out, but trust that your body will get you through it
Just about all women in hospital give birth in a reclined position, whether they have epidurals or not. It's mostly to do with the person who is taking care of you, it's easier for them to see what's going on and help the passage of the head at the very last stage when the baby is about to be born. Lots and lots of women will labour in an upright or partially upright position but when it comes time to birth find themselves in a reclined position with whomever is taking care of them between their legs. If your birth is mostly unmedicated you're much more likely, statistically anyway to be on all fours, or leaning over the top of the bed or over the side, or on the toilet or squatting or whatever.
And yes, if you have an epidural you pretty much can't get into any other position, you no longer have control over your legs so you couldn't support yourself.
What worries me in this is that wherever this woman is giving birth (I'm assuming the US) they are waaaaaaaaaaaaay behind other countries in the western world and haven't yet realised that you don't nee a hair net or face mask during a vaginal delivery.