A few weeks after experiencing a traumatic childbirth to say the least, the former reality TV contestant opened up to her community on the details of this day unlike any other.
More than a month ago, on January 9, Maeva Martinez became a mother for the first time, to little Gabriel. Always honest, no way for her to embellish or ignore the difficulties she encountered in giving birth, on the contrary. She even wanted to recount in detail the day her life changed forever.
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In an Instagram video, where she appears alongside her husband, Julien, she recounted step by step the hours leading up to the arrival of her son. And as much to say that she did not deprive herself of revealing everything, even the not very glamorous things! Arriving at the maternity ward around 10:30 p.m., she says a midwife started by checking the opening of her cervix. “She (the midwife, editor's note) put me under monitoring for thirty minutes, and looked at how open I was… with her fingers. Which really surprised me because I thought we were looking at it with an ultrasound or whatever. Anyway, the cervix must be open at 10 to be able to give birth and I was nowhere to be. So we were put in the bath, we had the choice between the work room and the bath. So an hour and a half of bathing, of suffering ”, she remembered.
A long job
After this unexpected experience, Maeva Martinez was moved to a room to live her work. In the early morning, however, still no baby in sight and excruciating pain. The moment therefore for her to be administered the epidural. “The epidural went well, the doctor gave me a little local anesthesia and opened me up at the level of my tattoo because indeed you must not let the ink pass and it was a place where I had my tattoo. "
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Hours later, the ex-Secret Story contestant had to deal with the unwanted effects of anesthesia. "I was wet … So I had to piss on myself actually", she jokes. The medical staff then gave her a urinary catheter, a decision that the mother-to-be did not welcome. “I was in a panic, but luckily I didn't feel anything like it was still asleep there. And I was reassured by telling me that we did that at each delivery. But I didn't know, why aren't we warning? ", she wondered.
Baby is finally here
The bag of water finally broken, Maeva Martinez was able to prepare to give birth. "So there, the work was done very, very quickly, and you just have to push as if you wanted to poop." You should know that it was 9pm, I couldn't take it anymore. And another thing you should also know is that with the epidural, you can't hold back and you fart. Anyway, we left for an hour of pushing, and then he arrived. " As for the release of the placenta, the beauty also has an anecdote. "But when you think you've finished, they tell you that you have to push one more time to get the placenta out … Fortunately, in one contraction, three pushes, it came out entirely because otherwise they will look for it. inside with the hand. "
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For her, it was a long and difficult childbirth, which caused her a lot of pain and suffering. Still, she can be proud of what she has accomplished and rejoice to have a healthy baby boy today. She concludes: “So much for that traumatic but incredibly magical moment. " We thank her for her honesty!