Melanie Murphy welcomed her second child, a baby girl on the 4th of January.
She celebrated her arrival with a sweet message on Instagram confirming that she had become a mother for the second time.
After taking a brief break away, she opened up about the “empowering” and “healing” experience of giving birth to her daughter.
She shared a picture of herself with her newborn just moments after she gave birth. The author has chosen to cover her daughter’s face in the shots.
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“Our baby girl was born on January 4th, a whopping 9lb 14oz (the scans were WAY off haha!) and I’ve been on the high of a lifetime ever since. She is so beyond adored. I was afraid I’d never be capable of loving another child as much as I love my son … how wrong I was! This tiny human is perfection. I’m obsessed. I keep crying just looking at her! Smelling her! (Shite and puke aside) … newborns are real life magic,” she gushed.
She went on to say: “I got to experience the most empowering, healing birth at the Rotunda hospital, with the LOVELIEST midwife who I cannot thank enough for supporting me and my birth preferences. Most of you know that I desperately wanted to have a normal physiologic birth (spontaneous onset and progression of labour) so that I’d feel well postpartum.
“Postpartum is TOUGH anyway and I found it especially tough after my first birth because of interventions leaving me with a major haemorrhage and severe tearing to recover from. Adjusting to ‘the fourth trimester’ while feeling like you’ve been run over isn’t something I’d wish on anyone.”
To her delight she was able to have a “physiologic birth” in a “hospital setting”.
“How I felt post-birth this time vs last time … night and day,” she explained.
“My labour started at 11:30pm and my baby girl was born by 6am with just three hours in hospital and a few pushes. I birthed her on all fours on the floor listening to my old gym playlist. I was up walking and showering soon after and even got to go home the next day! Unbelievable! I trusted in my body and it made me so unbelievably proud.
‘HUGE shoutout to @thepositivebirthcompany, @gentlebirthofficial @thenakeddoula, @birth_ed – I could not have done it without these wonderful resources! Especially as I experienced prodromal or ‘false’ labour this time on and off in the lead up to actual labour which really wore me out mentally.”
Aw congrats Melanie!
