A little over a month after giving birth to her fourth child Astro Phoenix Arellano, Iya Villania shared all the details of what she described as her 'longest and most painful delivery.'
A little over a month after giving birth to her fourth child Astro Phoenix Arellano, Iya Villania shared all the details of what she described as her "In a vlog post titled "The Birth of Astro Phoenix Arellano," Iya shared Astro was "my first natural birth out of my [four] deliveries!"
"This birth is extra special because it will always remind me of how God took me thru til the end even when I had given up," the mother of four added.According to Iya, she had always wanted to experience a natural birth, but "the pain would get overwhelming," which made her ask for drugs in her three previous deliveries.
"I was praying for His strength and courage every single morning, hoping I'd finally get to experience it, since we feel this will be our last pregnancy, hence also my last chance to experience this [natural birth]," Iya said. She was initially discouraged with the progress, with the pain was becoming intolerable, but a little over 30 minutes since going into labor, Iya only needed six minutes of "delirium" to get baby Astro out.
"The drugs didn't make it! My dream unmedicated* birthing experience had just happened! God made it happen," she said."Thank you to everyone who continues to love and support the Arellano's," Iya concluded.— LA, GMA News