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Witnesses of mothers and fathers

We collected some of the most significant witnesses of mothers and fathers who have followed the courses at Eliotropio.

Barbara

Imanuel e Lilac

Tania

Massimo

Antonio

Barbara

Dear Evelyne,
I received your last mail and I was moved learning about the birth of Christian and Miriam. I feel you are very near to us.
I am living the beginning of the eighth month and – as you know me – I am totally projected towards the event child birth, but without neglecting to enjoy, day after day, this pregnancy which is giving so much happiness to me.
My little baby is always very vivacious and vigorous. I feel her all day long , while during the night I think she is sleeping with me. She seems so brave and nice !
Some days ago, during the lesson of preparation to the delivery at the hospital, the teacher told me that a woman who is becoming a mother is a rich woman, more than any other one, because she carries a new life in herself and has the power to enrich also the persons who live in her environment for the fact they see her so happy and are feeling her strong energy.
You have no idea of the joy I felt hearing these words which brought to my memory the same words you told us. I am so thankful to you for having taught to me to live and to give value to this extraordinary occasion of life ! In the exact moment I discovered to expect a baby, and perhaps even before, I wished that all should run in the best of ways for us, and not let myself distract by the little thinks of every day’s life. And you have indicated to me the way to realize this project

I compare myself with the other mothers to be I meet and I feel I have something more: I feel more serene, more conscious, stronger. Most of them consider useful and sufficient the course offered by the hospital, finalized to the preparation to delivery: they do not know what they lose in capacity to listen to one’s body, to the emotions and to the baby that lives inside us. I learned to give more attention to myself and to know myself better; in other words, to love myself, condition I consider necessary for being able to give love and respect to a baby and for dedicating to pregnancy all attention it requires.

You infused in us much optimism for the present time and the future, not only in connection with pregnancy and delivery, but also for our role of parents and for our bond.

As to delivery, how different is our attitude compared with other mothers who rely , with trust or with fear, but always with passivity, to all that will be offered (or denied) to them !

Knowing exactly - thanks to you - what we wish for the birth of our little daughter, we have made a careful selection of hospitals, but, above all, we go towards the moment with a spirit full of active and responsible intentions.

As I already had the opportunity to say to you, I feel ready and exited at the idea of the delivery, and I am sure that it will be a marvellous experience, the conclusion of unique nine months. If I think to the moment we will take in our arms our little daughter, I feel a deep emotion up to the point to shed tears.
I give you a strong ambrace, and again thanks to you and to Damiana, who has contributed to make this period so precious !
Barbara

Tania

During the night of the 12th November 2003 I was staying with my parents. Fredy was absent for his job while I was at the end of the eighth month. During the night I woke up and felt my bed wet.. Immediately we run to the nearest hospital where I have been visited. Everything OK. I was waiting the labour to start, but nothing happened. I had no pain. The next day, together with Fredy, I have been visited several times, but….. no labour at all ! I was feeling wonderfully. The night of the 13th we all were worrying: why does the labour not start ? Why do I feel so well ? I don’t feel anything, but this is not normal.
Finally, the morning of the 14th I was told to go to the Labour Room. I don’t know what to do, still I obey, hoping to see as soon as possible our baby !
Ossitocine for 12 hours without interruption, constantly under ‘monitoraggio’. With Fredy and my parents, in turn, we talked about all sorts of things, we sang and read everything possible, but, above all, I never stopped thinking of Evelyne.
The time was passing but nothing happened ! I begun to worry, still forcing myself to remain calm. After all, I had no reason to excite myself, I had no pain, I was under control, still I was hearing some ‘funny shouts’ coming from other rooms. This was not very pleasant !
In that situation, the only thing that helped me to remain calm was : Evelyne; I visualized her solar face and immediately I was hearing her voice recommending to be calm because everything will end in the best of ways.
In short, having heard that, after 12 hours flebo, the dilatation reached only 1 cm. And with no contraction at all, we decided for the caesarean…… and at 8.24 p.m. Lorenzo was born ! A nice healthy baby of 2,50 Kilo weight. The only regret of that moment was that it was impossible for me to take it in my arms as I would have liked to do, my hands were trembling as consequence of the anaesthesia !
I was so exited, I could not believe that Lorenzo was there, to be seen, my little big Love !
The morning after the caesarean, I was already walking about on my legs, and I must say that I have been very lucky; in fact I felt nothing at all, neither before nor after the baby was born.
The following days, thanks to my mother’s love and care, I had to overcome a sense of malaise and of frustration which suddenly pervaded me. I was thinking that I have not been able to birth Lorenzo “naturally”, and also because the milk was not arriving. Now everything is over !
Also in those difficult moments I had in mind Evelyne who was telling me that the most important thing was that Lorenzo and I we were feeling well; all the rest had no importance.

Thanks for everything !...

Lorenzo, Fernando e Tania

Imanuel e Lilac

Dearest Evelyne,

How are you ? We feel well. It is a long time since we wanted to write to you.
We wanted to thank you for all you have taught us, for being morally and physically near to us and for having accompanied us during these wonderful pregnancy months. It is nice to know that, even if we don’t see it, the sweet little human being is there and is living in us, we as future mother and future father,.

We have realized, thanks to you, that this pregnancy is lived by the couple and not only by the mother who lives it in first person. Love for the baby has started during pregnancy. Together we cares it, we sing for it a lullaby, we play with it when it is kicking, and we try to attract his attention when it does not move itself. It is certainly the most beautiful time we ever experienced in our life.

Not less important were the precious information you gave us during the weekly meetings, concerning food, gymnastic, relaxation and the connection with the baby. Now we are preparing ourselves for the delivery and for the new family life. These are for us very important days since this is the last period lived with the baby in mother’s womb.

We are now collecting all the Love we cultivated during these nine months as a preparation for giving all of it to our baby when it will be born.

Thank you for everything . We embrace you
Imanuel and Lilac

Massimo

CDear Evelyne, how are you ?

We feel well. I am in my office and, funnily, I have a little time for informing you about the first sensations of yesterday, when at 9.22 a.m. our little Gabriele was born. I promise that I will write to you another letter with all the details and also my personal sensations during the last days before delivery.

First of all, I want to thank you also in the name of Simo and Gabriele. The hours we spent with you at the Eliotropio have been essential. Your advises fundamental.

Some hours after the birth of Gabriele I realized that with Simo we have been all three a perfect équipe. Each one has fulfilled his task.

Gabriele had the most difficult and hard part, Simona was incredible, and I, in my small part, I tried to do my best. The words of Simona were : “If you were not here, I could not have resisted !!, I would have let myself go and I don’t know what would have happened…”

Simona delivered on the stool and I was behind her. It was wonderful ! During the last contractions she was leaning herself against me for resting a little, and than, with all my heart I was pushing together with both of them.

Thank you Evelyne, because you gave us to understand how important it was to talk to Gabriele even when he was still in mother’s tummy. When the baby was born and the assistant put it in the arms of Simona, we both told him : “Our Love, here is mummy and daddy” Immediately it stopped crying, opened its eyes and looked at us. We knew Gabriele perfectly understood our words.
Thank you, because you had told us to explain to the baby how the delivery unrolls itself, recommending to pay attention that the umbilical cord shall not twist around its neck. We have followed your instructions, even during labour and after the amniotic bag was broken. As a matter of fact, Gabriele was born with the cord around his neck, but with his little hand between cord and neck, and, as the obstetrician explained to us, probably this allowed the baby to receive the right quantity of oxygen. So, it was not a problem.
Thank you because you always told me to talk to the ‘tumy’ when I was coming back from my job, saying to the baby: “Hallo my dear, father has come back !”

Yesterday morning, when they put it in my arms after having washed it, the baby was crying…and I told it with tears in my eyes: “My Love, be quiet, you are in father’s arms !” and the baby immediately stopped crying.

Thank you for having repeated all the time to Simona to stop working, to rest, to make the exercises. Otherwise, I am sure she would have suffered much more and Gabriele too. You always have repeated to us that the delivery is painful beyond any imagination, and so it was, Although Simona always made the exercises you recommended us, during labour she forgot them, and seeing her suffering, I understood what you were telling us : if certain things do not happen automatically in our brain, one cannot remember them !!!

Thank you for having taught us the shiatsu points for making delivery easier.

Thank you, Evelyne for all this and for the many more things I don’t remember now, but above all, thank you for having brought us to understand that Gabriele was born long before yesterday morning.

We will see you soon together with our baby. I am sure that, hearing your voice, it will recognise you and manifest to you its thankfulness.

We embrace you.
Massimo, Simona and Gabriele

The lamp of….Eleonora

A few days ago I read in Internet that some researchers discovered that the baby is seeing while inside mother’s tummy. According to their studies, the baby sees some red and orange colours, with several shades, which intensity varies according to the intensity of the external light.
It seems that mother’s stretched epidermis lets light go through, producing these colour tonalities. After having read this information, I found a lamp covered with red paper, and immediately I thought that this lamp may produce something similar to the light filtered through the amniotic bag.
The same evening, Eleonora was crying in her bed, waiting for mummy. Immediately after I switched the light on, the baby turned its head, it relaxed itself and looked at the lamp for about 5 minutes, absolutely silent and still. Lida was moved, because this reminded her the scene of E.T., when the Martian, turning his eyes towards the sky and looking at the stars, recognized his far and unreachable home.

Antonio