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Kylie Padilla has set her mind once again to do a natural water birth for the delivery of her second child.

Kylie Padilla

This is what she confessed to GMANetwork.com during the pocket press conference held earlier, August 6.

“Yes! I do! Ang tigas ng ulo ko! Gusto ko pa rin i-try.

“Pero kung hindi water birth, at least natural birth this time,” she said.

It can be recalled that Kylie had prepared for a natural water birth for her son Alas Joaquin, but delivered him through medicated vaginal birth on August 4, 2016.

She was in labor for four days.

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I had to think about posting this one but since it was already out there I thought I would share abit about my birthing story. I had decided I was going to have a natural birthing experience with the help of a water bath which in other words is also called a water birth. My doula @irina_doula and I had done months of prep and I had done some on my own too. Early labor started slow for me which is normal, mine lasted 2 days, getting little sleep at night but I was excited that soon I would finally see my baby boy! So I was already running up and down stairs to get him in position. But somehow my body really was taking it's time and baby's head wouldn't come down in my contractions. Active labor lasted 1 and a half days. I walked 6 hours or 2 hours in interval, experimented with different positions to get baby down and widen my cervix but it had gotten to a point that I had only dilated 1 cm in one day. By the fourth day I was exhuasted and feeling a little let down by my body. Contractions were unbearable, I would shake and sit in my own mess to get through my contractions, pushing nothing, because my poor baby was still pretty high up in my cervix. Still my contractions kept coming. The pain became too much, especially with no rest no sleep. I have never felt so out of control of my body, so I had to make a decision. No matter how much I wanted a natural water birth l, I had to think about the next best thing. For me and my baby. So I agreed to a medicated vaginal birth. After everything I'm still happy with my birthing story. My baby is healthy. Although it was a medicated birth, I'm thankful I still experienced all the natural hormones I did through those 4 transformative days. I learnt more about myself and still got to enjoy a few moments in the tub with my Partner. I want to thank everybody who was there for me through those 4 days. It wouldn't have been bearable without you. Thank you.

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When asked what are the things she's preparing for her second pregnancy, Kylie became more candid.

“Well, I know how pregnancy is now, lahat ng stages--'yung labor, how to take care of the newborn hanggang two years old. So 'yun, madadala ko 'yun.

“Pero 'yung unang iniisip ko is 'yung sleeping arrangements e.

“Magigising si Alas [sa iyak ng baby], so iniisip ko baka ibang kwarto muna sila ng Daddy niya. 'Yun pa lang and ayoko muna masyadong isipin.

“But actually, I'm preparing more mentally than 'yung mga ibang bagay. Kasi 'yun naman talaga 'yung first e.

“Dun naman talaga mapupunta ang lahat. So dapat okay muna ako dito [her mind] bago ang lahat yan.”

On her vlog, Kylie revealed that she has experienced prenatal depression during the first trimester of her second pregnancy, something she didn't experience with Alas.

Kylie, who is married to actor Aljur Abrenica, is currently 22 weeks pregnant.

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