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Joyce Pring shares 'gentle birth' story for third baby
Joyce Pring brought her third child into this world via a "gentle birth."
According to GentleBirth.com, this approach combines "mindfulness, hypnosis, and cognitive behavioral techniques to prepare both mind and body for birth."
Joyce shared how her experience went on Instagram, posting photos and videos of her during her labor at the hospital.
"I got to the birthing suite and prepared my space in between surges—I dimmed all the lights, spread out my mat, sat on my birth ball, listened to my Christian hypnobirthing app, and went straight to labor land," she said.
The television host and podcaster said her medical team was supportive of her goal to have a gentle birth.
"They even brought me these calming lights, they set up my essential oils and diffuser, and encouraged me to move around—only monitoring me and baby every 30 minutes and helping me shift positions," she said.
"They respected my decision not to get any unnecessary interventions and said that as long as baby's heartrate is good, I can labor and give birth in the position that I want."
Joyce said she was anxious during her pregnancy and prayed to God for a peaceful and safe labor and delivery.
"I kept asking God for His Holy Spirit to give me a spirit of power and fill my entire experience with overwhelming calmness and peace—and that's exactly what He gave us," she said.
"The Lord blessed us with a wonderful birth team who made my gentle birth dream come true. Everything divinely orchestrated, and I got to experience the kind of physiological, gentle birth I've been praying for."
Joyce's husband, Juancho Triviño, was with her throughout the process and they were able to go home with their little one after 24 hours.
The couple welcomed a son, whom they named Gregorio Andres. They have an older son named Alonso Eliam and a daughter named Agnes Eleanor.
Juancho and Joyce first met when they were hosts in "Unang Hirit." They privately got married in 2019 and had another ceremony in 2020.
—MGP, GMA News
