The Duke of Sussex acknowledged that Meghan Markel consumed Entonox, a gas that is administered to parturients prior to the epidural and to counteract the discomfort caused by the first contractions.
If there is something that Prince Harry has set out to do, and has achieved, with Spare, it is to open his heart wide to the whole world. While criticism of the royal family is the basis of the memoirs, so are the most momentous moments of his life, such as the arrival of his children into the world: Archie and Lilibet Diana.
According to the Duke of Sussex himself, the arrival of his first-born child was much longer than he would have expected.
It all started when, on the morning of May 6, 2019, Meghan Markle's water broke in the morning at her home in Frogmore Cottage, at which point the couple decided to head, incognito, to the Portland Hospital for the birth they chose. live in the strictest privacy and without the press nearby.
Upon arriving at the Sanatorium, the Duchess was not yet in labor, so the medical team informed the couple that they were going to induce it.
"Meg was very calm. I was calm too. But I saw two ways to increase my calm: one, chicken from Nando's (brought by our bodyguards); two, a canister of laughing gas that was next to Meg's bed. I took several slow, deep drags," he said.
Entonox, called laughing gas, is a gas that is administered to parturients prior to the epidural and to counteract the discomfort caused by the first contractions.
"Meg, who was bouncing on a giant purple Pilates ball, a proven way to give nature a boost, laughed and rolled her eyes. I took several more doses and I started bouncing too," she added.
As the contractions increased, a nurse wanted to administer more Etonox but due to the amount previously consumed by the couple, the bottle was empty; so Markle had to relax the old-fashioned way, with relaxing baths and background music. To accompany the process, Prince Harry placed electric candles in the bathroom, the same ones he used when he asked her to marry him, and a photo of Lady Di on the table next to Meghan's bed.
After the relaxing bath, the Duchess of Sussex received the epidural and began to push until the arrival of Archie, with whom the couple remained for two hours at the Portland Hospital until they were discharged and returned, incognito, to their home. home.
The birth of Lilibet Diana was very different from that of her older brother since the couple was in the United States and the medical center did not have Entonox, so the entire process was much more human and present.
