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Iya Villania shares her birth stories for each of her five children

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Iya Villania looked back on her unique experiences giving birth to each of her five children, recounting what those first moments felt like with each one in an interview with <em>Smart Parenting.</em></p><p>The actress began by recounting the birth of her eldest son, Primo.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Yung kay Primo it was the relief after doing something so hard. I didn&#x27;t know what to expect with that delivery na para akong nabinyagan na, my gulay, ano &#x27;yun? What on earth was that? So that was the relief there. And of course, the relief na I&#x27;m okay, I&#x27;m alive, he&#x27;s okay, he&#x27;s alive,&quot; she recalled.</p><p>For her second child, Leon, Iya described a different kind of relief. She explained: &quot;Because nga nag-poop na siya sa loob so the relief na na-ere ko siya, and they didn&#x27;t have to cut me, and he was okay and he didn&#x27;t ingest any of it.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-10" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIdly4Xxcq0/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=630&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A10%2C%22os%22%3A7061231.200000003%2C%22ls%22%3A128494.09999999404%2C%22le%22%3A129128.29999999702%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1023" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-10" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>The television host gave birth to her first daughter, Alana, as her third child. &quot;With Alana, it was the relief na may babae na ako hindi ko na kailangan ulitin,&quot; she said.</p><p>Iya likened the experience of giving birth to her fourth child, Astro, to that of Primo. particularly because it was the first time she gave birth without an epidural. &quot;Kay Astro parang kay Primo because kay Astro &#x27;yung walang epidural.&quot;</p><p>Finally, for her youngest, Anya, Iya reflected on the emotions of closing a meaningful chapter in her life. &quot;Kay Anya, there was so much joy especially with how everything unfolded and of course at the end of it, I was just so grateful that I had given birth to the fifth, that I got through that pregnancy, that I got through the delivery, that she came out healthy, that I survived it. It was all of that and in just knowing that that&#x27;s the end of that chapter,&quot; she stated.</p><p>Back in September 2024, Iya declared that her fifth baby would be her last one with husband Drew Arellano. Drew also recently made headlines for undergoing a vasectomy.</p>