HypnoBirthing Mums tell their tales of labour and
birth.
I
gave birth to Fintan Joseph on Mon 10th May at 20.04. My
surges started irregularly about 1pm, I then started timing
them about 2pm.
Called Steve home from work at 3pm, because I wanted to
relax more. Had a long deep bath, and they seemed to kick
in fully then.
Midwife arrived at 7pm (when I was 7cm) and Fintan was born
at 8.04pm. Pretty swift really. Oh and I had him at home as
planned - which was lovely.
Midwives were well impressed at how calm and serene I
looked.
I found that sleep breathing was excellent. It really did
make the discomfort go away and is empowering as you know
what your body is doing so you work with, instead of
against it.
Steve was a fantastic birthing partner, calming me and
talking me through my breathing - I wouldn't have been able
to do it without him. I played the CD constantly as well,
and kept saying the affirmations in my head to make me
focus on the job-in-hand.
As for the J breath, I loved it - it made the actual
delivery easy-peasy.
I can't rave about it enough. Plus one push and the
placenta was out - who needs drugs?
Believe in the power that is
HypnoBirthing®
and you too will be talked about at midwife meetings.
Our community midwives actually said it was one of the
easiest first time-mother births that they had seen in 20
years - now that is some recommendation!
Marie Cooksey, Northamptonshire
Just to let you know that I gave birth to a beautiful baby
boy last week - he arrived at 2.27am on Thursday 13th May.
The labour was about 11 hours, but I was so relaxed that
the midwives didn't really believe I was in full blown
labour until we had about 5 hours left to go! They were
amazed when they checked me out and I was 5 cm dilated.
In fact, they said I should just keep on relaxing and sent
Ben and I to the pub next to the hospital for an hour!
I had no pain relief at all, although I did jump into the
pool, more because it seemed a shame not to when it was
there for use!
The slow breathing was what got me through it - it's a
godsend.
Ben did a rainbow relaxation when the surges were becoming
very intense, which helped - and the arm stroking was a
real rock, as was the background CD music.
Elaine Millard, Bicester
"I
casually wandered into hospital with my husband, not even
sure I was in labour, only to discover that I was already
6cm dilated, and progressing fast! The midwives were
astonished at how calm
I was, especially for a first time mum!"
Katy Johnson, Thrapston
"This
birth was much easier than the last four - I was quite
detached from any pain and I felt much more alert by the
time she was born.
The slow breathing and the balloon were the things that
helped me most. Luis was great - he kept talking and
stroking my back throughout.
I feel that I have recovered much more quickly this time -
I was not wiped out by the birth like I was with the
others, and our baby is feeding well and is very alert.
We
did not have much time to practice for our Hypnobirth and
it still made a big difference..."
Abigail, London