Eliza’s surprise breech arrival.

I was in labour for 24 hours and went to hospital as the surges were 3 in 10, two midwives checked me and sent me home as I was only 1cm dilated and I was told the cervix was behind the head so I needed to try and manipulate it down.

After a lot of crawling and bouncing ball later I was having surges every 2 minutes, so we went to hospital and into birthing centre. The midwife checked me and asked why my baby was so small and she had some concerns about this.  We went over to the labour ward to be monitored to check the baby’s heart rate and my surges, all was fine but the doctor said that I was in full blown labour but still only 1cm and she couldn’t understand it.  She checked me again, then scanned me and my baby was breech! (hence why the baby’s head felt small)!! After chatting it through, 30 mins later she was born by c-section. 

Such a long winded story, I’m sorry but I thought you should know that throughout it all my hypnobirthing was the thing that got me through it.  I stayed calm throughout the whole thing, Mark was an incredible support, and I didn’t have one ounce of pain relief until the epidural for my c-section. I was quite nervous about the injection and even then used the breathing techniques to not think about it. 

I have you to thank for that, and I will definitely be telling everyone to do hypnobirthing. 

I can’t believe that Eliza is now 6 months, time is going so quickly!


Want to learn hypnobirthing with us? Don’t forget that we have a full Online Antenatal Hypnobirthing Class that you can follow in your own time anywhere around the world. It is only £39/$49.
The Online Hypnobirthing Course

We also teach antenatal hypnobirthing classes in London in person with our One Day Group Hypnobirthing Class.
In-person Antental Hypnobirthing Group Class

If you’d rather prepare for your labour and birth solo with Melanie you can do so in the privacy of your own home in person if you live in London or via the Zoom platform wherever you are around the globe.
Private Antenatal Hypnobirthing Classes

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