Charlotte's second positive home birth using hypnobirthing
I loved teaching Charlotte and this birth story really shows how the team with which you surround yourself in birth and the skills that you learn in hypnobirthing can really ensure that you have a positive birth experience.
I just wanted to let you know that our daughter was born at home at 1.07am on Thursday.
In the end everything happened very quickly but calmly. I felt my first surge around 11pm and after relaxing on my ball and concentrating on my breathing, I let my husband Tom know and asked him to prepare our living room. Realising my surges were every 2-3mins I slowly moved downstairs and remained on my ball, listening to music and using your breathing and visualisation techniques.
I texted my midwife around 11.30pm and she arrived around midnight. She was actually the same midwife who delivered my eldest son. The midwife just sat back and helped my husband to prepare the pool. Around 12.40am I realised my body was moving into the downward phase and I moved into the pool, she was then born about 20mins later.
Due to the speed of her delivery, she had quite a lot of liquid still in her nose and lungs so, whilst she was still attached to me, I got out of the pool and stayed with her whilst the midwife helped to inflate her lungs. Our midwife was brilliant and remained reassuring and calm throughout, which gave us so much comfort. The most unbelievable part was discovering that she weighed a whopping 10lbs!!
I just wanted to say a big thank you for all your advice. We are so blessed to have had two wonderful births at home now and that was only made possible by your help in making me believe I can do it. Thank you!
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.
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