Positive Birth Stories

Reading other mum’s birth stories can be so very helpful when preparing for your own birth. What did they choose and why? How did they work with changes or problems? What worked and what did not? How did it affect the birth using Hypnobirthing skills? Most importantly though it allows you to see that birth can be a positive and life-affirming experience irrespective of the path that that birth took.

So, settle back, have a good read and enjoy.

Amanda’s Surprise Breech Homebirth HBAC
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Amanda’s Surprise Breech Homebirth HBAC

When Caymans butt started coming out Tiffany confirmed with a flashlight and then took my hands and said ok Amanda your baby is breech. I was like ok cool we got this.

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Eliza’s surprise breech arrival.
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

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.

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