Hypnobirthing is for all types of birth, and all eventualities. This is a story of a positive assisted birth with ventous and an episiotomy that felt positive and empowering (despite not being a first choice!)
An amazingly powerful birth story, unintentionally at home, in the bath without a midwife! Especially amazing for a first time mother too. A great reminder that without fear your body can do amazing things!
“All in all I just wanted to say thank you and share my story with you, I couldn't have done it without doing the course and having the knowledge that it gave me. I also wasn't surprised or scared when he came out en caul as I knew about it already even though it is pretty rare!” S
I enjoyed reading as many really positive birth stories as I could during pregnancy so I felt I ought to share this with you all. It IS possible to have a wonderful birth. We were very lucky that everything was plain sailing and we had no complications but I have to say ladies, if you have no complications or high risks, fight for your homebirth (if that’s what you want) and ignore everyone else’s negative comments, they haven’t got a clue. If I had listened to the (literally) hundreds of people tell me how stupid and naive I was, it would have been a completely different story.
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I have been deliberating how my birth could have gone without the guidance that I received from you during the hypnobirthing course. I feel my birthing experience would have been quite different. Navigating a medical system, and being clear on our preferences, trusting my instincts was a key to this.
A first birth that took so much from the course with Susan, to have a birth that we feel is ours together. This is the story of a hospital birth, and a water birth and how movement can help to move labour along.