Birth Stories
“I became that relaxed that at one stage in the pool I actually nearly fell asleep between surges!”
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Nicky's story
We heard about HypnoBirthing by chance, researched the method further on the internet and were keen to find a class. That’s how we met Wendy our HypnoBirthing teacher.
Through Wendy we became in control of our experience and educated on the many benefits of HypnoBirthing. When I look back, we are so glad we did it.
I cant express enough how much our whole perspective changed, typically I went from wanting every pain relief going and being scared, to being fully tuned into my body’s capability and having no fear at all about the birth.
When the time came my waters broke and surges started, we arrived at the hospital at 5am and managed to avoid unnecessary checks, stayed calm and used our breathing techniques that we had been practicing. We were given a private room where we could relax and play our affirmations.
I was two cm dilated at that point, copies of my birth plan were given to the midwives and our requests were met.
I felt things were progressing very quickly and requested an examination, I was told one was not due for another four hours, however at that point the examination found I was fully dilated after just two and a half hours! No one could quite believe how I went from 2cm to fully dilated in just over 2 hours!
I got straight into the birthing pool; the midwife thought our baby would be born before the water had run! Things started to slow down and I could manage my breathing, focus a lot better and managed to eat a banana, much to the midwife’s surprise.
I became that relaxed that at one stage in the pool I actually nearly fell asleep between surges! My husband read affirmations which I found helpful, especially the rose bud script.
Two hours on I was advised to get out of the pool and try a different position.
A couple of hours later our baby was born without the use of drugs or medical intervention. I had immediate skin to skin contact and was breastfeeding after ten minutes. We were left to bond for many hours before necessary medical checks were carried out, during which Roger also enjoyed some skin to skin contact.
The bond between my husband and daughter is so strong as he played such a significant role throughout my pregnancy and birth. We strongly recommend HypnoBirthing and tell everyone about it.
We have a beautiful, healthy, contented, and happy little girl – Phoebe Alice.
Nicky, Roger and Phoebe Lowe - Nottingham
