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Hypnobirthing stories .............. Hypnobirthing was so much more than just learning how to have a painfree birth ... it's a skill that changed my life forever! TC, Manly, NSW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Helen, We are pleased to tell you that our daughter, was born at 9.35 am on Saturday 23rd August. She weighed 4.16 kilos (big baby!) We also wanted to tell you our Hypnobirthing story...I started feeling 'twinges' around noon on Friday. Nothing major-managed to go to lunch and shopping with mum and had a quiet night in. We had made the Eggplant Parmesan recipe (Yum!) the night before and had the leftovers for dinner on Friday. I went off to bed, and was woken by stronger surges around midnight. We had done the Rainbow Relaxation just before going to sleep, so I woke already feeling very relaxed. I woke my husband up after 4 or 5 surges, and then the two of us spent the next few hours quietly working through the surges together. I even managed to fall asleep in between surges. The only slight downside was that I started to feel quite nauseous during the surges-and that's what I remember - not the surges themselves, but the nausea. Surges were coming at variable intervals-5 minutes, 3 minutes, then right on top of each other, and lasted at least one minute each time. Although we were instructed to wait until surges were 5 minutes apart and regular, our instincts told us that perhaps 'the main event' wasn't too far away and we called the hospital. They, as anticipated, told me that I sounded like I was coping very well at home (I managed to carry on a conversation through two contractions, and then breathed my way through a third) and that since my surges were variable, it was probably early labour. And then she said 'Are you sure they are lasting longer than a minute?' we knew that they were, and that was when I knew that this was the real deal. So off to the hospital we went at about 4.30. When we arrived, the midwife that greeted us was very informed and supportive of our birthing choice. We were shown to a room with low lights and offered the option of going directly to the bath or getting checked. I wanted to be certain that I was in labour so I opted for the check. I was so relieved to find that I was 5-6 cm dilated. My husband prepared the bath and had a bit of a laugh when he poured my shampoo into the bath instead of the aromatherapy oils I had purchased for the occasion!! The bath itself was heaven and when I was checked an hour later, I was 8 cm dilated! Things continued to progress through the early morning. There was a small hiccup when our obstetrician arrived announcing that I was not yet fully dilated and that the baby was posterior presented. My choices: epidural (as it was felt that we were in for a long haul) or continue with what we were doing and hope that baby decided to turn on her own. We opted for the latter choice, and low and behold our baby decided to turn of her own accord! The rest, they say, is history... And as a new mum, I was able to hit the ground running. I felt wonderful after the birth, very energetic and just totally blissful...Actually come to think of it, I'm still pretty energetic and thoroughly, completely blissed out. Our daughter is beautiful, as you can see from the photo I've attached. She's a very contented baby-no troubles feeding, a great sleeper and very interactive. Thank you very, very much for helping us to achieve our goal of a relaxing, low-intervention birth for our baby girl. We feel very lucky (and not just a little smug!) that we were able to achieve this for our baby! K & M, Neutral Bay, NSW. First baby for this couple: Just a note to say our beautiful baby has finally arrived – we’re madly in love! We were blessed enough to have the natural, drug free labour that we so profoundly wanted and even had a waterbirth which we’d hoped for, then topped it all off when Benjamin was born with his amniotic sac still intact – very rare and considered lucky from what I understand, so he’s off to a great start! Pre/early labour lasted for around 24 hours. The hypnobirthing techniques and visualizations worked fantastically throughout that protracted period, keeping calm and focused and breathing. We finally went in to the birth centre at 8pm Sunday to discover I was 5cm and not yet fully effaced, I managed to remain focused on ‘letting go’ and not fearing the pain. My husband was a complete superstar and tremendous support, reminding me constantly of my breathing, ‘lucy limp’ and the blue ribbons and red balloon. Benjamin was born at 10.34 pm with the second stage lasting only 24 minutes. My body and baby did indeed know exactly what to do! Thank you so much for everything you taught us, we do feel it helped tremendously in achieving the birth we wanted and has equipped us with some great life skills. We’re both convinced of the power of positive thoughts and affirmations and the advantages of self-hypnosis so we’ll be continuing to practice these techniques to help us through the more challenging aspects of parenting in the weeks, months and years ahead! Very best wishes to you and all your future hyno-birthers! - L & E, Redfern. and then their second baby arrived in 2009 ~ a home birth Hi Helen, Don’t know if you’ll remember us – we did your hypnobirthing course back in Aug 2007 before the arrival of our son. We just wanted to let you know of the equally wonderful arrival of our little girl, who was born on 14 May at home! We had intended to go to the birth centre at ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I went to my pre-natal yoga class in the morning and during this class I felt some sensation, I wasn’t sure if it was just another Braxton Hicks or contractions. This went on pretty much all day, but I didn’t mention anything because I thought it was nothing. I woke up at around 1am and had the urge to go to the toilet; I went back to bed but soon after had a funny feeling again that I have to go to the toilet again. This time there was a bit of blood on the toilet paper, so we called the hospital and they advised us to come in just to make sure. I arrived at the hospital at around 2:30am and we settled into our room. We played some relaxing music and I was able to use the slow breathing. After a while the midwife came in and was surprised when I told her that I couldn’t sleep between the contractions because they came too often. So she examined me again and told me that I was 5 cm dilated already and that she was surprised because I was so calm. From then on it seemed to all go really quickly. My obstetrician was stuck in in peak hour traffic so I only had two midwifes in the room with me. It was a great morning with sunshine and after my husband cut the umbilical cord and my placenta was delivered the three of us had time to bond for a couple of hours which was great. He did need a bit of help to get the breastfeeding started, but since then he got a taste of it we can hardly stop him! Apparently I was the talk of the floor between all the staff, everybody said they were amazed how calm and in control I was. - BH, Sydney. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Siena was born 2 weeks before my estimated date of delivery on October 12th at 8pm. The birthing took about 4 hours in total and we couldn't be happier with how it went! We almost didn't make it to the hospital - after spending a bit of time in the bath at home I knew it was time to go. When I got in the car I couldn't even sit up - I had to lie on the backseat telling my husband to please hurry :) When we got there I was fully dilated and Siena was born without incident in a calm and peaceful environment a short time after. We were so impressed with the hospital - they followed our preferences to the letter (despite the fact that our obstetrician was on holidays!). We are absolutely in love with our little girl and are happier than we have ever been even though enough sleep is somewhat of a distant memory. I tell my story to anyone who will listen. I am convinced that the reason it was so quick and went so incredibly well is because of Hypnobirthing. I loved your classes - it was like a synthesis of everything I believe in. The only thing I would probably add to my story is that I birthed Siena without any drugs and that in the days following I was constantly offered painkillers "for the pain" - I kept telling them I wasn't in any pain and was told not to be a hero! D&B, Balgowlah, NSW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kathyrn's birth story for her third child:
VBAC? What's that?
When the midwife said, "so you're decided on a VBAC delivery" I wasn't sure what she meant. I soon found out that it stands for Vaginal Birth After Caesarian.
My first birth of my baby boy was vaginal, long but no complications.
My second labour ended in an emergency caesarian. My baby boy got stuck at the top of the cervix. He was big; 4.1kg and his head was in an awkward position.
It was quite a shock as I was expecting another vaginal birth, however my baby & I were both happy & healthy and that was the main thing. Although I found the recovery from a caesarian section to be long & painful, after all it is major abdominal surgery. I felt a bit helpless as it is a struggle to even pick up your own baby, let alone not driving for 4-6 weeks & the usual sleepless routine of a new born doesn't help recovery.
So when it came to deciding which way to go for my third birth I was at a loss.
A caesar was a straight forward planned procedure & I think most of the medical staff thought I would go that way. I also didn't want to go through labour again to end up having another caesar. But the recovery was an issue with two other children to consider.
On the other side I really yearned to have a natural birth. That is the way the female body is designed to have babies and it is the most amazing and challenging experience I have ever undergone.
Still in a quandary, I then met Helen at Yoga classes & she introduced me to hypnobirthing. She steered me right in the direction I wanted to go and I thank her for it. She is a genuinely caring and very capable person. She gave me the confidence to choose vaginal birth & believe that I could do it naturally. The hypnobirthing techniques kept me calm and enabled me to go within myself to endure the labour. My husband supported me in this decision and during the birth using touch to help release endorphins. I was so relieved that we made the right decision for us and I gave birth to a baby girl vaginally & without medical pain relief. It was a wonderful thing!
KC, Frenchs Forest
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A Birth Companion's experience of HypnoBirthing:
thankyou for asking for my hypnobirthing experience from a 'birth companion' perspective. Although I ended up arriving in the delivery suite as baby entered the world ( I arrived before we were aware of the sex of baby), I think the hypnobirthing preparation impacted on my behaviour throughout the birthing experience. Having birthed 2 babies, hypnobirthing provided me with a totally different insight into childbirth. Although I had one positive birthing experience to relate to, I could have had more ownership of it. I think the main thing was the concept of childbirth being 'natural' and 'non medical'. That the birth should be how Sam & Simon want it to be, and not how others want or suggest it should be. Sam was in full labour without the midwifes being aware, this being as a result of how well she 'hypnobirthed', it was not until her membranes released that the midwives realised she should proceed to the delivery suite. Lewis arrived into the world 20 minutes later.
Attending the hypnobirthing course as a companion provided me with the opportunity to bond further with Sam & Simon in this role. We had a close relationship beforehand but the value came from the sessions allowing us to focus on hypnobirthing as a team . I was able to gain an idea of their birthing ideals. The aim was to enable Sam & Simon to have a 'happy birthing day' and I felt a sense of belonging as a companion and responsibility, having attended the course. I had an insight into how to provide Sam with support and how she needed to prepare using the techniques. I experienced the techniques and have learnt that I can use these personally also.
I would recommend hypnobirthing without any hesitation, I only wish I had been aware of the opportunity before my 2 pregnancies and births.
It was a pleasure to be part of such a 'happy birthing day'.
Suzy, Coogee, NSW.
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'Helen creates a sacred space for pregnant women and their partners who want to reconnect with their inner knowledge and wisdom around the beauty of childbirth. It is through Helen's unique ability and energy that this empowering and liberating experience can take place, something which will last beyond labour and into conscious parenting.' Claire M, Neutral Bay, NSW September 2009 Press Releases about HypnoBirthing ...... Jessica Alba ~ births a daughter, "Honour Marie"
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