“Everything is still surreal. As I look at my two beautiful girls I am so proud of what I achieved, backing myself & trusting in my innate abilities & in my babies to birth them. All the midwives at the hospital told me that it’s a rare sighting for them to see these days.”
"I found it really manageable with all these techniques... 5 hours in and I instinctively wanted to change positions. I laid on my side on the bed with a peanut ball between my legs and on each contraction I internally rotated my top leg to open the lower half of my pelvis, allowing baby to move down."
"I could feel the "ring of fire" as his head was coming out. Our little boy was caught by Cam [birth partner] and passed through to me at 7:50pm. My total labour was about 4.5 hours and I was involuntarily pushing for about 1.5 hours....I can’t wait to birth again at home. It was a beautiful, empowering experience."
"He was a big boy measuring at 55cms long and 4520grams (9 pound 15oz) and I also had no tearing!"
“Then I just instinctively knew I had to change positions… and then birthed him about 5-10 minutes later at 7.21am in the pool and received him myself which was just the most special moment in my entire life…” ?
"When the time came, I was given long sterile gloves and the drape was lowered after baby’s head was out. She made the tiniest little noise but did not cry. The lights were dimmed and I reached over and grabbed her under her arms and pulled her out to my chest."
"It is such an empowering feeling knowing what our bodies are capable of ... To our surprise, he weighed in at 10 pounds 3!! We couldn’t believe how big he was considering at our 20 week scan bub was measuring small!... I didn’t tear considering the size of bub!"
"... for someone who was terrified to have a vaginal birth at all, Ryan and I are so proud of what we achieved as a couple." Just wanted to let you know that baby James David McManamon arrived earthside on April 1st at 11.04am!
"There was instant relief when I hit the water and Layne was out nice and quickly with just a second degree tear and no problems to my episiotomy I had with Remi. I just wanted to share with you how beautiful my second birth was with our second baby girl Layne….
"While we never set out for a natural birth, I am so grateful - and still processing - every part of our birth and how we brought our little man, Lenny, into the world on the 22 November 2021. We never had a set plan (healthiest and safest way), but I can say we did it as calm as possible, and thankful to have experienced a very short, powerful and empowering 3.5 hour birth."
