We had a New Year’s surprise… our little hypno bub came early ? Meet Lenny Thomas McGilvray born 2/1/21. 3.3kg all happy and healthy ?
It wasn’t the birth that we had planned, but took everything on board and made it very positive.
Baby Oscar was born on 14 November and I was able to have the drug free vaginal birth I wanted.
Breathing definitely helped in the first part of birthing and I used the tracks and affirmations to help.
Valencia and Elijah were born on 5 November, 16 minutes apart. Valencia weighed 5lb 15oz and Elijah weighed 5lb 5oz.
I created a calm and peaceful atmosphere by using Jasmine scent in the oil diffuser, playing hypnobirthing tracks and rainforest sounds, using led candles around the room with all lights off and requesting silence in the room.
I just wanted to check in to let you know that Nigel and I received our son on the 13th Nov at 1.30am after a sudden 5.5 hour labour at 34+2 weeks. His name is Coby.
We came to the hospital as I was experiencing lower stomach cramps and I was advised if ever that was to happen to get them checked due to special circumstances.
Waters broke 6.30am, Tuesday 4th August. I spent the day at home on my ball, applying essential oils, visualisations, relaxing, getting my fluids up and fuelling my body with nutritious foods so I was energised for the journey ahead. 4pm surges were 3-4min apart
“Labour started spontaneously and we tried many of the hypnobirthing techniques to help me through the early surges including acupressure, aromatherapy and the hypnobirthing tracks.
This hypno mum and partner recently brought their baby boy into the world unexpectedly, at only 32 weeks. Birth is so unpredictable, but they so brilliantly navigated their birth using techniques to stay focused and excepted the turn their birthing took. I thank them for sharing their experience...
Our birth was completely opposite to what we had imagined. But hypnobirthing gave us the confidence and knowledge to make the right decisions for ourselves. We ended up getting induced due to being over due 41 +3 days, as well as elevated blood pressure. We tried everything we could from 40 to 41 + 3 weeks to bring on labour naturally but our little one was way too comfy in there.
I was induced at 42 weeks as I had early labour on and off for 4 days beforehand that wouldn't turn into actual labour.
Our birth started on the 14th Feb where I had 2 lots of gels in the afternoon/night. I had intense contractions (aka surges) all night (and got no sleep) but Ven set up our room with nice candles and I just listened to my calming music and hypnobirthing tracks, focusing on my breathing all night and taking the surges one at a time.
We couldn't have done it without this course and it not only prepared me mentally, but also my support people and completely changed our mindset about birthing.
