“Kirsty Patricia Mary McIntyre, our second child, was born at home on 14 December and the birth was a very positive experience. I woke up in the night, unable to sleep, and realised my waters had gently broken and I was starting to get mild contractions/surges. This was at 3.30am, and an hour later the […]
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I’ve been meaning to write something like this for ages. This is the story of me and my wife Anna and our experience of Hypnobirthing. Not only was it incredible for my wife but also life changing for me… In 2008 my wife gave birth to Max in a “traditional” hospital birth. It was everything
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The Birth of Nina Elsabe Beyleveld I knew that I had to do things differently than I did with my first birth. After a horrible first hospital birth (unplanned c-section after failed instrumental intervention), I wanted to trust my body and be in control of my labour, birth choices and my baby’s birth. Birthing
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“All I can say is wow. Hypnobirthing rocks! I had an induced labour (waters being broken and then an artificial drip) and for 12 hours it was marvellous. No need for pain killers (and I wasn’t being heroic). My dad was my birth partner and our Hypnobirthing practice together made us the perfect team. I
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“Our baby girl, Mia, arrived safely on March 17th at 11.08am, 3,5kg. Zac and I are besotted with her and rapidly having to get used to sleepless nights and the endless feeding and nappy changing! I had to have a c-section in the end as she remained extended breech, but all went exceptionally well and
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“I always had my heart and hopes set on a natural birth. However, miss Catherine decided to come a month early and I agreed to having a caesarean. Hypnobirthing still proved to be immensely beneficial as I was able to make an informed (not forced) decisions using the very handy B.R.A.I.N. tool. Having all the
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“Four weeks ago, on 11 October, I gave birth to my wonderful baby girl. She took her time to arrive as I was already 41+6 weeks pregnant. We started talking with the birth centre in our area about an induction and your advice to question any invasive procedures was very useful. I did not want
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“Quick, intense, powerful, empowering – just a few words to describe my vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) home birth. I was labelled ‘high risk’ as my twin girls had been born by caesarean three years before. The chance of my uterus rupturing in labour was 1 in 200, so I was advised to give birth
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“Thursday the 5th June was my due date and whilst I didn’t expect my baby to arrive on this day my instincts told me it would be near enough. I’d had a show on Tuesday and I felt different, I had an urge to not venture to far from home, clean and get everything ready
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We had decided very early on we wanted a water birth in a birth centre which also meant no epidural. I suffer from Epilepsy and one of the battles was that my doctor had recommended I give birth in a hospital as there was a higher risk of seizure during labour. When I asked about
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