A very different experience to my first birth- the 3 day birthing marathon. This time it all happened so quick, contractions started 2am, hospital 5am and then home for afternoon tea!.. No intervention, just a bit of gas and air…& as there were no pools available...
Second baby, Hypnobirthing this time after a traumatic first birth. We contacted Louise for a hypnobirthing course after I was recommended by friends to try it when they had good birth experiences with hypnobirthing. I found the birth of my 1st child quite traumatic...
Orelia was born in the birthing pool, at Lister, exactly as we had hoped. The hypnobirthing techniques you taught me got me through an intense labour. I breathed her head out and delivered her body with one push. Pete caught her in the pool and brought her up to my...
I wanted to say thanks to hypnobirthing I felt so in control of my body and mind in the hours before active labour and even right in the midst of it. For that I will be forever thankful to the wise hippo programme. On Monday morning I woke up and knew I felt different...
As suspected, she did follow in the footsteps of her big brother and make her appearance into the world in record time, I woke to some surges starting at 3.45am, we made it to the hospital at 5.10am and she was here by 6.19am. The speed of her arrival meant we did...
