Birth Stories
My little girl Rosie was born weighing 8lbs 14oz! My induction of labour started at 6.30pm. By 10pm I had quickly gone from 2cm dilated to 8cm and my surges were becoming more and more intense. I had sent Toby home for some rest as we didn't expect things to progress...
We were induced for post dates, as we were 12 days over our baby's "due date." Things happened very quickly for us with only 1:30 hours of active labour! Even though the birth wasn’t the one we’d been picturing, the Hypnobirthing techniques we learnt were extremely...
David and I really enjoyed the hypnobirthing course and it made the last few weeks of my pregnancy much more relaxed than I had expected. Several of my friends commented on how confident and relaxed I seemed and this was due to the relaxation exercises I was doing in...
First signs, I’d had some acupuncture, then early the next morning 1am my waters broke. We went to hospital and they sent us home for 24 hours to see if anything happened naturally. Unfortunately it didn't, despite me trying everythinggggg!! We went back in 24 hours...
I was booked to have the induction Monday, but with the hospital being so busy I couldn’t come in to get started until the evening. All day my hypnobirthing helped me await the call and keep calm. I had the gel over night and by the next day at midday I was 2cm...
I and an induction of labour, as a vaginal swab showed my waters had broken. The plan was to have a pessary inserted to induce, start off my labour. If that did not take effect within 6 hours, I would have been taken to labour ward to be put on a hormone drip. The...
