On Monday morning I woke up and knew I felt different; my surges were coming, but very mildly (period like pains) but were on and off all day. I had 6 surges on my 20 min walk so I rang the MLU who said it’s time to come in.
So off we went and I still felt so calm, listened to the mp3’s in the car enroute. As expected, things stopped in the car. They let us into a delivery suite with a pool where we relaxed listening to mp3s and I bounced on my ball. I was managing it all really well. Too well in fact, as the midwives suggested we go home as I was only 2cm dilated by 7pm.
Things ramped up big time as soon as I walked in our back door. I had a bath, lit some candles etc. The surges were coming thick and fast. I put my Tens machine on for the journey back in to Lister hospital, which was amazing. Then my waters broke in the car, along with my tens machine running out of battery! I found myself still counting and this helped me focus somewhat.
Thanks to hypnobirthing, I felt so in control of my mind and body, throughout my whole birth experience. For that I will be forever thankful.
We got to Lister hospital, and at this stage I honestly thought I was going to deliver her in the car park.
We got inside the delivery suite and I knew I was fully dilated. I was on all fours, still using hypnobirthing techniques which helped. The pool was then ready, so I got in. I think it was around 4 pushes and she was here, safely and absolutely perfect. I only suffered a minor tear too.
I felt like Wonder Woman! It was honestly the best experience albeit scary at times. But, without hypnobirthing skills it could have been a different story.
So thank you Louise for all your help with educating us as a couple. We worked brilliantly together.
