A beautiful adventure

We had heard a lot of traumatic birth stories but by practising hypnobirthing during pregnancy gave us the courage to feel empowered to choose what we felt was best for both mother and baby. When we were offered a sweep on the 30th December, which we politely declined after discussing with the gynaecologist.

The estimated due date was the 11th January but on Wednesday 6th January early morning I lost the mucus plug so it seems like things where about to start moving. At 10:00 I attended a routine checkup where this time the gynae checked if I had started dilating. Was offered a sweep again, but declined since I felt that the process had already begun naturally and wished to keep it that way.

Mild surges started at around 11:00, at which point I decided to have a relaxing bath using lavender essential oil and sipping on some raspberry leaf tea. Surges started increasing in intensity by 13:15 and so started recording them on a hypnobirthing app whilst following it's breathing instructions. We remained home until my water broke at around 19:15 and arrived at hospital at 20:00. By 20:15 I was checked by the midwife and used the birth ball for a couple of minutes. It was then suggested I take a squatting position at the edge of the bed for the down stage of labour. Our precious little miracle was born at 21:03 weighing 3.84kg. I had no tears in the process which made my recovery time even faster.

It was truly a beautiful adventure we shared together, not traumatic at all. For that we are truly grateful.

Sarah