"Hypnobirthing - Bunbury"

Hi Kasey,

We cannot thank you enough for all you taught us about hypnobirthing! 

You are a fantastic communicator and made us feel at ease and not overwhelmed with all we were learning, and we forgive you for having the last class on AFL grand final day 😉

I want to share my birth story with you - please feel free to use any of this material with future classes, as we loved that your classes were based on real stories of others and not staged births. I have sent a separate email with pictures, and am trying to send a few videos, but for now, it’s saying they’re too big. I’ll figure that out and send them when I can. 

I had planned to have a natural birth, with as little intervention as possible, unless needed for baby’s safety. However, at my 36-week scan the dr said that baby wasn’t growing as expected and booked me for a follow up two weeks later - this scan showed that baby had lost weight and my placenta had started to calcify. This being the case, my dr consulted the board of obstetrics and they decided that the best thing for baby was to get them out over the next three days. Mid-afternoon that same day, I received a call to say I was to go in 2.5 hours later to have a balloon inserted and be induced the following morning. 

Upon admission, I was 1cm dilated and my cervix 1cm long, so my baby was already on their way. The balloon didn’t do anything overnight so mid-morning, the midwife broke my waters. I asked to have an hour to see if anything happened naturally before starting syntocin. Nothing happened, so my drip was inserted and we were on our way. 

Although this wasn’t what I had in mind for my birth, I stayed positive and was looking forward to meeting our baby. 

I breathed through my surges and was able to talk and eat between them for the first three hours. I then hit the transition period and was finding it harder and harder to breathe through as the surges became stronger and much closer together. My husband and midwives reminded me that ‘each surge cannot be stronger than me, because they are me’ and to breathe in and out deeply and while resting I released and let go of all tension - I believe this really helped to store my energy and prepared to ride the next surge.

I stayed mobile and moved between the shower, toilet, cushioned area and the bed, always staying upright as I knew that would help my baby to move down. I used the hot shower as a form of relief and had the gas to help focus on my breathing, as surges grew stronger in the last hour. My husband used soft-touch, kissing, cold flannels and our two favourite affirmations to reassure me, and midwives used a mixture of robusso and massage, and they breathed with me, to help me focus, as it became more intense.

With each breath that I took, I felt baby move down. I truly felt that my body and my baby were in sync and knew exactly what to do. I was on my knees leaning over the bed head, I took deep breathes in and out, through my nose and down my body. I instinctively turned my right leg to the side, as I felt my baby moving down. 

I am so happy to say that after a 6.5-hour drug-free labour, I breathed my baby out and my husband caught them as they entered the world. They were 6.5 pounds of pure perfection. 

We are so grateful to Kasey and truly encourage other expecting parents to take the positive birthing course - it really opened our eyes to how amazing our bodies and minds are. Hubby knew exactly how to help throughout labour because of this course. As a bonus, Kasey can even teach you how to breathe a poop out! 

In case this is at all of interest, my baby was placed on my chest and we were left to bind for approximately two hours before they were weighed and measured. We did delayed cord clamping, then my husband cut the umbilical cord. The midwives also showed us the newborn crawl to find the breast, which you will see in pictures! 

We are eternally grateful Kasey!