"My second birth with hypno birthing"

We took the online hypnobirthing class through the WA Country Health Services Bunbury. 

We welcomed a little boy, back in March. He arrived two weeks early. I had a two bleeds 24hrs apart and ended up getting induced. But incredibly I was already at 2cm and my cervix had thinned 50%. I was induced at 9:20am and my baby arrived at 11:44am. Active labour of 54minutes! 😳🤭 no pain relief (I got to that turning point and asked for an epidural, but it was way too late for that 😂) no damage or tears! I had been having mild contractions on and off for about three days, but just breathed through them.

We used a TENS machine, which was amazing. I was so much more calm and relaxed going in to the experience. We did the hypnobirthing class back when I think I was only 32wks so we had a lot of time to do the meditation sessions and practice a lot of massage. Looking back it was great! But once baby arrived so quickly, I went into a little shock. I hadn’t really prepared myself for that. With our first, we went through a 19hr active labour. 

I also didn’t give myself enough time in the lead up for my baby’s arrival to prepare myself for the major changes a new baby would do to our family. If that makes sense? Because we were so concentrated on having a better birth, but I guess we didn’t give ourselves more time to register what happens afterwards, like that days in hospital then coming home.

Based on my experience, I highly recommend the hypnobirthing course to anyone! It helped so much for my husband. He was the one I was more worried about going through labour than me. I believe it definitely gave him the tools and the confidence he needed to be a birth partner. I wish we did it the first time around.