"My Water Birth Experience"

I just wanted to say thank you to the staff that were part of my child's birth last year. Sorry it has taken so long to get this done.

I believe I was the first patient in two years who was granted the use of the bath at Wonthaggi Hospital to labour in, since laws (unsure what laws), had stopped women using the bath during their birthing experience. I used hypnobirthing as my pain management and doing this in the bath, I feel made my labour manageable, peaceful and an overall relaxing experience. I was not allowed to give birth in the water which I understood and complied with. The hardest part of my labour was having to have the water taken out of the bath, it would have been fantastic to do a water birth so I hope for other women that this may be possible at Wonthaggi Hospital one day.

However, I was so grateful to have been granted the use of the bath and wanted to say a big thank you to the staff and Wonthaggi midwifery for organising this for me. I also wanted to say a big thank you to two of my midwives. Chantel and Corina I believe were their names. Chantel was extremely supportive during my hypnobirthing and past experience assured me she knew what my body was doing and how to manage me. Corina was absolutely fantastic with helping me breastfeed. I believe her technique was the difference between me breastfeeding or not this time round. Overall the staff and support at Wonthaggi were amazing. Thank you.