"Thank you for all the hypnobirthing advice and techniques I'm not sure how I would have managed my labour without them."
Louise, Hypnobirthing mother

"THANK YOU to Kirsty. The hypnobirthing course really helped me to believe and understand what my body can do."
Galina, Hypnobirthing mother

"although it wasn't what we had planned Leni was born into a calm and relaxed atmosphere"
Selena

"I just wanted to say thank you for all your input with the hypnobirthing... It was hard work, but an amazing experience."
Becky

"I had the most perfect birth experience and I cannot thank you enough."
Lyndsey, Hypnobirthing mother

"I can't recommend Kirsty and her course highly enough. If we are ever lucky enough to have another child, I will definitely be practising hypnobirthing to get me through all the hurdles of pregnancy and birth!"
Lorna

"I went into Kirsty's class feeling terrified of the pain of labour and came out of the first class with very little fear of pain or any other aspect of labour."
Alison, Hypnobirthing mother

"I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Kirsty and her course. She's an excellent teacher and pitched it perfectly for our group of believers and those who needed a little more convincing!"
Jules, Hypnobirthing mother

"If you’d told me or my husband before the birth that I wouldn’t need any pain relief we’d have laughed in disbelief! Kirsty’s course should be available on the NHS!"
Catherine, Hypnobirthing mother

"I want to thank you so much for your time in teaching us hypnobirthing, it made such a massive difference to how I felt going into labour and I can actually say that I enjoyed the whole experience"
Gemma

Hypnobirthing birth experience after induction

by Selena

After being monitored regularly for high blood pressure the Dr's decided induction at 39 + 2 was the only option as it wasn't improving. So we were booked in for induction at 3.30pm on Thursday. As we have just moved we spent most of the day unpacking boxes and trying to get the flat ready for baby to arrive in what we assumed would be a few days - I had heard induction can take days to start up. As I really didn't want an induction but understood that given my high BP it was necessary we did of course try all the old wives tales to get things started asap and I had been doing acupuncture regularly throughout the final weeks so this may also have helped.

Anyway I had pretty regular braxton hicks all day leading up to going to hospital and when they monitored me they were even more regular so the midwife has since suggested that perhaps I was in the early stages of labour before they did the gel at 7.30pm that evening. We went for a walk around the hospital, up and down the stairs and then ventured over the road for a Thai (nice and spicy but I would soon live to regret that!). By 9.30pm I am pretty sure I was having full on surges and they continued to get more and more intense until midnight when they were minute on minute off and quite strong. The midwife examined me at 2am and I was 1cm dilated and so I decided to have a bath. Unfortunately as we were in the main ward for general monitoring and induction there was't much privacy and the hypnobirthing/breathing techniques helped to keep my surges as 'low key' as possible so as not to disturb the other women on the ward - who were all sleeping! The worst part was the fact that I was very very sick and trying to keep quiet at the same time.

After the bath my waters broke pretty quickly and I started to want to push. The midwife was reluctant to examine me as she assumed I was only another cm or 2 dilated but I insisted and low and behold I was 9cm and nearly fully dilated. THANK GOD FOR THAT!!! So they rushed me into the labour ward and I began pushing with guidance from another midwife and a lot of gas and air (probably worth mentioning I was only allowed 2 paracetamol before now). I used my breathing and repeated 'breath the baby out' with every surge. I can remember everyone telling me how well i was doing with each surge but it felt like I was bearing down for a life time. After 8 minutes, Leni made her grand entrance at just after 5am. Funnily enough I was on my back in the bed but this was the only way I could get comfortable as my legs were exhausted from bouncing on my ball all night. We had a lovely skin to skin moment for about an hour whilst I was stitched and they let the cord finish pulsating before cutting it which I had asked for.

All in all from what i have heard my experience was pretty amazing. I am so so happy that I did it all naturally and although it wasn't what we had planned Leni was born into a calm and relaxed atmosphere and her gentle nature is definitely a result of that.

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