I read about a Texas Basketball Coach who led her team to a regional semi-final victory on a Friday night. She then went to the hospital and had her baby an hour later. The next day she went back to coach her team to another win moving up to the next level. Good for her! …
Rebirth Blog is having a birth carnival and the next entry is First Births. I realized I never posted my first birth as a doula. So here it is! My first Hypnobabies Student Callie took my first Hypnobabies class I taught and her birth was great. Many of the births I attend as a Hypno-doula are …
I wanted to post and let everyone know that our fifth child arrived on January 14. It wasn’t a homebirth as planned though. When I went into labor I just felt very panicked internally.. something didn’t feel normal to me..so off to the hospital we went. I asked for an epidural..a first for me out …
There was a mom, Michele on the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group who was posting that her OB was doing the “Big Baby Scare” and wanted some input. I shared my Big Baby Bull link and said, educate yourself and follow your instincts. She posted her birth story and this was my reply. This is a GREAT example of …
Caden’s Birth Here is the day of his birth.. sorry it is so long! May 19th, Monday morning at 5am on the dot, I was waken up by some real strong pressure waves. I had been waking up at this time for the last few weeks, even though the alarm is always set for 7:00am …
Hypnobabies Birth Story: The worst part was: I didn’t have time to make brownies. Read More »
Brie’s Birth This was my fourth pregnancy and my first real attempt to have a natural birth. Seven years ago with my first baby I thought I would go “as long as possible” without an epidural. This of course set me up to fail. I had no idea what I was going to do or …
Caterina’s Birth Story Let me start by saying thank you to this group. I feel like I learned so much from you. I read the posts faithfully right up until my daughter’s birth. I didn’t post at all, but still feel like I ‘know’ most of you. I also have to admit that I was …
Cyrus’ Birth I was sure I was going to give birth on Friday, but I had had a cold and I think my body held off for a day to give me some extra recovery time. I had some birthing waves on Friday, but never closer together than 10 min. and very irregular. I had …
Claire’s Birth Story When my husband and I got pregnant we did extensive research on the having the safest birth possible for both mother and baby. We chose a midwife as our healthcare provider based on exceptional outcomes research. We quickly came to the conclusion that natural birth was what we wanted. Our midwife recommended …
Claire’s Birth On Monday, May 5th, I went to my appointment with the midwife. My due date was on May 3rd, so she started talking about the possibility of inducing labor since they can not continue my care if I am over due too long. I did not want to be induced so I let …
The easiest part of my birthing time was transition. Totally comfortable! Read More »
Donovan’s Birth My pressure waves started early Thursday morning, June 12th (not sure what time as I didn’t look at the clock when they woke me up) but I finally got up after one woke me up at 6:40am. I had another one 10 min later so I decided to try and time them. Starting …
The Nurse Was Surprised – No one had ever done that before! Read More »
Cienna’s Birth First I want to say I started the Hypnobabies homestudy late (about 34 weeks) and that I had a really hard time not falling asleep in them. Hypnobirth practicing Toward the end I would fall asleep to them at night and then listen to them again in the morning before I got out …
Even Though I Slept through my Hypnobabies practice, My Birth was GREAT! Read More »
Note: the word p**n is in here once or twice – though I don’t think I really felt any besides the crowning moment (and that was pretty brief). What I felt is better described as intense pressure or force, rather than p**n. Just a heads up for you. ******************************************************************************* I’m finally getting around to writing …
I first want to say that there has never been a more significant moment in my life than when I finally held my brand new baby girl before they had even cut the cord. I know I will never forget that. It would have been worth anything I might have experienced- good or bad. Next …
Amelia arrived safely into this world on a Tuesday evening after a quick and natural labor. She is a happy healthy baby, joining her 3 older sisters into our growing family. BIRTH STORY I was ready to no longer be pregnant. We tried to schedule an induction on Tuesday morning. My OB, Dr. F., knew …
