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So the induction day started off very relaxing Wes and I went for a swim, got ready and went to the hospital. I was so excited, not scared at all, I didn’t have any fears or anxiety and mentally felt so prepared. Read More …
I’ve just kept thinking I’ve waited so long for this day to finally meet my beautiful baby girl.
The balloon was quite uncomfortable which surprised me at first as my midwife Jan had told me most women don’t feel too much pain.
I had a huge contraction about 30 mins after the balloon was inserted which really kicked things off.
From then I was moved to the ward to sleep and experienced contractions every 30-45 minutes for the whole night. It was definitely hard to stay positive not resting but I reminded myself it meant I was getting closer to meeting my girl.
In the morning my water broke and things quickly progressed. I felt a bit defeated and exhausted, and even thought I would need an epidural.
Once Wes got to the birth suite I felt at ease and wanted to get in the shower with him and that was my saviour. I keep saying to myself ‘you birth how your body and baby want to’.
I didn’t actually listen to the hypnosis audio I had Wes there to keep me focused on breathing etc.
My visualisations came into play when I started doubting myself in transition so I would focus on meeting my baby, time, what I had already been through and knew that I could get through a few more hours of this, picturing us as a family at the end ect.
I completely failed at using the gas, my mind was just focused on every contraction and moving her down. I progressed really quickly in the shower.
I was 9 centimetres after 3 hours. This was magical. I was so proud of my body and baby.
Transition was mainly quite calm, she was taking her time to come through and grabbing onto the bed or squeezing the bed frame really helped me.
The midwives were so impressed with my calm birth especially how I handled transition, they were talking about it for hours. Her head came out and Wes got to see how much hair she had and we laughed and then I got to hold her and it was so perfect.
Wes has tears in his eyes and I was in shock.
I held her and couldn’t stop saying how grateful I was that she was here and safe and that I’m her mum.
The TFT we did on my fears of blood really helped when my placenta came out, I was not as near as anxious as I thought I would be.
It was such a special experience. I’m so proud of myself and so happy to have met you and Edmore, and will forever be grateful that you helped shape the most positive birthing experience for us.
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