Hi Janet, just a thank you. Please pass our message onto whomever you wish! Following our hypnobirthing classes, James and I felt truly prepared, informed and, most of all relaxed about the birth of our son. Harris was born at home, without pain relief or tears (maybe a couple of crying sort of tears, however!) after seven hours from the first twinge as we were getting ready for bed and looking forward to a lie in the morning!
The surges came quickly and we breathed through them all together, I didn’t find the first stage painful as I knew what to expect and I was fully relaxed. The midwife checked Harris’ heartbeat throughout the second stage; which remained consistent. It sounded just as it had at every checkup throughout pregnancy. Knowing he was chilled calmed and reassured me, as by this point I had tired. My clever son knew what to do, and I just had to listen to my body. Daddy caught Harris and cut his cord.
The midwives were supportive and fully embraced the hypnobirth, it felt like a perfect team of three! We have spent the past week just staring at our beautiful, content baby. Besotted. In short, thank you Janet for your wisdom, kind words and support.
Jen, James and Harris. X