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4/11/2018 0 Comments

When the plan changes, staying calm is vital

I have recently received this lovely message from Alana. She and her partner Manny attended one of my group HypnoBirthing classes, and this is a summary of their darling boy Levi's birth.


Hi Jo,
Manny and I had a baby boy on the 15th of October. Little Levi is doing really well and we are so in love!

I ended up being induced 12 days over my due date. They gave me cervidil, then after a long wait of almost 24 hours they broke my waters. I was 1cm dilated, and after 7 hours they suggested that I have an epidural to see if it might relax things and help move them along.

Levi was posterior so I was having surges in my back as well. They checked me a few hours after having the epidural and I was 3cm dilated with some swelling on my cervix. Levi was still doing well but they suggested having a C-section as they were worried that he might become distressed.

So we decided to go ahead with that and Levi was born via C-section. I felt like the breathing techniques really helped me to get where I did.

When given information and suggestions we felt empowered to ask questions, and to ask for time to see if things would progress on their own. I also used to calm breathing throughout the C-section when I felt like I wasn't in control!

Doing HypnoBirthing really helped Manny through the process as well! He was really amazing, and was a great birthing companion utilising information and techniques that we learned during our classes.

Thanks for everything.

* Thank you so much to Alana, Manny and Levi for allowing me to share their birthing story*
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    My name is Jo and I am a mother, midwife and HypnoBirthing childbirth educator.

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