A fast and positive induction story involving obstetric cholestasis.I found out at 31 weeks that I had obstetric cholestasis and was told I’d be induced between 37 and 38 weeks. I’d been induced 6 years previously when I’d had my son so at first, I felt ok about it but then the anxiety started to…
A positive second birth on labour ward at the John Radcliffe Hospital. Featuring Low Papp A, Induction and a quick birth. So here’s a brief run down of the whole thing – It was so different from my first birth and the Hypnobirthing really did make a difference, my partner, Neil, said I was really…
Hello, Thought I’d send you an email about Rupert’s entrance into the world. It wasn’t my ideal “birth plan” but it was a very positive experience and I felt very confident going into labour after doing the course with you. Monday 22nd we were sat having dinner at 9pm and I felt a ‘pop’ and…
I started having what I can only describe as twinges, similar to what you’d feel right before a period, on Saturday the 18th December in the evening time. I decided to just ignore it and we carried on about our evening and went walking round the supermarket buying Christmas food. Throughout the night period pains…
We were ready for our little boy to come. We had done all the prep; birth plan written, bags were packed by the front door, revising our hypnobirthing notes most nights. We were excited for the big day! Following on from what we learnt in Amy’s class, we knew it wasn’t very likely that our…
When I found out I was pregnant I was so excited however It soon dawned on me that I would have to give birth and I started to panic; all I knew about birth was what other women had told me and it sounded like a painful and traumatic experience. I looked into ways to…
Waters broke at 5:30am when I sat up in bed as heard my first son shouting for mummy! I called triage to let them know. They said see how you get on with contractions. New community midwives would start their shift at 8am so we were aiming for sending them after then! I was naive…
It took me a while to write this as I felt at first my birth didn’t go to plan, the first bit of labour where i was contracting at home was nothing like I imagined it! I was not prepared for how intense contractions could be! Looking back it was literally the birth I planned…
On Monday 13th February I started to feel like things were happening… That evening I had dinner at my mother in laws and made a comment to say I think you may need to have Arabella tonight (she was my childcare). That evening I went home and had a mad moment of wanting to iron…
So my labour was quite long. My waters broke on Sunday at 4 am while I was sleeping. I quickly got up and went to the bathroom because it was so much! I cleaned everything, finished putting everything in the bag and tried to go back to sleep but with the excitement it was quite…
After attending hypnobirthing at Amy’s studio with my husband we were quickly set on what type of birth we wanted. Labour for as long as possible at home, gas and air pain relief with a water birth. We were still unsure on where we wanted to give birth. The options being the Horton Midwife Led…
Sebastian’s Birth. November 2023 I woke up around 3.30am and felt constipated, but I didn’t consider at the time that this could be the start of labour. The feeling seemed to come and go and I was up and down, in and out of bed until 5.30am when I woke my husband. He suggested that…