THE PLAN My plan from early on in pregnancy was to have a VBAC. My previous had been a long back to back labour resulting in an unplanned caesarean and I wanted to birth my second the way my body knew how and to have a water birth. I also wanted to be in a…
At 41+4 weeks I went into labour spontaneously around 1am. Earlier that day I had agreed to be inducted at 42+1 weeks. I was woken up by a contraction, got up, went to the toilet. Then after a few more contractions I woke up my husband, Will, at 1:20am, and told him I was having…
I woke up about midnight with some cramping which then became more like contractions every 10-15 minutes, so around 3.30am I called the Horton and we were told all community midwives were unavailable! So until shift change at 7.30am we wouldn’t be able to have a home birth OR go into the midwife unit, but…
We were eagerly awaiting the arrival of our second baby, she was keeping us waiting, unlike her big sister who was very punctual, arriving right on her due date. This pregnancy was very different to my first. My first birth ended in an unplanned caesarean, and I was told any future pregnancy would be consultant-led…
I had my first daughter (you can read that story here) at 38+2 weeks after my waters went and labour started spontaneously. This time I was ready for an early baby again and finished work a bit earlier. But I was over 37 weeks and hadn’t noticed much so I thought I had to prepare…
The end of my second pregnancy was very different to my first. We had a dream birth with my first son and we wanted to try and have a similar experience. We did Amy’s hypnobirthing course first time round and so it was only right we came back to her for a refresher.. and also…
I went to have my nails done 2 days before my due date. Everyone got talking and shared their birth stories (all very positive) and we decided I’d probably go over due as my bump was still high. I went home, moved my living room furniture around to do the last deep clean, sat down…
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…
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…
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…