Writing my birth story feels as surreal as the experience itself. As I sit here, looking down at my precious baby, I’m in awe, not only for his sweet little life but for the strength of women everywhere. Never before have I felt so deeply connected to both my own body and the collective power…
My first birth was at the Horton MLU. It was incredible but there were moments that have stuck with me where I didn’t feel great. Moments where I wasn’t taken as seriously as I’d liked. These feelings are engraved in my memory of my first birth and while I always say it was incredible, there…
It feels so surreal to be writing this 😂 but having enjoyed so many birth stories during my pregnancy I really wanted to share my own. I hadn’t really realised how much my partner took away from hypnobirthing and how it enabled him to advocate for me when I was unable to speak for myself….
At 4:43am I felt uncomfortable from my sleep (standard), and rolled myself over from my right to left in bed. I then heard the oddest noise – no joke, the sound was what you hear as the bath or sink has almost emptied itself. I thought, gosh, I know my tummy often growls at me,…
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…
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…
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…
A letter to Lila, one year later. Sitting down to reflect on your birth story is like having the opportunity to step back in time. I think about how it felt to feel your movements before you were earth side and can’t help but compare those tiny flutters to the confident 14 month old who…