A positive vaginal delivery: Kaila’s birth story
My pregnancy went well apart from awful morning sickness, which lasted until week 16. During my third trimester my husband and I listened to the HPHB relaxations and breathing techniques every night. I knew I wanted to feel calm and in control during the birth and hypnobirthing seemed the perfect way to do this.
I had Braxton Hicks on the Friday night and things started to happen around 3pm on Saturday. I had a bath and used my breathing until around 5pm and then got out and started using the TENS machine while I watched my favourite films. We went into hospital at 10pm and I was 2cm. We went home and I kept listening to my favourite HPHB relaxations. We returned to hospital at 1am and I was 4cm! I took paracetamol and Codeine and was in a birthing pool for about 2 hours while my husband massaged my back – he kept reminding me of the breathing exercises. I got out the bath to be monitored and the actual pushing lasted an hour…Kaila was born at 5:47am on the Sunday morning!
She had so much hair! I reached out to her while the midwifes were rubbing her down and she grabbed my finger ❤️ it was amazing. I had an hour of skin to skin and then so did my husband.
The first week of being new parents were a bit overwhelming. Breastfeeding was hard and took us a while to learn.
I would definitely recommend Happy Parents. Happy Baby - they are all so kind, relatable and knowledgeable.
Top Tips:
Be patient with yourself (breastfeeding is hard and recovery isn't overnight)
Prepare for the labour and parenting while you are pregnant
Hypnobirthing is fantastic
