Mel’s Birth Story

I had my little boy, Rylan in January! He is just perfect!

My labour went really well, I woke up at 6:30am to contractions and my midwife checked me at 9:30am and I was 3/4cm. I laboured at home all day using a tens machine and the hypnobirthing tracks on the couch with candles and dim lights. I also jumped in the bath for a bit before heading into hospital around 9pm.

When we got there I was 7/8cm and I was able to get into the pool- unfortunately I wasn’t able to have my water birth in the end as the water got too hot and it was elevating my temp/blood pressure and both our heart rates were too high. So, I did end up on the bed with CTG monitoring and I pushed him out drug free (using just the gas for the last 15 mins) on the bed at 11:43pm that same day!

I may or may not have said for them to cut him out at one point and I asked my mum why I chose no drugs but I’m very proud I did it drug free!

I definitely think the course helped me with my mindset and breathing!! The breathing and audio tracks were used constantly throughout the day and night!