{"id":109430,"date":"2022-07-01T12:59:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T02:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/?p=109430"},"modified":"2025-03-11T18:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:52:53","slug":"empowering-positive-birth-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/empowering-positive-birth-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"It was the most empowering, positive and healing experience and everything I invisioned it to be!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Rox\u2019s Birth Story<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-109432 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-10-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"hypnobirthing water birth\" width=\"277\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-10-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-10-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-10-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-10-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-10-610x349.jpg 610w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-10-450x257.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-10-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/>Remy\u2019s birth was a beautiful calm hypno water birth. I had the best support team, Brad my partner and my lovely midwife Monique, who both made me feel incredibly supported. It was the most empowering, positive and healing experience and everything I invisioned it to be!<\/p>\n<p>It began on Friday the 5th of November, which was the day before Remy\u2019s due date. I was 40 weeks pregnant. After putting Lilly to bed at around 8pm brad did a few acupressure points on me that we learnt in hypnobirthing. I instantly started to feel cramping (period like pains). The cramping began to feel fairly consistent so I rang my midwife Monique, just to let her know that I might have been going into labour that night.<\/p>\n<p>We went to sleep at 10:30pm, but I was woken up at 12:30am from the intensity of my contractions. I woke brad up and started to use the tens machine as we began topack the hospital bags. Brad started to track the frequency and length of my surges with an app. My waters began to break slowly at 1am. We called my mum who lives 2 hours away and asked her to come so that she could look after Lilly our daughter, while we went to hospital. While we waited for my mum I used the tools we learnt in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypnobirthing course<\/a> to keep me relaxed and calm. I lay in bed or sat on my fit ball, focusing on my breathing techniques and listening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypnobirthingaustralia.online\/store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypnobirthing tracks<\/a>, while Brad did light touch. I also spent time in the shower to help keep me relaxed and calm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-109433 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-11-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"Hypnobirthing\" width=\"272\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-11-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-11-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-11-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-11-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-11-610x349.jpg 610w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-11-450x257.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-11-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/>We drove to the hospital at around 4:40am which was a 25minute drive. I continued listening to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypnobirthingaustralia.online\/store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypnobirthing tracks<\/a> and focusing on my breathing. I was in such a meditative relaxed state of mind that Brad was asking me if I was even having contractions any more. We also had a sneaky stop at McDonald\u2019s for hotcakes on our way to hospital haha. We arrived at the hospital at 5:20am. As soon as we arrived to my room in the birth Center I asked Monique to check how dilated I was. At 5:40am I was 5cm dilated, which made me so happy!<\/p>\n<p>I first got into the shower, leaning over the fitball on my hands and knees while brad applied pressure techniques on my hips through every surge. I found being in the shower to be the best pain relief for my back and hips through labour. My incredible birth photographer Lana came in at around 6:30am. The intensity of my surges became stronger so I started to use the gas at 7am to help take the edge off during surges.<\/p>\n<p>My birth plan was always to have a water birth. When I first got into the birthing pool at 7:15am I began to over heat and vomit and didn\u2019t feel comfortable. So I went back to the shower where I felt the most calmest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-109434 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-12-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"surge breathing\" width=\"254\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-12-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-12-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-12-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-12-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-12-610x349.jpg 610w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-12-450x257.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-12-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/>By Around 9:30am my surges began to increase dramatically. I continued to vomit and at this point I was standing up in the shower, still using all the same hypnobirthing techniques with Brad. At 10am I felt an enormous amount of pressure, moments later the rest of my waters actually burst and made a really loud popping sound.<\/p>\n<p>At 10:30am I began to transition and moved myself out into the open area of the birthing suite. I thought that\u2019s where I was going to give birth, standing up with Brad and Monique by my side encouraging me and supporting me through every surge. By 11:10am I was getting very exhausted and my legs were shaking, so Monique encouraged me to move into the pool so that I could become more relaxed. I remember feeling enormous relief as soon as I entered the pool, as if my body told me it\u2019s time to surrender.<\/p>\n<p>Within 15 short minutes of being in the water Remy was born. It was daylight and the sun was shining through the blinds. Brad was in the pool with me. I pushed Remy\u2019s head out in one surge and remember feeling his head and all his hair with my hand and thinking how incredible it was, such a magical moment I\u2019ll never forget! On the following surge I pushed his body out with a bit of assistance from Monique pulling him at the same time, as his umbilical cord was completely wrapped around his whole body. Remy was born at 11.25am.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-109435 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-2-300x171.png\" alt=\"water for labour pains\" width=\"265\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-2-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-2-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-2-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-2-1536x878.png 1536w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-2-610x349.png 610w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-2-450x257.png 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-2.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I lifted Remy straight to my chest feeling so ecstatic that I just birthed my baby exactly how I invisioned it, with out all the interventions I had with Lilly\u2019s birth. It was such an incredible feeling and I was so proud of myself. Monique, Brad and myself all realised very quickly that something was not ok with Remy. He was completely limp, deep purple all over and he wasn\u2019t responsive or making any noises.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-109436 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-13-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"hypnobirthing calm birth\" width=\"275\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-13-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-13-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-13-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-13-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-13-610x349.jpg 610w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-13-450x257.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-13-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>Monique quickly asked brad to cut Remy\u2019s umbilical cord, which he did. Monique then pushed the emergency button and with in seconds there was a full team of paediatrics and midwife\u2019s in our room. Remy was taken straight off us and was laid under the heat lamps on a small bed. He was given oxygen while the team were rubbing his chest and back and massaging his body. He slowly started to change colour to a bright pink colour.<\/p>\n<p>At this moment I had been laid down onto a bed to birth the placenta. Brad was holding Remy\u2019s hand looking over at me. The team was staying very calm and was reassuring us that he was going to be ok and that he just hadn\u2019t transitioned very well. Which is why his lungs were struggling to stay afloat on their own. This went on for 15 long minutes. This was obviously not part of our birth plan. I would of loved for Remy to have delayed cord clamping and uninterrupted skin to skin. But seeing Remy the way he was, none of that mattered, all I cared about was making sure he was ok. He finally coughed up some fluid, let out a small cry and began to wake up. Remy was than finally brought over to me for our first cuddle.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-109437 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-14-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"hypnobirthing water birth\" width=\"284\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-14-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-14-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-14-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-14-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-14-610x349.jpg 610w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-14-450x257.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Website-featured-images-14-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brad and I were in awe of our little boy and we both were feeling so relieved that he was ok. He had his first breastfeed and I enjoyed skin to skin with him as we waited for my Mum to bring Lilly in. Lilly and Mum arrived with in an hour and a half after Remy\u2019s birth. Lilly was so excited to meet her baby brother and was so proud to become a big sister. A moment I\u2019ll never forget. Remy\u2019s birth weight was 4.03 kg\u2019s and he was 54cm\u2019s tall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rox\u2019s Birth Story Remy\u2019s birth was a beautiful calm hypno water birth. I had the best support team, Brad my partner and my lovely midwife Monique, who both made me feel incredibly supported. It was the most empowering, positive and healing experience and everything I invisioned it to be! 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