{"id":13464,"date":"2015-01-19T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T01:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/?p=13464"},"modified":"2020-07-08T16:53:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T06:53:55","slug":"sonny-born-6-january-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/sonny-born-6-january-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonny, born 6 January 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13465\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/photo-169x300.png\" alt=\"hypnobirth hypnobirthing natural birth first-time mum mom drug-free birth\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/photo-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/photo-450x799.png 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/photo-577x1024.png 577w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/photo.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/>Hi Melissa<\/p>\n<p>Hope you are well.<\/p>\n<p>Just want to let you know that last Tuesday I had a beautiful perfect healthy little boy. We named him Sonny.<\/p>\n<p>My birthing experience was more than I could have hoped for. I used hypnobirthing all the way through until the end with no pain relief. I made the environment calm and relaxing by listening to your CDs, had the lights dimmed and used aromatherapy, positive thinking\/my affirmations and breathing through the contractions. I ended up with no tears or stitches.<\/p>\n<p>My recovery was fabulous as well. After the labour I walked from the birthing suite up to my room, didn&#8217;t need any pain relief the whole time I was in hospital just some ice packs.<\/p>\n<p>Sonny has been latching on the breast like a pro since he came out.<\/p>\n<p>So glad that I did the hypnobirthing course. Thank you for helping me have a positive, close to perfect first time birthing experience.<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards<\/p>\n<p>Casey and Kevin, Brisbane<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/testimonials\/\">To read more inspiring birth stories click HERE!<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So glad that I did the hypnobirthing course. 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