{"id":15251,"date":"2015-08-05T19:38:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T09:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/?p=15251"},"modified":"2020-07-08T16:53:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T06:53:52","slug":"camille-born-15-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/camille-born-15-july-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Camille, born 15 July 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our little cherub Camille arrived at 40 weeks + 5 days on 15\/07\/15.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-15253 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FullSizeRender-8-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"hypnobirthing with melissa hypnobirth natural birthing antenatal class brisbane\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FullSizeRender-8-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FullSizeRender-8-450x590.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FullSizeRender-8-781x1024.jpg 781w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FullSizeRender-8.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>The Hypnobirthing techniques really helped, especially when I put on my headphones and really zoned everything else out.<\/p>\n<p>My labour kicked off around 2am and I chilled out at home until 9am when things started moving more quickly. We checked in to hospital at around 10am at only 3cm dialated but I felt things progressing rapidly enough that I didn&#8217;t want to go home. My waters broke in the exam room and I was moved into a birthing suite shortly after. Unfortunately there were no water birth rooms available, but hopefully I&#8217;ll snag one for the next baby \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15252\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150719_103208-e1438767175934-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"hypnobirthing with melissa hypnobirth natural birthing antenatal class brisbane\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150719_103208-e1438767175934-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150719_103208-e1438767175934-759x1024.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>I spent most of my time hanging over the back of the bed and I had a small &#8216;running away&#8217; experience during transition where I simply had to leave the bed and go to the toilet before I breathed my baby down &#8211; I simply couldn&#8217;t stay there &#8211; which resulted in our little Angel being born on the floor in front of the toilet in a total of 5 surges! She wasn&#8217;t a poo after all lololol. All in all it was a total of 12 hours labour, of which only 4 was intense and required quite a lot of focus (and support).<br \/>\nMy only advice to you all is for the birth partners (because I already know all you Mums have been doing loads of prep and will be just fine). Don&#8217;t underestimate your role. Do heaps of prep, read your partners cheat sheet, use lots of different forms of encouragement, and don&#8217;t forget the Grounding Touch it can really help if you&#8217;ve reinforced it enough times before hand \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Good Luck to you all &#8211; and here&#8217;s to a super positive birth experience for everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Xxx<\/p>\n<p>Cate, Mark and Cami,<\/p>\n<p>Brighton, Brisbane, Queensland<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our little cherub Camille arrived at 40 weeks + 5 days on 15\/07\/15. The Hypnobirthing techniques really helped, especially when I put on my headphones and really zoned everything else out. My labour kicked off around 2am and I chilled out at home until 9am when things started moving more quickly. 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