{"id":23073,"date":"2017-05-22T10:50:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T00:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/?p=23073"},"modified":"2025-03-11T17:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T07:37:38","slug":"empowering-natural-birth-story-maddison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/empowering-natural-birth-story-maddison\/","title":{"rendered":"The Empowering Natural Birth Story of Maddison"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Empowering Natural Birth Story of Maddison -Hypnobub number 2!<\/h2>\n<p>I was introduced to hypnobirthing when I was pregnant with my first baby in 2015. I was terrified of everything to do with being pregnant \u2013 a massive vomit phobia coupled with a fear of not being in control, fear of needles\/hospitals (pretty much everything that was involved in being pregnant) and hypnobirthing changed my life!<\/p>\n<p>Hypnobirthing made my entire pregnancy amazing as well as gave me a really positive birth experience and continued positive experience with my son 19 months on. Yes \u2013 I even use hypnobirthing to deal with toddler emotions! The power of the mind is an incredible thing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23078\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23078 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18261242_10158687493995158_2035622505_o-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Emma during labour laughing\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18261242_10158687493995158_2035622505_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18261242_10158687493995158_2035622505_o-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18261242_10158687493995158_2035622505_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18261242_10158687493995158_2035622505_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18261242_10158687493995158_2035622505_o-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18261242_10158687493995158_2035622505_o-610x457.jpg 610w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18261242_10158687493995158_2035622505_o.jpg 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma during her labour &#8211; calm &amp; relaxed 10 mins before baby Maddy was born!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When I fell pregnant again with baby number two it was very different. Having an active toddler meant I couldn\u2019t focus my time on my pregnancy like I did with him. I downloaded the<a href=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/hypnobubs-hypnobirthing-online-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> online course <\/a>as a refresher and I had planned to immerse myself in it when I went on maternity leave. However, at 31 weeks I had to rush to the hospital as I had started bleeding. I couldn\u2019t believe it when I was told that my membranes had ruptured prematurely and there was a risk that my baby would come within 48 hours. I was devastated. I hadn\u2019t done anything to prepare for baby number two and felt like I had already let my baby down.<\/p>\n<p>I was admitted into hospital there and then and was told I had to stay there until the baby was born \u2013 which could have been that day or in 8 weeks\u2019 time. I was immediately put on antibiotics, given steroid injections for the baby\u2019s lungs, and told I would need to be monitored every 4 hours. I just couldn\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n<p>So many things were going around in my head and there was so much that I could be very stressed about &#8211; but then I thought about my hypnobirthing mantras and realised that &#8220;I had no control over anything that was about to happen \u2013 but I had total control of my reactions to it all.&#8221; So, I calmed down and knew that I had to do everything to keep this baby in as long as possible and panicking was not going to help the situation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23077\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23077\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18254473_10158687496775158_1041415195_n-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"Mum Emma &amp; Baby Maddy - Skin to Skin\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18254473_10158687496775158_1041415195_n-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18254473_10158687496775158_1041415195_n-450x371.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18254473_10158687496775158_1041415195_n-768x633.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18254473_10158687496775158_1041415195_n-610x503.jpg 610w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18254473_10158687496775158_1041415195_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mum Emma &amp; Baby Maddy &#8211; Skin to Skin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I listened to my <a href=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/shop\/\">hypnobirthing tracks<\/a>, went through the <a href=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/hypnobubs-hypnobirthing-online-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online course<\/a> and didn\u2019t worry about anything. I managed to hold on for almost 3 weeks! I continued to bleed and lose fluid during that time but my Doctor assured me that the baby was still in the best place so I kept calm and patient.<\/p>\n<p>On the evening of the 1 April 2017 it all changed. I had what felt like period pain for most of the night &#8211; it was a constant pain and I lost more blood. By around 7am and after not having much sleep due to being uncomfortable and various monitoring, the pains started coming and going. I KNEW this was labour. It was the same feeling I had with my son, so I started timing the surges, put on my <a href=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypnobirthing tracks<\/a> and got into my calm and peaceful zone.<\/p>\n<p>My husband arrived not long after and he (and my Doctor) were already aware of my hypnobirthing preferences and that I didn\u2019t want to talk to anyone, I just wanted to remain in my \u2018zone\u2019. My Doctor saw me at 10:30am, confirmed that I was in labour and moved me down to the labour ward (apparently I was already 4.5cm dilated). I knew I had to have IV antibiotics and would need to have myself and baby monitored, as well as oxytocin to ensure the labour progressed quickly. So, once that was all set up I sat on a fit ball at the end of the bed and just relaxed. From then on I wasn\u2019t aware of anyone in the room and just breathed, felt calm and was ready to embrace whatever happened next.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23074 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18318348_10158687494230158_1499736509_o-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dad and baby Maddy Meet\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18318348_10158687494230158_1499736509_o-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18318348_10158687494230158_1499736509_o-450x690.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18318348_10158687494230158_1499736509_o-768x1178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18318348_10158687494230158_1499736509_o-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18318348_10158687494230158_1499736509_o-610x935.jpg 610w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18318348_10158687494230158_1499736509_o.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/>To be honest I don\u2019t even really remember the labour progressing. I was just listening to the <a href=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/shop\/surge-of-the-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birthing tracks<\/a> and just enjoying the feeling of tranquillity. It was beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after 1pm the surges started getting more intense and then all of a sudden I felt \u2018something\u2019 down there! I could not even believe that this could possibly be the baby but I then all of a sudden said \u2018I need to push\u2019! The midwife looked and sure enough there was the baby\u2019s head \u2013 it was all happening!<\/p>\n<p>I could feel what my body needed to do and it was amazing to be able to slow things down and birth my baby in such a natural way. I felt the head come out slowly and I relaxed a bit more. The next surge I pushed out the baby\u2019s shoulders and the final push the body was out and I heard the most glorious sound \u2013 a beautiful baby crying!<\/p>\n<p>Then the icing on the cake &#8211; \u2018it\u2019s a girl\u2019! She was able to breathe on her own at 33+6 weeks gestation. What a strong little girl. We were able to cuddle her briefly before she was taken away to the NICU and I led there feeling OVERJOYED!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I could NOT believe that I had managed to give birth with NO pain medication and I LOVED EVERY SECOND of it!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was able to stand up straight away, have a shower and join my little girl. I didn\u2019t need any stitches and haven\u2019t even had panadol since. It was the most incredible experience of my entire life and I could not feel more empowered, proud and lucky to have been able to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Every woman should be able to feel this euphoria. I literally relived the whole thing over and over again for weeks afterwards and did not stop smiling (and still don\u2019t!) The midwifes said that in their combined 60 years\u2019 experience they had never witnessed a birth happening so calmly or quickly!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23079 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18378744_10158712527045158_625341375_o-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"Hypnobubs online course, Birth story of Maddy\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18378744_10158712527045158_625341375_o-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18378744_10158712527045158_625341375_o-450x420.jpg 450w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18378744_10158712527045158_625341375_o-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18378744_10158712527045158_625341375_o-1024x955.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18378744_10158712527045158_625341375_o-610x569.jpg 610w, https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/18378744_10158712527045158_625341375_o.jpg 1126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Little Maddy was in the nursery for just 3 weeks and went from strength to strength. Since joining us at home she has remained calm and content and her older brother just adores her already. He giggles at all the funny sounds she makes and always wants to look at her. We could not be happier.<\/p>\n<p>I want everyone to know about <a href=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/what-is-hypnobirthing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypnobirthing<\/a> but also to understand that hypnobirthing isn\u2019t about hypnosis or necessarily about \u2018natural\u2019 birthing. It\u2019s about understanding your body and the birthing process properly. It\u2019s about giving yourself a tool kit to handle any turn that your birth takes and handling it calmly and decisively so that you maintain control throughout. It uses your senses through music, light, smell, touch and communication to empower the mother (and father\u2019s) actions. It teaches you how to relax and breathe and make empowered decisions. It\u2019s a framework to help you birth as best as possible and work through what you need to work through \u2013 whatever turn your birthing takes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empowering Natural Birth Story of Maddison -Hypnobub number 2! I was introduced to hypnobirthing when I was pregnant with my first baby in 2015. 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