{"id":2519,"date":"2012-08-13T05:13:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T05:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/demothemes\/lebleucite\/2013\/09\/23\/mckinley-taj-born-16-july-2012\/"},"modified":"2020-07-08T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T06:54:07","slug":"mckinley-taj-born-16-july-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/mckinley-taj-born-16-july-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"McKinley Taj born 16 July 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11531\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/418889_10151038382132149_1104795493_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Loose and floppy. Breathing up with each surge \u2013 Seleneah remained calm and relaxed through her birth.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loose and floppy. Breathing up with each surge \u2013 Seleneah remained calm and relaxed through her birth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McKinley Taj \u00a0\u2013 Our H and H (Homebirth and Hypnobirthing) baby<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0I just wanted to offer words of encouragement and support to other families that have chosen to provide their child with the most calm and natural start possible.<\/div>\n<div>In our fear based birth culture, pervaded with unneccessary medical intervention; the positive stories of natural birth are often dismissed as &#8216;lucky&#8217; or &#8216;freakish&#8217;.<\/div>\n<div>I know that the positive stories, photos and videos of Hypnobirthing in action affirmed my decision. I believe that by sharing our positive birthing stories with as much emotion and conviction as the horror tales we can change the common \u00a0birth expectations and experience.<\/div>\n<div>I just wanted to share two elements of my birth to demonstrate the power of Hypnobirthing. I was able to enter a state of deep relaxation that was not interrupted\u00a0\u00a0by examinations etc because I was at home.<\/div>\n<div>1.Time<\/div>\n<div>Time was irrelevant to me given my deep state of relaxation. After the birth I was told that my\u00a0\u00a0pre- labour was 3 hours and that my active labour was 4 hours and 45minutes. But I would have believed any time that I was told.<\/div>\n<div>In class Melissa asked the mums to ask their babies how long their labour would be. I saw the number 8.<\/div>\n<div>I know that an OB\/GYN could not provide that accuracy! Now to take McKinley to the races.<\/div>\n<div>2. Breathing<\/div>\n<div>My midwife used a doppler to track McKinley\u2019s heartbeat. It is common for a baby\u2019s heartbeat to drop from 150bpm to 100bpm as they enter the birth canal. McKinley\u2019s heart rate did not drop due to the oxygen I provided him. Surge breathing and birth breathing benefit mums and bubs!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Seleneah and Darren, South Brisbane<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11532 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/217714_10151038387882149_1243631683_n1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"217714_10151038387882149_1243631683_n1-300x225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My midwife used a doppler to track McKinley\u2019s heartbeat. It is common for a baby\u2019s heartbeat to drop from 150bpm to 100bpm as they enter the birth canal. 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