{"id":49041,"date":"2019-11-07T14:49:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T04:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/?p=49041"},"modified":"2020-07-08T16:53:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T06:53:37","slug":"ebonys-birthstory-of-zoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/ebonys-birthstory-of-zoe\/","title":{"rendered":"This experience was a complete 180 to my first birth!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started practising Hypnobirthing late in my second trimester. I craved a better birth than my last. I had done a lot of personal work to aim for a calm birth, with the research of my options to be able to advocate for myself, however, when the time came, I didn\u2019t really have the tools to keep my body and mind calm. Hypnobirthing accommodated this desire for a more positive birth and I am so glad that I did the work to achieve just that.\"Umbilical<\/p>\n

It was a Sunday and we knew baby was close to arriving being 40 +1. We headed out for a family day in Daylesford with our son Isaac. While we were out I had this strange feeling come over me, and I knew that I just needed to be back home. I realised once home that I had lost my mucus plug and felt the need to use my bowels. I knew labour was approaching. That evening I sat on the fit ball doing hip circles. I got up to make a cup of tea before bed and felt something drop, I knew my babies head was already engaged from having had an ultrasound only days before. I then knew I wouldn\u2019t be going to bed anytime soon. I soon felt this need to get all my hospital bag sorted and had a shower. When I got out of the shower, I noticed my Braxton hicks were accompanied by period type aches. They become more frequent and so I knew they weren’t actually Braxton hicks anymore but the beginning of labour.<\/p>\n

I called the hospital and told them what was happening. I decided to stay at home as my sister needed to arrive to mind my son as it was 1030pm. She arrived shortly before midnight and I went to bed with my Hypnobirthing tracks playing in my ears and my TENS machine on my back. I could only doze as my surges were 5mins apart. We left for the hospital at 1.30 pm and arrived 5mins later. The room was set up with a beautiful salt lamp and fit ball. I was greeted by my COCO midwife and we were left for a short while. I gave my midwife my birth wishes. She acknowledged my wishes and made one suggestion in regards to the pushing. She advised she would assist in ensuring I didn’t push too much to avoid tearing which I was happy with her suggestion.<\/p>\n