{"id":58823,"date":"2020-03-12T14:29:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T04:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/?p=58823"},"modified":"2025-03-11T18:39:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:39:18","slug":"induction-hypnobirthing-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/induction-hypnobirthing-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypnobirthing was so helpful to relinquish any fear or anxiety I had about giving birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>I\u2019m so delighted to share the news that little baby Liam arrived safely on 11th February.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Unfortunately we had to be induced so my dreams of having a nice slow labour starting at home with my hypnobirth techniques didn\u2019t quite occur, but I found loads of uses for them during my labour which was so helpful. I was able to control my breath through the surges and it was so helpful that my husband had practiced this with me too, to remind me to keep going and not lose focus.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We attended the 2-day course at St Vincent\u2019s Private Hospital in Melbourne and found it so encouraging and empowering, a much more positive education than the generic childbirth course we had done earlier. I really appreciated the <a href=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracks<\/a> and listened to them every day in the lead up to Liam\u2019s birth. Hypnobirthing was so helpful to relinquish any fear or anxiety I had about giving birth \u2013 I was calm and excited, ready for whatever path the birth took. I know people say the power of the mind is so great, but in this instance I was really able to see it first hand. So a big thank you from me \/ us for these wonderful tools and resources, I\u2019m delighted to have had a positive birth experience and am proud to promote the amazing work of Hypnobirthing Australia to anyone who will listen.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I\u2019ve attached a few pics of baby Liam and you can follow his journey on Insta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/photographybysarahjoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@photographybysarahjoy<\/a> \u2013 as a professional Baby Photographer, he is already the world\u2019s most photographed baby!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thanks again, I couldn\u2019t have done it without you!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Sarah Reilly<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1.Liam-Just-Born.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"414\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hypnobirthingaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Liam-Day-11-WM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m so delighted to share the news that little baby Liam arrived safely on 11th February. Unfortunately we had to be induced so my dreams of having a nice slow labour starting at home with my hypnobirth techniques didn\u2019t quite occur, but I found loads of uses for them during my labour which was so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[91,170],"class_list":["post-58823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testimonials","tag-induction","tag-natural-birth"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hypnobirthing was so helpful to relinquish any fear or anxiety I had about giving birth - Hypnobirthing Australia\u2122<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hypnobirthing was so helpful to relinquish any fear or anxiety I had about giving birth \u2013 I was calm and excited, ready for whatever path the birth took. 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