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\"\"<\/a>After birthing my daughter in 2018 using the Hypnobirthing Australia meditation soundtracks and reading Hypnobirthing books I knew that for my second birth that I needed to do the official course and wished that I had sooner! I had feelings of anxiety leading up to my second birth, my first had been a wonderful drug free water birth but I didn\u2019t really know what to expect and found that in the last moments of giving birth that I was starting to lose control and was pushing hard to get baby out. I haemorrhaged slightly and needed some internal stitching. This time I knew I needed to stay calm and in control.<\/p>\n

I listened to the Hypnobirthing affirmations frequently and had them stuck up on my bathroom wall, I repeated them out loud in front of my 2 year old daughter and I went into birthing feeling more empowered than ever. We listened to the meditation soundtracks for nap times and quiet times. The first signs of labour started at 6:30pm on Saturday night as I breastfed my toddler to sleep. I immediately put on the Christopher Lloyd Clarke tracks, put lavender in our diffuser, dimmed the lights and swayed and bounced on my fit ball. I left for the hospital at 9:30pm when my parents arrived to care for my daughter. I was shown straight to the delivery suite where I got into the shower while the birthing pool filled up.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I was informed that my case load midwife would not be able to attend my birth and that no water birth certified midwives were available. I used the affirmation \u2018I am prepared for whatever turn my birthing may take\u2019 to stay<\/p>\n

positive even though I wouldn\u2019t have the water birth i\u2019d hoped for. I laboured in the birth pool from 11pm-1:45am when the midwife needed to drain the water. I could feel my baby getting closer and closer and<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0knew that in these last moments I needed to remain in control, I wanted to push with all the strength I had left but my husband reminded me to breathe my baby down, he was a superstar at keeping me grounded and reading my affirmations to me. My daughter Layla was born en caul at 2am and my husband was able to catch her while I was still in the empty birthing pool. He quickly passed her to me to check the gender<\/p>\n

and announce her name. We stayed in the bath having amazing skin to skin time until I was ready to hop out.<\/p>\n

\"\"I then delivered the placenta in the birthing suite where we delayed cord clamping. This time I didn\u2019t haemorrhage or need stitches like I did with my first birth. Layla had her first breastfeed, all of her testing, I ate and showered and we left hospital by 7am in time to have breakfast with our toddler who is absolutely smitten to be a big sister. I can\u2019t thank Sarah Searle and Hypnobirthing Australia enough for giving me an incredible birth, I felt safe and supported throughout the entire experience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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