Edward’s birth – January 2009  “I think I would have had a caesarean had I not kept calm”

Hi Mia,
I've been meaning to let you know how it all went for a while now but my computers been broken!  Unfortunately I didn't get the home birth I wanted because I had very high blood pressure in the couple of weeks leading to the birth and my midwives advised me that I needed to be in hospital to be monitored.  So then things went even more off plan when I went into labour because the baby's head was the wrong way round and the labour wasn't progressing!  So 30 hours later I was given the hormone drip to bring the baby along and I had an epidural because of the problems with my blood pressure.  So all in all things didn't go how I wanted them to but I ended up with a beautiful & healthy baby boy called Edward weighing 7lb 8oz.  But throughout the VERY long labour I never experienced much pain and remained calm and I put down to hypnobirthing.  So even though I never got to carry out the hypnobirthing to the end, I definitely feel like what I had learnt at your classes really helped me & I think I would have ended up having a caeserian had I have not kept calm and managed the pain so well.  So I have been recommending you to all my pregnant friends & I will hopefully see you on my next baby!