by Jade Gordon | Apr 2, 2022 | Musings
Affirmations are an important, and I believe, often underrated, part of hypnobirthing. They are a great way to deal with fears head on. There are three main rules for affirmations, they should be positive, present tense and personal. Often the third part is neglected,...
by Jade Gordon | Mar 31, 2022 | Birth Story
My waters broke early morning just before my due date. The colour was a nice clear pinkish one, so I went back to bed to relax and called the hospital. No contractions or anything similar followed and I got a little nervous about a possible induction coming. They...
by Jade Gordon | Mar 31, 2022 | Birth Story
My doctor wanted to induce at 37 weeks due to gestational hypertension. I asked if we could do 37 + 1 because the 37 week mark was my son’s second birthday. As fate would have it, my blood pressure spiked the morning of my son’s birthday and we had to go...
by Jade Gordon | Mar 31, 2022 | Birth Story
We made the decision to induce at 38+2 after a continued drop in percentiles and some issues with my bp (Blood Pressure). I was under private care although was also seeing a private midwife separately because I was really chasing that midwife focused care. After lots...
by Jade Gordon | Mar 22, 2022 | Podcast
In this podcast I’m joined by the wonderful Liz Stanford, owner of The Calm Birth School and we’re addressing the common question: Does hypnobirthing work for induction? We also discussed feelings of passing and failing in birth, and the term ‘a...
