Your guide to a more positive and informed induction experience
In this episode I’m joined by Leanne, who shares a positive induction story from England. This is Leanne’s third birth. This is a really interesting story, which to Leanne is positive, partly because she felt like a badass as she say. But we also discuss important topics such as writing a complaint when you don’t feel you’re treated with respect. And how hypnotherapy can help you process a birth. As always there’s lots to...
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, I know it’s easier to listen to an affirmation track, but it’s good to reflect on whether the ones you’re working with are a good fit for you. Sometimes when...
Long story… I want to start by thanking this group of Mama’s for all your positive induction stories, without this group I honestly don’t think I would have had such an empowering and positive induction experience! We found out we were pregnant just before the first lockdown in March after returning from travelling the world for 6 months prior and we were so excited! I suffered extreme morning sickness for the first 13 weeks...
My first induction happened to be the birth of my fourth child. I was diagnosed with Cholestasis (ICP) at 34 weeks and my planned home birth turned into a planned hospital induction at 37 weeks. I wasn’t dilated only 1cm upon starting Cervidal, but after a couple hours I started having regular contractions and had to make an effort to breathe through them. After about 4 hours, my water broke and trickled with most...
One of the common stresses when deciding on induction is the change in environment from where you would originally give birth. When you plan to give birth in a midwife led unit, you usually sign up for a less clinical environment; a more relaxing decor, dim lights, birth stools, maybe even a birth pool. It can be hard when you’ve visualised you birth in this environment to consider the labour ward. The image below...
Birth plans – they tend to divide people, some create detailed pages of information, preferences, for all the various options, they may even be colour coded with colourful sticky tabs for each option (ok, I admit it this is a confession, of my own first birth plan – it was so detailed it even reminded my husband to set the automatic feeder for the cats before leaving the house!), and then there are others...
