Your guide to a more positive and informed induction experience
Induction,Hypnosis and Orgasms: Our daughter’s birth story As a Hypnobirthing instructor I had all the tools I needed to ensure my baby had the right birth on the day, yet I still hadn’t prepared myself for the possibility that I might not get the birth I had been imagining. So let me tell you about my induction for birth, how self hypnosis prepared me and how euphoric my baby’s birth was. My first pregnancy...
It’s not uncommon for induction to take a while to get started, especially if your body isn’t showing any sign of things starting up beforehand or if you’ve not reached your due date yet. Although things can start up quickly, many mums find themselves with what they describe as a rather boring day or two waiting for induction to kick in properly. So I wanted to share with you some things you can do...
Before I start with my birth story, there may be parts that don’t seem particularly ‘positive’. HOWEVER- I have nothing but positive feelings and memories for my labour and birth. I felt safe, in control, listened to, cared for, cared about. I felt absolutely like I was in the right place, doing the right thing and in the right hands. It’s long so apologies. Early into the pregnancy with my first baby, I was...
Our induction story begins on a Tuesday, when Otis (or Potato as he was then known) decided to stop wriggling around! It wasn’t the first time this pregnancy he had done it, so we popped along to the hospital again to be monitored. All looked well on the CTG but since it was the fourth or fifth visit for reduced movements, we were offered an induction at 38+5. Up until now we had been...
