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Positive Induction Podcast – Episode 2 – Kirsty’s Hypnobirthing Induction Story

Kirsty’s Positive Induction Story In the second episode of the Positive Induction Podcast I invited Kirsty along to talk about her second birth. Kirsty’s birth story was one of the first stories in our story library here, and it’s still one of the most read. You can read Kirsty’s story here: https://positiveinduction.com/kirstys-story/  And find out about our online hypnobirthing for induction course here: https://positiveinduction.com/course   Transcript (Note this may contain errors as it’s automatically...

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Katie-Louise’s Story

I’m a bit late on the mark but it’s my due date tomorrow so I may aswell share how being induced went for us!! (Apologies for the essay ) I got induced at 37 weeks (April 8th) due to static growth, my cervix was right back & I wasn’t dilated at all. I had the first round of gel at 11pm, which began slight tightenings so they couldn’t do the second gel, at 5am...

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Holly’s Induction Story

I was induced at 37+2 weeks with non identical twins following a string of complications – high blood pressure and IGUR (Intrauterine growth restriction) with twin 1. This was during a global pandemic and our hospital was Covid positive with strict visiting guidelines. My induction was brought forward after another hospital admission with high blood pressure that they could not bring down and keep under control with medical intervention. I was induced using the...

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Amy’s Positive Induction Story

My first birth was better than I could have expected, after some initial nervousness I took a hypnobirthing course and religiously listened to my affirmations and relaxation tracks. I believe this all helped me to have the quick, relatively painless birth I was lucky enough to experience. Nearly two years later and with my second pregnancy, suspected growth restriction was picked up at 34 weeks and quickly the talk turned to inductions at 37...

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Shona’s Positive Induction Story

Thanks to Shona for sharing this beautiful birth story with us. I’m so please you got to use the pool, accessibility of pools with induction varies greatly, so check what’s available locally. For the most part, my pregnancy was normal, healthy and low risk. All scans had been perfect and my midwife was happy with all my stats at every appointment. At 34 weeks I went to a routine midwife appointment and found that...

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Kirsty’s Story

My second birth was a very different experience from my first birth. My first baby was born at 41.3 weeks. I expected that this pregnancy would be similar, however, I had an induction at 36+2 weeks due to intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). I had been monitored weekly from 32 weeks with doppler scans and ultrasounds. While they never commented on there being an issue with the cord blood flow, they were concerned that baby’s weight...

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