Our birth story by Rosie and Stu Hypnobirthing was recommended to me by a friend, who was one of the only people to tell me a positive birth story throughout my pregnancy and so I was keen to know more. I knew nothing about hypnobirthing initially, but the more I read into it, the more it seemed like the …
Emily’s Lovely Water Birth
I found out I was pregnant for the second time just before Christmas 2011. My husband, Mike, and I were so excited and couldn’t believe how lucky we were. Our first little girl was an IVF baby and so our second pregnancy was completely unexpected. During my first pregnancy I had been quite anxious and worried constantly which …
Becky’s birthing story
Seeing the blue line appear on the first, second and sixth pregnancy test I did was the most exciting moment of my life, however my excitement was tinged with fear. I repeatedly experienced bleeding which meant I had to regularly attend hospital appointments for the first few weeks of my pregnancy. The doctors were great but kept using terms like …