Birth experience Dex

I had a great birth with hypno birthing thanks to Esther George.
I thought I had to 'prepare' during pregnancy, but I didn't feel like fuzzy stuff or those big 'group sessions'.
My midwife brought me to this course, which immediately appealed to me. I have always had bad breathing, and wanted to control this during delivery. I also thought I would benefit from it in the future. No good, no harm ...

The course itself was very pleasant, relaxing and based on previous experiences and all the information you need to know about childbirth or pregnancy. They also told how it works 'normally' as opposed to 'how it can be done'.

My delivery started on Wednesday night at noon, 2 weeks before the due date. It would be a full moon that night, and had secretly hoped for this date / day.
It started with mild contractions and some bleeding. I had not yet informed my partner, so I got through the night independently through breathing exercises.
I must honestly say that my first reaction to those contractions was: 'oh dear, I will not be able to get rid of them by breathing' ...
At 7 o'clock the contractions started to get a bit more intense, my partner awoke and I started counting. Every 6-7 minutes ...
I had to be with the midwife at 10.15 that day, and still wanted to go here. At 9.30 I had the feeling that I could no longer go to her, and called that it had 'started', and I could not come.
Finally she came at 1:30 pm, and listened to my story from the beginning of the night. They had the feeling that I would have little dilation, since I did not have such a 'pain', I could still laugh a lot and it was my first child.
Still, I wanted them to feel for possible disclosure. I already had 4 cm! I had very bad back contractions, but got this under control by 'entering myself'. After 1.5 hours I was already at 8 cm. Now I could no longer go to the hospital and did not want to anymore.
I definitely wanted to give birth in hospital, but when the time came, I preferred to stay in my own familiar environment ... It also looked as if everything was and would be fine.

The course taught me to pay attention to breathing and to concentrate on your own body. To listen to this especially.
It turned out afterwards, I got very little of the environment, that I was in extreme self-relaxation, and that I was following my own feelings purely. So I did have my breathing under control!

Hypno birthing says that you can bring your child into the world through breathing techniques. I must honestly say that this is partly very easy to do, but at the 'supreme moment' it still needs to be squeezed. But that is my experience, and your body itself indicates this!

I had contractions for half an hour, after which our beautiful son Dex was born at 3:50 pm.
He is now 7 weeks old, is doing well, likes to have 'contact' with you, and you notice that he has had little stress during the delivery.

I can look back on a great delivery, with little stress, a good interplay of midwife-maternity-partner-child, which gave our son this opportunity!
We are over the moon .... ❤