A Calmbirth® couple story. Little Jack arrived Saturday morning around 1:40am weighing 7lb2oz. Quite a short labour, around 5 hours of intense contractions/pushing. We managed to get through using only a little bit of gas at the lowest dose, yoga breathing, Calm Birth techniques & the most fantastic support team of Dan & my mum….
A Calmbirth® couple story. Born 1st April 2016 My labour did not begin as I had hoped or expected. I wanted as little medical intervention as possible, however at the advice of my midwife I was induced at 10 days over. I had the cervidil overnight at the hospital, and then my waters broken at…
A Calmbirth® couple story. Thursday 18 February 2016 Born 5.45am, 53cm long, 3.936kg Previous birth story – Why I am VBAC I am the proud mum to a chekky 2 year old Tahlia Rose! She was born via c section in 2013. After being induced at 40+12 I delivered large 4.396/10pd baby via emergency caesarean…
A Calmbirth® couple story. 8.2 pounds. 57cm. 30th November 2015 Photo by Lauren McKinnon. My husband, Nick, and I both chose to do the calm birth course in my second pregnancy. My first birth was an arduous labour with a decent amount of intervention. I found it somewhat traumatic afterwards and knew that to be…
A Calmbirth® couple story. Born January 11th, 7 pound 13 ounces, 51cm After a completely normal pregnancy I started developing epigastric pain at 37+5. Initially I brushed this off as pre-labour symptoms and used my Calmbirth techniques to cope when the pain was bad. After a few days I realised that it was a little…
A Calmbirth® couple story. Luca James born January 13th, 7 pound 12 and 53cm. It was not at all what I had hoped for in my birthing experience unfortunately, but that’s just that way things go sometimes. I was induced on the night of my due date (due to high blood pressure throughout my pregnancy…