Believing and understanding you can do something, educate yourself repetitively, constantly and then eventually you WILL believe in yourself that you can do it. You Can Do It! Tell yourself this!
Hynobirthding - Pain free labour!
I was sceptical, I was a non believer, I thought it was a rediculous statement, stupid, something that hippies did. This was only because I didn't understand it, I didn't know anything about it. I had my head in the clouds, a non believer in myself.
Until I started to think about it, what harm could it do? I decided to give it a go, if it could only help in some way, the smallest way, why not? It was something to do to keep me busy, a book to read whilst at home.
I read it, listened to the CD, enjoyed it, reread it several times. Couldn't get enough of it, I educated myself to believe that yes in fact I may actually have the power in believing in myself that I could deliver, I would deliver, I must deliver, theres no two ways about it, the baby will be coming out. So why not give this alternative way of birthing a go, I have nothing to loose.
If women in Africa, even in todays world, can do this, deliver a baby painfree in a field with no help, no medical support, I can do it too. I can do it! I can do this! Not actually in a field!
Along with this most motivational pregnancy book and my fitness ball I will do it. I bounced on my ball every night in the last weeks of pregnancy, ritually made myself bounce, sometimes during the day and then at night whilst watching tv. It was fun and it was comfortable believe it or not.
The last night of pregnancy made the most difference, the most movements. I could literally feel, as I bounced and bounced, the baby heading further and further down as though she was between my legs! Crazy feeling, exciting feeling, but never once a scary feeling because I believed in myself. The closer we got to labour day the more excited I got.
The next morning, my waters broke and I started with contractions. Instead of panicking I waited, I got up, I had a nice hot shower, washed my hair, got dressed, it was lovely. But then due to my mums panicking, you can't stop others, we agreed to go to the hosptial. Even though I instinctly knew it wasn't time, I wasn't ready, the baby wasnt ready.
We got to the hospital, got checked over and were then left with the decision to stay in hospital and wait for things to progress or we could go home and relax in my own surroundings, so we did the latter. At home, I bounced some more, walked around some more, had breakfast and a nice cup of tea! Up until the point I knew I was ready.
Off we went back to the hospital. Got examined straight away and the baby was very ready to be delivered into the world. I had thought I was only in the beginning stages of labour but I was 10cm dialated already and was soon at the pushing stage. An hour and a half of labour and two pushes later our beautiful baby girl was born!
I was in awe, I was dumbstruck, it worked, it worked because I believed in Hypnobirthing and believed in myself that I could do this, I did it! I did it!
And so can you! Its all about the believing!
Wow, that sounds like a really nice way to birth. And you had the energy to hit the ground running being a mum to your new baby. That's the part that always bugged me. There was no rest time really between baby being born and my job starting.
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