Our birth experience wasn’t as we had prepared for. We’d been having extra monitoring and check-ups throughout the pregnancy, particularly in the final stages – we went in for what we thought would be a routine check up on the morning of a public holiday...
I went to my last ob appointment at 39 weeks where they told me that the baby was facing posterior and not engaged. I was booked into the hospital for an induction on her due date which was Anzac day. The doctors didn’t want her to be born after this as I had...
My waters broke at 11:30 on May 29 and strong surges began about 40 minutes later. I was taken aback by how strong they were. I had imagined that labour would begin more gently and gradually progress. Boy was I in for a surprise! Around 1 am, I called my midwife,...
Ysobel had decided some time ago she was content with her heads up position and remained comfortably breech. I, too, was comfortable with her position, having decided to follow her lead and trust her to decide how she’d like to be. Matt and I were at the...
Both Dean and I found our experience with your class the most beneficial and educational throughout my pregnancy. Even though people were critical on our approach we both knew we had the tools to an enjoyable and positive birthing experience and were even looking...
Women had different experiences in labour and some were more attached to those experiences than others. However doing the Transform Your Birth course made me realise that deep down I was actually frightened – not so much of contractions in labour, more so the thought...
