Hospital birth story – Angela & Paul’s first baby

The midwives at the maternity unit were really good and I particularly liked the student midwife. She was amazing coaching me during contractions and was with us pretty much from start to finish.


After weighing up all our options, our baby’s birth ended up being a forceps delivery which required a spinal block in theatre as our baby wasn’t in quite the right position to descend properly. However, up until that point, I had managed using only Hypnobirthing breathing and visualisation. I got to fully dilated without pain relief and then pushed for 2.5 hours with gas and air before they recommended I go to theatre. So although her birth didn’t end up as planned, I was really proud of myself for getting as far as I did and almost managing without any intervention or pain relief that would affect our baby.
We wanted to say a massive thank you for all that you taught us, the hypnobirthing in combination with your medical background gave me the confidence I needed to keep calmer during our baby’s birth. I would highly recommend your course to others.