Waterbirth story – Sam & Mark’s first baby

I wanted to let you know that I had a wonderful water birth and everything went well. My waters broke prior to contractions starting and as my blood pressure was a little high (they mentioned induction!) they said they'd like to keep me in overnight. Mark and I felt confident enough (after we'd made sure there would be no harm to our baby) that we wanted to go home and get some rest. We went home and returned to the hospital, approximately 10 hours later, I was 6cm dilated with strong contractions (the midwife examining said she suspected I was only in early labour as I was so calm!) I was transferred to the birth unit and into the pool exactly as I’d wanted. Mark was an amazing birth partner, he remembered all you taught him, and Emily was born about 5 hours later. The midwives were wonderful although they may have been sick of listening to the hypnobirthing MP3 I had on repeat!

I’m glad I had the positive birth experience I wanted and all the midwives commented on how calm I was. I didn’t need stitches either - I religiously did my perineal massage! Thank you for all your assistance, you taught us so much more than just Hypnobirthing.