Category: Birth Stories

A beautiful scrunchy and wide eyed girl stared up at me. She was so alert and calm and I couldn’t believe the 5 hours and 10 minute active labour I had just h

6 months ago if someone told me I would have a completely natural birth with no tearing or stitches (yay!) I would have told them they were kidding me! I feel

This is the story of the birth of little Aila, who was ‘planned’ to be born on the Gold Coast – however decided to arrive nearly 4 weeks earlier in Emerald,

I can honestly say that by using the hypnobirthing techniques I felt no pain during my surges. I had a wonderful midwife who was experienced in hypnobirthing

The thing I tell everyone though, when talking about my birth, was that hypnobirthing saved my life. I had the bearing down surges for about 5 hours straight. I

I just wanted to touch base and let you know that we had a beautiful baby girl! Thank you for everything that you taught us it made such a difference and we had

The rhythm of surges was steady as my baby made his way through the birth canal. The waves were strong and forceful and only the first in each set of four

I look back on my labour as such a wonderful, positive and exciting experience. I really could do it all over again! The ‘pain’ of the surges was not even close

And I can’t say how great the Glove of Enorphins was. Actually, Mum and I used a combo of that and soft touch. So earlier on in the labour at the hospital, Mum

My birth story is a little different I guess… It all started with leaking and mild surges at 5am. I calmly went about my morning, showering, putting make-up

My ‘labour’ part was about 3-4 hours, medication and intervention free – thanks to hypnobirthing techniques! Emily came out very peaceful – no crying at all!

HypnoBirthing techniques are techniques for life. Here, Courtney says how she used them for birthing, breastfeeding, toddler tantrums, back pain and even