Hannah’s birth story The Hypnobirthing course gave us the education and empowerment we needed to go into our birth with no fear, only with genuine excitement. Josh and I completed the course when we were 35 weeks. The course gave us so much education and empowerment to decide and plan the birth we wanted and… Read More
I was in complete shock and disbelief that we had done it
Good Morning, After doing the Hypnobirthing Australia course with Natalie Andrew of Prepared to Birth in early January, we wanted to share our birth story with you as a way of saying thank you for all of the information and knowledge that we received as part of the course. Henry was born at 6:53am on the… Read More
So glad I pushed to trust my body, I knew I could do it.
I DID IT AND SO CAN YOU!!!! Introducing Willow 22/02/21 9:12am Bunbury Regional Hospital – MGP VBAC – Drug & intervention free! 7 hour labour ***Trigger warning, previous c section, induction, mec, fetal distress, ptsd Long post ahead: Previous birth: 2018, I was booked to be induced at 41+2 but thankfully I went into labour… Read More
The labour and birth were intense and beautiful, and the best experience of my life.
My bub arrived on 20 December at 40+3 gestation, following a beautiful 13 hour labour. My waters broke at around 3 pm on 19 December while I was at a cafe. I started feeling some period pain type feelings at that point. My husband and I went into the hospital at around 5 pm and they confirmed… Read More
My body knew what to do.
Kennedee Audrey Born: 10:43pm Weight: 3600g Height: 52cm Thursday 21st January 2021 – 40(+5) I went into my midwife clinic at the hospital for my weekly appointment. I was told I would need to book in before I reach 42 weeks to get induced they are not allowed to go past 42 weeks because of… Read More
‘I can do hard things’ and ‘the pain is not bigger than me, it is me’.
Hi Melissa, thank you so much for the chance to hypnobirth. My husband and I both found great value in the course and were able to have a beautiful positive birthing experience. Here is my story to share… This was my first pregnancy and our beautiful baby is thanks to IVF. For most of my… Read More
Once I got the hang of how to bear down and could see my progress in the mirror it wasn’t long before his head was out.
Otis George Ottley – Born: 11:47am, 16th January 2021 (EDD: 19th Jan 21 – 3.65kg (8 pounds), 51cm On the 15th January, at 39+3 weeks I was getting pretty over being pregnant so I started thinking about natural ways to induce labour. I booked an acupuncture session for the following day in the hopes it would… Read More
Our preparation is what got us over the line to have the most amazing birth experience we could have dreamed of.
I went into spontaneous labour at 5pm and had planned to relax….sleep and listen to my hypnobirthing tracks…..but by 5:30 I was already having surges 2 mins apart! Simmo came home from work – but as we were adamant not to go to hospital too early – we tried to chill at home. By 7:30… Read More
Hypnobirthing is just amazing & has helped me birth both my babies with two totally different & very unique births
Baby Alfie Born Monday the 9th of November, 2020 At 10:45am 3.354kg 52cm My darling little boy entered the world on Monday morning the 8th of November very quickly…..another little hypnobub like his big brother. On Sunday night at 10pm I went to the toilet & saw that I’d had a show…. I felt baby… Read More
I feel so empowered as a woman.
Baby: Mackenzie Cate Timm EDD: 17/1. Delivered: 12/1 Doula: Jade Van Dijk Birth plan: water birth using hypnobirth techniques with help from partner and doula I woke up around 7am January 11th with mild surges. I messaged Jade and she told me to go about my day and ‘do life not labour’. I managed… Read More
Overwhelming love swept over me looking down at my baby girl! “OMG it’s a girl”.
Hi Melissa, I’m looking forward to sharing my story with you. Please find my story below. Bub: Norah Jane Martha 29.11.20 3.29pm 4.295kg 54cm I decided to attend the Hypnobirthing Australia course because … Having studied midwifery for a while, I had some knowledge about models of care available. I knew that I was low… Read More
As we were driving I realised I was in the transition phase of labour and had a lot of pressure. When we were still about 7 minutes from the hospital, I had the urge to push.
Hi Janine (Janine Fowler – Hypnobirthing Australia practitioner), I hope this email finds you well! I just thought I’d let you know I had our baby last Thursday night, and it was a great experience! The hypnobirthing worked so well that I didn’t realise I was in labour and nearly didn’t make it to the… Read More
I want to say a huge thankyou for your course, it was the reason I was able to do 22 hours of labour with just gas and air
Hi Kasey, Yes our big beautiful boy Jacob arrived into the world on 6/10/20 after 22 hours of labour. We were able to labour 14 hours at home using hypnobirthing techniques and did the final 8 in the hospital after I hit the end of my tether and felt more comfortable with the idea of… Read More
I walked over to the other room and instinctively took a kneeling position on the ground…
Hi, My positive birth story. 29/01/2020 Where do you start with a birth story! So many places. A run down on my pregnancy and birth experience would be an overall healthy and positive one, I took a class for hypnobirthing with my partner from around 26 weeks and we both loved every minute of it… Read More
And all I can say now is, you’ve got this.
Hi Melissa, I did the weekend course in Torquay Victoria at 36wks pregnant and I wanted to share the email I sent to the group after I gave birth (I wrote it at 4am, after birthing at 10.30pm!). I’ve been sharing it because reading all the positive birth stories really helped me when I was… Read More
My partner was with me every step of the way and was fully prepared for the birth thanks to the hypnobirthing course
Hi, I completed the hypnobirthing course with my partner early in the third trimester of my pregnancy. I practiced the deep relaxation tracks regularly and then on a daily basis in the couple of weeks before my due date. My desire was to have a natural birth with minimal pain relief or medical intervention. At… Read More
I could feel my body naturally pushing.
Monday morning I woke up, I was 11 days past my estimated delivery day. I had this beautiful birth planned out in my head, natural, calm & in control after practicing hypnobirthing this pregnancy, desperate for a better experience this time around. Induction was crossing my mind every day – the hospital I was delivering… Read More
My mum said “the baby is coming!” And I said “IT ALREADY DID I FELT IT!” She came out arm first like superman!
On Tuesday the 17th September, the day before my estimated due date i woke up with some lower back and stomach pressure. I was texting my mum whilst still in bed saying “I think it’s nearly time I have never felt this pressure before in my pregnancy!” We laughed as my body had tricked me… Read More
I have been recommending Hypnobirthing now to everyone
My partner Robbie and I signed up for Vicki Hobb’s hypnobirthing classes in Perth late in my pregnancy, I have diagnosed anxiety and my method of procrastinating and ignoring my worries about labour were no longer working and I needed to do something about it as I was terrified of labour and what was going… Read More
Our experience was the most wonderful & positive birth.
My partner and I attended your Hypnobirthing class in November last year. I just wanted to let you know that we welcomed our beautiful baby girl into the world on 13.03.2020. I just wanted to share a little bit of our birth story as thanks to your hypnobirthing course and incredible resources, we were able… Read More