It was an 8 hour labour compared to 27. I lost 750ml blood overall which is nothing to last time (1.7 litres).
I got to 5cm dilated on my own at home and when I went into hospital they were impressed with how well I had been doing as I was do calm and just breathing through the contractions.
I chose to have an epidural which mainly took the edge off the later contractions bit could still feel them right up to the pushing.
There was such a calm and happy atmosphere in the room and we had your soothing relaxation music on and one of the staff said how nice it was.
I pushed William out myself around the corner of the birth canal but they wanted to get him out quickly because he was getting tired so I had an episiotomy & forceps but just to help at the end.
It was all very calm. The staff asked me if I wanted to watch the baby’s head come out which was amazing & I cried with delight! When they put William on me they were excited as they knew I didn't know the sex so they told me to turn him over and see! I did skin to skin & delayed cord clamping, Paul cut the cord & we had a look at the placenta!
It was so special and Paul was amazing. Having the epidural helped me really focus on getting through the last hour or so & without the pain I could focus on all the things we couldn't do with Florence. The placenta was amazing!!
William is five days old now and we are doing well. I'm making sure I continue to listen to the hypno-birthing relaxation and to enjoy every moment with William and take one day at a time. I'm still reading through the Little Birth Company book you sent which is really interesting.
I think all the lessons you learn through hypnobirthing are so important to transfer into everyday life and postnatally too.
Thank you for all your help, we really enjoyed doing the course together to focus on this baby.
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