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Ammon’s Amazing Hypnobabies Homebirth!

June 19, 2008 by enjoybirth

I lost my mucous plug on Saturday (December. 1st…my due date was the
 5th) and had some waves that night, but they stopped around three in
 the morning. The next day we walked around the mall and about a
 million other places but the waves weren’t coming back. Finally I
 decided to go to be around seven at night and they started up
 again. I took a bath around nine, watched a movie, and got my
 birthing pool ready. Around three in the morning on Monday, December.
 3rd, I decided to call my midwife. I was already at 6cm with a
 ripened cervix and fully effaced. Two hours later I was at 10 cm.
 Up to this point, I hadn’t felt any pain whatsoever.
 
 That’s when things got a little rough…my midwife’s partner decided
 to check me to see what was going on because I still didn’t feel the
 need to push. I felt INCREDIBLY uncomfortable having her up there
 and told her to get her hand away from me and she wouldn’t!!
 Anyway, after what seemed like forever, she finally listened to me.
 (thanks to my wonderful midwife and friend, Rachel Talley). Anyway,
 I felt so uncomfortable that I think I consciously decided to wait a
 little longer before having my baby…I didn’t feel ready for it
 anymore, and it took me quite a while to get over that feeling.
 
 We got out of the pool for a while and I tried sitting backwards on
 the toilet or laying in bed, but it wasn’t helping. The midwives
 decided to leave Jason and me alone in the bedroom for a while…it
 was actually an amazing experience…my husband started praying for
 us and showed an extremely vulnerable side that I’d never seen
 before. He told me that Ammon was there with us and that he was on
 our way and would be here soon. That gave me some encouragement.
 
 As a side note, I hadn’t invited my mom to the birth because she was
 really uncomfortable with the idea of a home birth, so I decided
 that I didn’t want negative vibes there. Well, around eleven in the
 morning (after about six hours of being fully dilated), she randomly
 showed up! It was an amazing experience, though, because I had all
 of a sudden really felt the need to have her there, but didn’t want
 to call her because I’d felt bad about not inviting her in the first
 place. It seems as though as soon as my mom showed up, things
 started moving again.
 
 I had to get out of the pool for a while and push on a makeshift
 birthing pool (it was so uncomfortable that my butt hurt for a few
 days). After several more hours of pushing (you can imagine how
 tired I was…I hadn’t slept since Friday night…I was even falling
 asleep in between waves!!), my little boys’ head came into sight and
 he started crowning. I got back into the pool for my water birth
 and had the opportunity to deliver him completely on my own. (This
 was at 2:34 after about nine and a half hours of being fully dilated)
 
 He latched on immediately and has been great with BFing ever since.
 He weighed exactly 8 lbs and measured 21.5 inches. He’s absolutely
 beautiful with blue eyes (must have come from several generations
 back because he and I and all our parents have dark brown eyes),
 olive skin, and a full head of dark hair.
 
 As for the Hypnobabies…I had my Hypnobabies CD’s going in the
 background, but that’s all I did. I’m not sure if it was the
 hypnosis, but I can honestly say that the only discomfort I felt was
 with the midwife. All the waves were strong and empowering, but no
 pain at all. Even the actual birth felt no worse than an Indian
 burn.
 
 Well, guess that wasn’t exactly short, was it? Anyway, I’d like to
 thank all three of you, especially Laura I absolutely loved my
 homebirth/Hypnobabies experience and can’t wait for the next one!!

This birth story was shared by a mom from the Hypnobabies Yahoo Group.  Come join us if you want to learn more about Hypnobabies!  (You must send an introduction to be approved to the group) 

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  1. on January 15, 2011 at 4:56 pm Merry Midwife

    Thank you for this wonderful post on hypnobabies, it is really enjoyable to read. I have a relative who had the assistance of some Utah midwives and also used a birthing pool during delivery. She said it was a really effective method for her even without the additional hypnobirthing techniques.


    • on January 15, 2011 at 9:18 pm enjoybirth

      Water is a great tool for helping moms be more comfortable during birth. Hypnobabies is great because it can benefit moms who birth in the water or out! 🙂



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