Words can’t describe the feelings and emotions that we experienced, it was the biggest rush and our hearts instantly filled with love and amazement, so much so that we forgot to ask the sex for a couple of minutes! River came out so alert and has been ever since, he started breast feeding straight away too!
So yes I was induced but I was still able to birth my beautiful son completely naturally without so much as a puff of gas! I tell you though, I could not have done it with out your Hypnobirthing classes Melissa, and I thank you so much for the gift of natural birth!
He crawled to my left breast wanting a feed (straight after birth) – I remember reading this about HypnoBirthing babies. Didn’t believe it until Joel did it. He is a strong baby & lifts his head quite easily. He even slept from 9pm to 4am, 2 ngts ago! I don’t remember any of my babies doing this! And he also had both his Apgar scores 10 at birth too!! I truly believe thanks to Hypnobirthing. Thanks again wonderful lady!
The labour was only 2 1/2 hours and we didn’t make it to hospital as we were told to stay at home as we were in early labour and to wait until labour was established.
Surges became fast and stronger very quickly and with 2 birth breaths he was born in the shower. Thank you to Melissa and HypnoBirthing. Our experience was unbelievable.
It is really important to me to be able to share my story – I want to prove to all out there that not only does HypnoBirthing work, but it works for c-sections just as well and I truly believe that a huge part of why my experience with my second c-section was so great was due to the fact that I embarked upon a HypnoBirthing type of birth.
Post birth many people have asked me about hypnobirthing and how much of it I used and if it worked. My response; I used many of the techniques; rainbow relaxation and opening blossom visualisations in early labour, slow breathing and balloon visualization during surges, anchoring to the colour orange, Johns light touch massage and most successfully, listening to John talk me through surges with his own blend of affirmations. And yes, it worked.
So many people say to me how lucky I am to have a such a good baby and I tell them it’s not luck it’s “HypnoBirthing” and being so relaxed 
Thanks again Melissa for all your encouragement and support during this special time 
It was an amazing drug free, natural birth. My obstetrician was there for the final 45 minutes and was immediately commenting on what a beautiful birth it was and how easily I breathed her down.
My obstetrician commented on how calm the birth was ” The calmest he had seen in almost all of his 25 year career.” We were the talk of the ward for the next 4 days, with all the midwives popping in to see the lady who birthed so calmly.
Despite this previous traumatic first birth I really went into this second birth (VBAC) with my eyes open and fully equipped mentally and physically for what I was going to do this time around.
I accepted each part of our birthing, and such a difference it made, I didn’t refuse my body and its ability to deliver, not once.
I really truly believe that without these classes you offer I would still have not had the knowledge or ability to accept and cope with a natural birth.And I am happy to say that I can’t wait to do it again. It’s truly was a magical experience.
During my labour my midwife keep telling me how amazing I was and I didnt really think anything of it until a couple of other midwifes popped their head in to see Brad and I in action. It was only then that I figured that they must be talking about us outside of the room. After Alivia was born the midwife told us that she was honored to witness the birth and felt guilty that she was going to be paid for a nights work when she didnt really do anything.
