I've been trying to think of how to explain my experience, but there
really aren't logical words to describe it all. This was my 5th
child-birth and was BY FAR the best one. I was well trained in
un-medicated child-birth through two other methods and had 3 un-medicated
births before Hypnobabies. The whole Hypnobabies class helped my mental
state and prepared me for my birthing time. I faithfully listened to my
cd's and I really embraced the affirmations for pregnancy and birthing
time. When my birthing time started, I put in my birthing day affirmations
cd and then my other cd for birthing time. The pressure waves were so
manageable that I wondered if I would know when to go to the hospital.

I had to time them and was surprised when they were 5 minutes apart. When we
got to the hospital, I had my affirmation cd on and when the nurse checked
my dilation, she had to get another nurse to confirm what she found. I
was between an 8 and 9 centimeters dilated when I arrived and was
completely relaxed during each pressure wave. I felt a lot of pressure,
but NO PAIN.

I had been concerned about the pushing time because even
though I'd had 3 un-medicated births before, I had always struggled to
push my babies out. There had always been a lot of coaching from the Dr. and
nurses and it always had felt so frantic and long before. I listened to
the cd's that said that birthing my baby was easy and that I deserved a
quick, easy birthing time. Soon after I got to the hospital, it was time
to push. The doctor decided not to break the bed down because pushing
usually took me awhile. She told me to get started and she turned to leave
for a minute. I gave one good push and my baby started coming right out.
She was born in about 5 minutes or less. She actually just slid out onto
the bed! The doctor was scrambling for gloves! It was AMAZING! I know that
it was the Hypnobabies. Everything was so much easier than it had ever
been before. Even with my 4th baby, I had struggled to push him out. I can
only say to faithfully follow the home-play (homework) and listen to your cd's and
I'm convinced that it will be way easier than it would have been without
it. My nurses acted like I was their hero after that. I told them it was
just the Hypnobabies!
Jen