Hi, and welcome. This blog has changed a bit recently. My husband and I fought through 4 consecutive losses to get our second healthy child (born in December 2012) . . . and while we had not shut the door on the idea of another pregnancy, we certainly were leaning in that direction. On August 8, 2014, we found out we are pregnant for the 7th time. A total surprise. So the neurotic journey continues . . . third child or fifth loss . . . I'm scared and confused and just a teensy bit excited . . .

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Hypnobabies

Wow, three posts already today . . . My HypnoBabies home study course just arrived.  Yes, I admit it.  I'm a bit obsessed with natural birthing.

Despite a valiant attempt, I did not have a natural birth with my son.  That failed for a variety of reasons, primarily 1) a doctor who was not encouraging of a natural experience and 2) serious dehydration (I apparently puke a lot from labor pain) that caused my contractions to stop after my water had been broken for over 24 hours.  Overall, it wasn't a bad birth experience.  With massive amounts of pitocin and an epidural I was able to have an almost 10 pound baby vaginally with less than 30 minutes of pushing.  And he arrived into the world safely - which is all anyone can ever really ask for.  But . . .

Here I am, yet again, hoping to get to attempt a completely natural birth experience.  I'm a bit skeptical of self-guided hypnosis to manage labor.  But I have heard wonderful things about the HypnoBabies program.  (Not to be confused with HypnoBirthing - similar principles but fairly different programs.)  We'll see how it goes . . .

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