
When birthing waves (Hypnobabies term for contractions) started I started listening to steady streams of hypnosis. When I got to the hospital I was 5cm. I told the nurses and doctor about my plan and they let me mostly be, which was listening to the Easy First Stage track (Hypnobabies main birthing day track) on repeat. I did go to my Special Safe Place many times which was on the couch at home, looking at the bird feeder with my toddler and baby. Once the birthing day progressed the pressure increased but I had the visual of the blood pressure cuff wrapping around me and the baby giving us a big hug every time. This visual helped me so much. My husband and I even slept when I progressed from 5cm to 8cm until pushing time to save energy from 11pm to 4am.


