The skills I learned in hypnobirthing helped me throughout Félix’s entire birth, especially in the active stages of labour. I view his birth as happening in two stages. The first […]
Birth Stories
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Marie’s Note : I am deeply grateful to Jill for sharing this HypnoBirthing story. It’s often difficult to find positive birth stories if you are in a situation where […]
Rachel Paige’s Birth Story After staying a week past her predicted arrival date, Rachel decided she was ready to join the world and she wanted to get here fast…. I […]
My first labour was only 4 1/2 hours long and although I decided beforehand that I would have an epidural, there was no time and my daughter was born naturally […]
The last couple weeks of April were stressful for my husband and I as he was very busy at work and we were convinced this baby would come early and […]
VBAC = Vaginal Birth After Cesarean If you have had a c-section, it is still possible to have a vaginal birth. In fact the rates of a successful VBACs are […]
Jessica is our second child, Andrew is my oldest child and he will be three in October. His birth was fantastic also so I will tell you about his first. […]
A long day but so worth it… On Monday night I went to bed after talking to my mom. I told her where to find the house keys in case […]
Our first pregnancy and birth had many complications and even though we ended up with the natural we wanted, it was very hard and my recovery took a long time. […]
You are probably familiar with the expression “in the zone”. This is often used to describe a flow state. Psychologists define the flow state as a feeling where you become […]
Lily finally arrived yesterday morning at 11:01am. She weighed 7lbs, 10oz and was born perfectly healthy. I’m not sure when labour really started, but my surges were about 10 minutes […]
My “guess date” was August 23rd and I was optimistically hoping to deliver the baby a week early (although Hazel had other plans!). My midwife told me that usually, first […]
We had been planning a home birth but to our disappointment we were told that we couldn’t have a home birth on the weekend as only one midwife is on […]
My guess date was April 5th, but I had convinced myself I’d be early, about a week. I had this notion that 2nd pregnancies usually come earlier. I was staying […]
Avista is my second daughter but my first baby using the methodology Marie teaches. To demonstrate the night and day experiences between her birth and my first daughter, Indeka’s, I’ll […]