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Hi Sue,
My partner George and I attended your
calmbirth®
workshop in April. I'm writing to let
you know that we had a healthy baby boy
named Vincent George in the early hours
of June 5th at Sunshine Hospital.
I'd like to say a big thanks for giving
us calmbirth®!!!
George and I owe a lot to your classes
so THANK YOU! In the weeks leading up to
Vincent's arrival (he was a week over) I
listened to the CD meditations daily and
it was a great help - it really did keep
me relaxed and happy even though I was
bloody uncomfortable! As it turned out I
laboured for 12hrs without progressing
so ended up having nitrous, sub-cut
water injections in my back, an
epidural, a drip and fluids, a catheter,
syntocinon and a caesarean!! To top it
off I had to have 3 units of blood the
next day because of bleeding after the
birth. So much for a natural birth LOL!
But despite the intervention I had a
wonderful experience, drawing on my
calmbirth®
techniques even as I was on the
operating table – the deep breathing
really helped. I was most nervous during
this time but George kept me focused on
my breathing and we talked about our
'happy place'! It was great - we were so
soooo excited to meet our baby!
It was because of the calmbirth®
class that George and I stayed calm and
relaxed through out the whole labor,
birth and beyond.....your work shop was
wonderful! George kept encouraging me
throughout to stay calm, to take deep
breaths and stay focused on the birth of
our baby and that was all due to him
attending the calmbirth®
workshop. He would always encourage me
to listen to the CD in the last few
weeks too.....I reckon the workshop was
brilliant for us as a team, we really
birthed our son together. George did a
great job!
Vincent was born screaming his lungs
out, a healthy 4kgs and George stayed
with him the whole time while I was in
recovery. As it turned out Vincent was
obstructed anyway so a vaginal birth
wasn't going to happen. He's breast
feeding well and growing like a little
mushroom.
I’m more than happy for you to use our
story, I hope it helps people realise
that you can still have a positive
experience even if it doesn't go
according to your inner vision! I
certainly had not visualised any of what
I went through because I truly believed
that I was able to birth
naturally....but you know, I was well
looked after by professionals whose aim
was to deliver Vincent safely. Also, I
was proud of myself just for growing
little Vincent for 9 months, that he
came out via C-section wasn't a terrible
thing because I did the best I could
have done given the circumstances!
So again, huge thanks to you for
calmbirth®!
George and I got so much out of the
workshop; I highly recommend it to
anyone!
Kind regards,
Jill
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