The Birth Story of Olivia

Thank YOU Karen I hope you know how much of an influence you’ve had on my mindset and thoughts around birth. I was so excited to share our birth story. I feel so strongly about the work Calmbirth is doing in this space.

I have a birth story to share with you for our 2nd Calmbirth baby on the 04/04/24. Our first birth had a few cascades of events and I was determined to have a natural physiological birth this time around. I read the Ina May Gaskin book too. Words won’t cut it but I had a complete natural birth, right from the beginning to end. It’s a story I’d love to share to give other Mumma’s hope the 2nd time round.

Learning to be open to change in unexpected circumstances in birth and being prepared to pivot.

After waking to spontaneous rupture of membrane, we headed to the hospital. We had our baby 4 weeks early and we had many pivots throughout our birth plan that were deemed medically necessary. My husband was a wonderful support to me throughout pregnancy, birth and now and remained calm despite my distress, which in turn helped me to cope. We set the mood in our birth room with music, low lighting, few staff and beautiful essential oils. I understood what physiological changes were happening to my body as labour progressed and despite my fears, had some confidence going into birth which certainly helped us to understand our pivots and why. Thank you to Karen for delivering such a wonderful program that helped us to be active in our decision making for the birth of our baby boy.

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